DALLAS: As the Japanese population continues to age, so do their pets. Improvements in animal rearing and care have seen pets living longer, prompting new businesses to develop not only for aging pet owners, but also for their increasingly elderly animals.
Seikatsu Kagaku Un-Ei, a Tokyo-based company that operates nursing homes and condominiums for the elderly, allows residents at 18 of its 27 facilities to live with their pets. Currently 25 households in the company’s condominiums keep dogs or cats as pets…..