In recent years, the aging population has seen soaring numbers of deaths and more people reach the end of their lives with no ...

The rooms are filled with elderly residents, their hands wrinkled and backs bent. They shuffle slowly down the corridors, some using walkers. Workers help them bathe, eat, walk and take their ...

As Japan continues to see a rise in dementia patients, the country is actively adopting advanced IT technologies to address ...

Yukiko Namekata, a resident at an elder care facility in Tokyo run by Zenkoukai, and her caregiver follow the movement of a miniature humanoid robot called PALRO. At top, AIREC, an artificial ...

Sompo Holdings, Inc., one of Japan's biggest insurance companies, says it's using artificial intelligence to help alleviate a critical shortage of workers needed to care for the country's aging ...

HONG KONG, Feb 1 (Reuters) - North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners paid over $300 million to wholly acquire Unimat Retirement Community Co (URC), a Japanese elderly care service provider ...

Women from the Philippines — some with legal status, some without — make up a sizable portion of the caregiver workforce in California. Some countries have invested in public financing of ...

The trove of heirless fortunes appears to reflect a decreasing population and isolation among the elderly. Read more at ...