How Chongqing Is Building China’s Healthy Aging Hub
Jill Lai Jill Lai

How Chongqing Is Building China’s Healthy Aging Hub

Chongqing is developing a distinctive healthy aging model that moves beyond traditional elderly care by integrating forest wellness, hot spring therapy, smart community services, medical-elderly integration and health manufacturing. With 250 planned silver-hair complexes and a growing wellness industry, the municipality aims to become a benchmark for senior care development across western China.

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SECOM Adds Medical Alerts to Thai Home Security
Jill Lai Jill Lai

SECOM Adds Medical Alerts to Thai Home Security

THAI SECOM has launched Smart Security Care, a residential solution combining smart sensors, medical buttons, medicine monitoring, video communication and 24/7 emergency response. Designed for families living apart from aging parents, the service reflects Thailand’s growing demand for aging-in-place solutions and the convergence of home security, smart-home technology and elder care.

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China Unveils Autonomous Mobile Toilet Robot for Elderly Care
Jill Lai Jill Lai

China Unveils Autonomous Mobile Toilet Robot for Elderly Care

Chinese technology firm Yueban has unveiled Xiaoban, an autonomous mobile toilet robot designed to bring personal care directly to elderly and mobility-impaired users. Using sensors, autonomous navigation, automated washing, drying, waste disposal and self-cleaning, the device aims to improve dignity and independence while reducing the physical and personal burden placed on caregivers.

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Investors Turn to Intergenerational Living as Cities Age
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Investors Turn to Intergenerational Living as Cities Age

Singapore and Germany are pioneering intergenerational housing models that bring seniors, younger residents and families together. Driven by ageing populations, housing shortages and rising costs, the trend is attracting property investors seeking resilient assets and adaptive reuse opportunities. As similar pressures emerge across Asia, intergenerational living could become a growing segment of urban real estate.

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Digital Health Funding Reaches $7.4 Billion Amid AI Boom
Jill Lai Jill Lai

Digital Health Funding Reaches $7.4 Billion Amid AI Boom

Digital health venture funding rose to $7.4 billion across 244 U.S. deals in the first half of 2026, despite declining deal volume. Investors increasingly concentrated capital in AI-enabled companies with proven clinical outcomes, driving mega-rounds in mental health, obesity care, chronic disease management, and genomics while mergers and acquisitions accelerated.

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