Research On Urban Elderly Living Conditions And Service Needs

Since the1980s, the problem related to how to take care of the elderly who arerelatively healthy but can not be completely self care has increasingly became an importantissue, and a growing number of people are concerned about it.At present, our country isexperiencing the important historical period in social economy reforming.It is an imminentchallenge to work out a practical and feasible adaptation aging demand program.On theconcept of community care, combined with the local actual situation of the elderly, SuzhouStone Road Neighborhood offices has formed a mode of operation combined home carewith day care after careful exploration and research.First, the service delivered to theirdoorsteps-home care, and the second is the welcome door services-day care. This canrealize the complementary advantages and develop leading edge effect.To fully understandthe living conditions and service needs of the contemporary elderly, timely detection andsummarize the good experience and practice in services for the elderly, reveals theproblems and shortcomings that may exist in the services for the elderly, to listen to theviews,evaluation and recommendations of the elderly on the work of an aging society,This article specially selected cases—leling Home, Shilu Street, Suzhou to expand thecomprehensive survey of the elderly on the personal situation, living conditions,demanding services to meet the situation, so as to provide a scientific basis for betterservices for the elderly.