Nursing homes win over Shanghai feng shui nimbys with baking lessons
Pushback against China’s initiative to build 200 homes sparks creative response
Kang Jian Shouchang Fang nursing home in Shanghai has gone to considerable lengths to placate neighbours who wish it had never been built in the first place – laying on baking lessons, lectures on staying healthy and monthly meetings with neighbourhood representatives. Other such homes offer yoga and play areas for children.
Shanghai, like many Chinese cities, is facing a rapidly ageing population and few facilities to care for elderly people. But in recent years, it has also become the scene of a wave of “nimby” (not-in-my-backyard) protests pushing back against a government initiative to build 200 new community nursing homes by 2020.
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