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additional structures in both newly constructed • Significant efforts have been made
urban districts and residential areas, as well as old to establish public elderly care organizations.
urban districts and existing residences. Jiangmen has implemented the remodeling and
upgrade of organizations caring for persons
• Both Jiangmen and Zhaoqing have promoted with extreme difficulties (nursing homes). Also
the development of home-based elderly care prominent in its policy agenda is the establishment
services. Jiangmen has clarified the relevant content of regional elderly care services centers and
for home-based and community-based elderly care demonstrative elderly care organization projects,
services with express encouragement of involvement with emphasis on installing nursing care beds
by health care organizations in the provision of in order to raise the standard of health care and
elderly care services. As to Zhaoqing, the relevant caring services. Zhaoqing has made explicit that the
policies show the government’s resolve in launching People’s Governments on the district, municipal
support for the establishment of service guidance and county levels shall establish public elderly care
centers and the relevant management systems by organizations, which provide long-term elderly
district, municipal and county level departments. care services to eligible elderly.

Table 5 Recently issued documents and policies concerning cross-border elderly care in Jiangmen and Zhaoqing

No. Document/policy Issuing authority Date of issue

1 Measures in Managing Home-based and The General Office of the People’s 30 September 2022
Community-based Elderly Care in the Jiangmen Government of the Jiangmen
Municipality Municipality

2 Certain Measures for Promoting the Development The General Office of the People’s 8 April 2020
of Health and Elderly Care Services in the Jiangmen Government of the Jiangmen
Municipality Municipality

3 Regulations of Elderly Care Services of the The Standing Committee of the 12 August 2024
Zhaoqing Municipality Zhaoqing Municipal People’s Congress

2.2.6. Foshan, Dongguan and Huizhou At the same time, high-end integrated health and
elderly care communities serve as the archetype in
Foshan, Dongguan and Huizhou have extended the future development of the elderly care industry,
their effort in raising the quality of elderly care one that serves both the needs of health care and
services, satisfying the diverse needs of the elderly care.
elderly, and promoting the process of integration,
professionalization and standardization of the GBA. • Foshan and Huizhou have been facilitating
the standardization of elderly care services. In
• In promoting the development of the elderly Foshan’s Shunde district, a system of standardization
care services industry, Foshan has been proactive in with “Shunde characteristics” has typified the idea
upgrading the elderly care services organizations by that health care and elderly care are part and parcel
pioneering the “Star-quality Elderly Care” initiative. to each other. By way of the combined health care
The organizations that receive a “Stellar Elderly and elderly care model, Dongguan has established
Care Organizations of Guangdong Province” rating a standardized process in the parallel provision of
receive awards. Dongguan has sought to enhance health care and elderly care. Dongguan’s effort is
cooperation with Hong Kong on the provision the very practice of standard-setting for elderly care
of health care services, which supports the services. During the Greater Bay Area Healthcare
development of the elderly care services industry. and Elderly Care Industry Facilitation Conference,

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