Author(s)

Hong Liu^1,*, Yang Liu²

Affiliation(s)

¹ Bryant University-BITZH Programme, Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhuhai 519088, Guangdong, China.

² School of English Studies, Tianjin Foreign Studies University, Tianjin 300204, China.

Corresponding Author

Hong Liu

ABSTRACT

The rapid growth of aging populations in many countries has led to a new academic and professional interest in gerontology. There is a widespread concern among policy-makers and care professionals about the growing number of older persons in the society and the rising challenges of providing care or services for older persons. The increasing inadequacies of family care, eroding family support and the rising costs of institutional care, are often discussed but insufficiently addressed. The residential homes for the aged has experienced great changes from the role of social relief to supplementary supply of care for the aged on the background of rapid ageing trend and socialization of institutional care for older persons. This study conducts a historical policy review on the change of residential homes for older persons and its impacts on development of caring for older persons in China on the background of transition of population structure and society.

KEYWORDS

Residential care for the aged; Social Relief; Socialization

CITE THIS PAPER

Hong Liu, Yang Liu. The development of residential care for the aged in China: from social relief to socialization. Trends in Social Sciences and Humanities Research. 2024, 2(3): 117-120. DOI: 10.61784/tsshr3035.

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