Analysis of the Current Situation and Countermeasures for Qinhuangdao City’s Active Response to Population Aging and the Construction of Elderly Care Service System

Abstract

With the continuous development of global technology and the improvement of medical standards, the aging of the population is an inevitable consequence. In recent years, the decline in birth rate and mortality rate has accelerated the proportion of the aging population in China. However, public elderly care institutions still mainly focus on providing basic support, while private elderly care institutions face issues such as incomplete infrastructure, weak professional service capabilities in rehabilitation nursing and emotional support, insufficient follow-up funding, management and operation mechanisms that need improvement, conflicts with traditional ideologies, and high elderly care costs. In recent years, various regions across the country have actively explored new models of socialized home-based elderly care services. However, due to deviations in social awareness and the weakness of professional service teams, it is more important to fully leverage the government’s role in leading socialized home-based elderly care services.