Author(s)

ShuHeng Guo

Affiliation(s)

Social Research Institute, University College London, London (WC1E 6BT), UK.

Corresponding Author

ShuHeng Guo

ABSTRACT

As China's urbanization process accelerates, the rural elderly migrants have gradually become a special social group. They move to cities to take care of their grandchildren or to facilitate their children's support, and face unique challenges of elderly care in other places. The study takes the rural elderly migrants in L Community of Xi'an as a case study, and through in-depth interviews and field research, analyzes the current situation of elderly care for this group in the city and the main problems they face. The results show that the rural elderly migrants face multiple difficulties in urban life, such as insufficient economic support, difficulty in social integration, and lack of elderly care resources. In addition, the dual urban-rural social security system has further aggravated the elderly care pressure of this group. Therefore, this study suggests intervention from multiple dimensions such as policy, community support, and family relationships to improve the current situation of rural elderly people living in other places and enhance their quality of life.

KEYWORDS

Off-site elderly care; Rural elderly migrants; Urbanization; Social security; Family relationship; Community support

CITE THIS PAPER

ShuHeng Guo. Research on off-site elderly care of rural elderly migrants: an empirical analysis of the l community in Xi'an, China. World Journal of Sociology and Law. 2024, 2(2): 29-34. DOI: 10.61784/wjsl3002.

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