Abstract
At present, China has entered the stage of in-depth aging, and the demand for elderly services shows new characteristic. Nanjing, as the capital city of Jiangsu province which is a developed coastal province in China, is of most typical significance for the study of demand for elderly services. Based on the statistics of the elderly population in Nanjing, the elderly service demand of the elderly population in Nanjing has been analyzed carefully from the macro and micro levels. In addition, based on the sampling survey of the elderly population in Nanjing, the current situation of the elderly service demand has further investigated and a constructing direction of new type of elderly service system has been proposed. The analysis results indicate that the construction of the elderly service system should be expanded from the original basic security to all the old people, especially for the elderly who are living alone, oldest and disabled. The service level should be changed from the generally low-level service to the higher-level service. And the elderly model should be changed from mainly family care to equal attention to the family and institution care. In this way, all kinds of elderly requirements can be well satisfied. And the elderly of different groups in urban and rural areas, who need elderly services, can have dignity, choice and affordability. Finally, they can have a happy life.
Highlights
Aging issue has been a hot topic in recent years [1,2,3,4]
Constructing a modern elder care services system is of great significance to satisfy huge aging population
In Yangtze River Delta, Jiangsu Province stepped into the aging society earlier than any other provinces of China
Summary
Aging issue has been a hot topic in recent years [1,2,3,4]. And many researchers have paid more attention to this research field all over the world [5,6,7,8]. The analysis on the demands of elder care services would provide significant guideline to the policy making and improvement on elder social caring for senior citizens. In Yangtze River Delta, Jiangsu Province stepped into the aging society earlier than any other provinces of China. It is experiencing the highest degree of aging, which represents typical characters of aging trend in developed coastal areas of China. By exploring the demands of the elderly in Nanjing, which is capital city of Jiangsu, the current and future demands of Chinese senior citizens could be understand. The direction for constructing a new elderly service system in Nanjing is further propose, which could be a significant reference for future policy making on elder care services in China
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