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concerned as her children, who have been working so hard, have to spend time looking after her.


"I moved to the nursing home in March 2016, and since then, I have come to love the living environment, the care of the staff and the friends who live around me nike air max 2019 australia ," Xuan said, adding that she has made good friends with a widowed man next door.


According to Vietnam's General Department of Population and Family Planning, the number of people over 60 years old in Vietnam makes up some 10 percent of the country's population, which equals 9 million people.


It is forecast that by 2029, Vietnam will have some 16.5 million elderly people, accounting for 17 percent of the whole population.


In each out of the dozens of provinces nationwide cheap nike air max 2019 outlet australia , there are between one and three state-run care homes for the elderly. However, they merely take care of poor or abandoned old people.


In the suburb of Hanoi, the private-run Tuyet Thai Nursing Home is located in a sparsely populated area surrounded by a lot of green trees and lakes. The center has been running since 2012 and is taking care of more than 60 seniors, said Nguyen Thi Bach Tuyet, director of the Tuyet Thai nursing home.


On the spacious campus, an elderly man was returning to the nursing home after getting up early and going jogging. Phi Cong Thu is deceptively youthful for his age with the 82-year-old man telling Xinhua that some people may think children sending their parents to the care centers mean that they do not love or respect their parents cheap nike air max 2019 australia free shipping , but that it's not true.


"It is not until I came here that I understood that the elderly are properly taken care of at centers such as this. We are helped with our daily routines like having baths, and going to the toilet. The staff are well-trained and they do their jobs with love, as if they are looking after their own parents or grandparents," said Thu.


Vietnamese people are particularly familiar with the idea of "Tu dai dong duong" (four generations under the same roof). In a traditional Vietnamese family, children and grandchildren will take care of the elderly, in both material and spiritual aspects.


However cheap nike air max 2019 sale australia , the process of urbanization has led to an increase in the shift of employment from agriculture to industry and from rural to urban environments. It has made people increasingly busier, especially those of a working age.


As a result, the time available to care for their grandparents or parents is limited, said Tuyet.


To Hoang Son, 65, who sends his mother to the center cheap nike air max 2019 online australia , told Xinhua that no matter how hard he tried, he and his wife failed to find the time to be able to fully take care of his mother as they are both too busy with their jobs and their children are busy with school.


"My mother used to be very sad while staying at home with the home helper all day long, doing nothing but watching TV," said Son. "That's why I decided to bring my mother to the care center," he said.


"It was a 'real struggle' on the first day. My mother refused the idea of living in the care center. She insisted she