Soliloquy of the President [senior housing] vol.107

Aging in Chine, to be a huge market
This article was on the front page of the Nikkei newspaper on the 30th ofNovember. Nichiigakkan the largest nursing company in Japan acquiring
dozens of Chinese companies, eyeing the rapidly ageing population in China,
perhaps it will expand it’s nursing care service in Chine from next year
(2016). Well, it is awful. Can Golden Age expand also in China? But,
definitely I don’t go to China.
I do elderly nursing not for “making money” at the first place. ① The reason
is because I actually experienced a near “family disintegration” whilenursing care at home for my grandmother, I thought that it should not bethat much hardship. Do not try nursing withoutboth “professional carepersonal” and “nursing facilities”, that’s my advise.
② Second, our generation did not create the current Japanese economicpower. That was generated by all the current elderly generation who wasborn before and during the war. I go often oversees especially to Southeast
Asia, so, I feel that Japan is a rich, peaceful and safe country. No matter richor poor, compared to any country in Asia, I think that is pleasant and great
to live in Japan.
I established Gold Age because of appreciation the achievements of all thoseelderly, so they live happily. There were various difficulties during those 10years, I do my best without to forget all those feelings. Yes, I must say that I
do nursing care only for “every Japanese”. I don’t do for Chinese, Americansor Germans.
It is likely that Gold Age nursing care will start in Bangkok, Thailand (alsoin Malaysia, Philippines, Australia and Hawaii) it is not for nursing Thaipeople. I want to do it for the elderly Japanese who live in Thailand. Theybeen transferred from Japan, they been struggling, those “corporate warriors”
worked for Japan, they want to spend their old age in Thailand. So Gold Age
makes nursing care in Thailand, if somebody says that “I want to die ontatami” then Gold Age has 1,000 rooms in Japan, please come any time. Also,when somebody wants to see “Japanese grandchild” can stay in Gold age oneor two months in Japan. I plan and dream about that, perhaps it makes now
sense why I don’t want nursery care for Chinese people.
China’s population is 1.367 billion people, 15% of those are over 60 years old.
Currently, about “212 million people” who are 60 years old or older, increases“8.5 million people” each year. “3,384 million people” were 65 years old as of
15th of September 2015, In China roughly 6.3 times more elderly people.
Because there was the “one child policy” (some changes are this year) eachparents have only one child. Grandfathers, grandmothers 4 people have only
one grandchild. And there is no “nursing care insurance”. It is very hardsituation.
How take care China of this “explosive increase of elderly”. I believe thatJapan is “developed country” of “elderly homes that includes service”.
Frankly, it would be good to do care for elderly people in China similar to“Gold Age”. The burden of the country is small in Japan, and the users ofGold Age are pleased. I’ll not do nursing care for Chinese, but I can give
guidance in China. Actually, I been asked from China to teach, I might gothere one time.