In Australia, already struggling with how to deal with the baby boomer generation, elderly migrants pose particular challenges.
Residents of Quong Tart nursing home like to spend their day chatting, over a game of Mahjong.
Chinese food, music and architecture also make them feel at home.
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"I like living here, i don't need to buy anything, everything is prepared for me", one lady says.
"Food, laundry - all I have to do is think about is how to play mahjong."
Chinese families traditionally look after relatives at home.
But UnitingCare says that numbers here are growing, as the younger generation struggles to care for them on their own.
Cassandra Hill has more.
