VIC provider signs deal for Chinese aged care facility
Just recently, the University of Tasmania announced it would translate its Preventing Dementia online course into Mandarin for the first time as we reported here
In another sign that China is tapping Australia’s aged care talent, Sapphire Group Holdings, which owns Sapphire Care and partly owns BlueCross, has signed a joint venture agreement with Sungin, a subsidiary of investment company Fosun Group, to develop a luxury aged care facility in Beijing, Aged Care Guide reports. The deal will see the two companies work together to build a four-storey, 92-bed aged care facility – named Fragrant Hill – on 8,600sqm in Beijing based on Sapphire Care’s model. Sapphire will manage the facility with the focus on providing care in a “home-like environment”. China currently has over 9.6M people with dementia, but the majority of aged care facilities are limited in their dementia care services – leading to a demand for Australian expertise. Just recently, the University of Tasmania announced it would translate its Preventing Dementia online course into Mandarin for the first time as we reported here.
