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People in China are among the most fearful of getting old, a new global survey suggests．
According to Bupa, a British healthcare organization, which asked 12,262 people in 12 countries about their attitudes towards aging, 28 percent of the Chinese polled said they feel depressed when thinking about getting old．
And although 72 percent of all respondents aged 65 and over said they do not feel old, the survey conducted in June and July this year found more than half of those aged 45 to 54 in China already consider themselves to be elderly．About 30 percent of Chinese respondents worry about being looked after in later years, while 91 percent agreed the government should improve care for the elderly．
However, because people in China think about their future earlier, research suggests the country could be one of the best prepared for addressing the aging problem．About one third of Chinese respondents－more than double the global average－said they have put money aside for retirement, while 46 percent have taken out insurance, the poll showed．
Despite being one of the best prepared nations, three fifths of those surveyed in China expect their family to care for them when they can no longer do so themselves．Bupa, however, reported that the “informal care network”(the traditional pattern of families looking after the elderly)is disintegrating．
This is due to a number of factors, said the report, including structural changes to the population, the increase of women in employment, the increase of one-person households and the rise in divorce rates．
Li Yin ping, 55, a retired accountant, said she thinks only people in their 70s can be called old．She said her pension is enough to support her in later years and that her only hope is that her son can visit regularly．
“I don’t worry about my later years at all,” said Li．“ When I’m old, I can turn to a rest home．The local hospital can deliver the medicine I need with just a phone call．”
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