{"id":29880,"date":"2026-02-28T05:17:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T05:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=29880"},"modified":"2026-02-28T05:17:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T05:17:19","slug":"chinas-hospitals-pilot-companion-free-care-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=29880","title":{"rendered":"China&#8217;s hospitals pilot companion-free care services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/english.news.cn\/20260227\/210be8e599e44019ba3a3a17826aa622\/20260227210be8e599e44019ba3a3a17826aa622_XxjpbeE000443_20260227_CBMFN0A001.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A nurse (R) explains the &#8220;companion-free&#8221; care services to a family member of an inpatient at a hospital in Shanghai, east China, Feb. 26, 2026. (Xinhua\/Liu Ying)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>China&#8217;s hospitals are piloting &#8220;companion-free&#8221; care services to ease the heavy burden of daily care-giving on the inpatients&#8217; families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new mode of operation requires hosting hospitals to directly employ trained nursing assistants to provide 24-hour non-medical care for inpatients with particular needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Such services used to rely solely on family members of the inpatients or private caregivers they hire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/english.news.cn\/20260227\/210be8e599e44019ba3a3a17826aa622\/20260227210be8e599e44019ba3a3a17826aa622_XxjpbeE000443_20260227_CBMFN0A002.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A nurse (L) and nursing assistant (R) help an inpatient with post-surgery rehabilitation exercises at a hospital in Shanghai, east China, Feb. 26, 2026. (Xinhua\/Liu Ying)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/english.news.cn\/20260227\/210be8e599e44019ba3a3a17826aa622\/20260227210be8e599e44019ba3a3a17826aa622_XxjpbeE000443_20260227_CBMFN0A003.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A nursing assistant feeds an inpatient at a hospital in Shanghai, east China, Feb. 26, 2026. (Xinhua\/Liu Ying)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/english.news.cn\/20260227\/210be8e599e44019ba3a3a17826aa622\/20260227210be8e599e44019ba3a3a17826aa622_XxjpbeE000443_20260227_CBMFN0A004.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A nursing assistant helps an inpatient walk at a hospital in Shanghai, east China, Feb. 26, 2026. (Xinhua\/Liu Ying)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Reference Link:- <a href=\"https:\/\/english.news.cn\/20260227\/210be8e599e44019ba3a3a17826aa622\/c.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/english.news.cn\/20260227\/210be8e599e44019ba3a3a17826aa622\/c.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China&#8217;s hospitals are piloting &#8220;companion-free&#8221; care services to ease the heavy burden of daily care-giving on the inpatients&#8217; families. The new mode of operation requires hosting hospitals to directly employ trained nursing assistants to provide 24-hour non-medical care for inpatients with particular needs. 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