BusinessAging Asia's trillion-dollar business opportunity
Enterprising companies see a bright future in the region's swelling elderly population
A worker attends to a resident of an elderly care home near Bangkok operated by Japanese company Riei. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
As Asia ages, businesses catering to the elderly are swelling along with the demographic. So alluring is the growth potential that even companies with no prior experience in this segment are rushing in, from property developers to newspaper operators.