What are the reasons for the emergence of "group elderly care"?

China is currently experiencing the world's largest and at the same time the fastest process of population aging. According to the 2016 statistical bulletin of the National Bureau of Statistics, by the end of 2016, China's elderly population aged 60 years and above had reached 231 million, accounting for 16.7% of the total population. Among them, there were 150 million elderly people aged 65 and above, accounting for as much as 10.8% of the total population. The rapid aging of the population, coupled with declining fertility rates and family miniaturization and other factors *** with the role of the traditional family pension function is increasingly weakened, the old people's worries about old age are increasingly aggravated. The value of "group elderly care" is gradually being realized.

First, it can alleviate the difficulty of the elderly to stay in the nursing home "just need" problem. On the one hand, with the profound changes in the family structure, the function of the family old age is getting weaker and weaker. On the other hand, most of the elderly service functions originally undertaken by the government and enterprises have been divested with the transformation of government functions and enterprise reform, but the construction of the socialized elderly service system is far from keeping pace with the expansion of the demand for social elderly services, and the demand for elderly people to stay in elderly institutions is growing. The construction and development of institutions for the elderly has fallen far short of meeting the needs of the elderly, which is related to both the high fees charged by institutions for the elderly, which are beyond the means of many elderly people, and the structural contradiction that arises from the disconnect between the supply of institutions for the elderly and the actual needs of the elderly. In this context, the emergence of "group elderly care" this "type of elderly care institutions", not only to some of the elderly to produce the attraction, but also attracted the attention of the community.

Secondly, it can make up for the huge gap between the development of care services and the demand for elderly care services. With the increasing aging of the population, especially the increase in the number of incapacitated elderly, senior citizens, and empty nesters, the demand for medical care services for the elderly is becoming more and more vigorous, but the development of socialized care services is far from being able to meet the demand for care services for the elderly. A large amount of relevant survey data shows that the proportion of elderly people who need to provide home services by service personnel increases with age; the older the age, the stronger the demand for home services by service personnel. However, at present, the development of care services in China is still in the stage of exploration and preliminary development, and the door-to-door service is carried out even less, and more than 90% of the elderly in China are willing to and can only choose to age in place. Perfect, affordable and accessible socialized home care services, including home care services, are necessary to ensure that ageing at home is possible. At present, China's socialized home care service system is still underdeveloped, home care services needed by the elderly, especially in the home care services are still lacking, relying on the members of the care services provided by each other, "group elderly" way naturally favored by the elderly.

Thirdly, the mutual provision of daily life care can replace some of the socialized life care services. Because of the gradual miniaturization of families and the need for working age family members to work, it is impossible for family members to take on all of the daily care services for the elderly. Against the background that it is becoming increasingly difficult for family members to bear the burden of daily life care for the elderly, the provision of socialized daily life care services for the elderly is the main way to solve this problem. However, neither the community nor society as a whole is well prepared to respond effectively to the rapidly increasing demand for care services for the elderly. Elderly people who "age in groups", especially younger elderly people and those who can take care of themselves, "age in groups" and share the daily life care services with each other can greatly reduce the workload of the daily life care services and have cost advantages, which is also the reason why This is also one of the attractions of "group elderly care".

Fourth, they can provide comfort to each other and fulfill the strong demand of the elderly for spiritual comfort. Due to their old age and withdrawal from work, coupled with the fact that the children of a considerable majority of the elderly are not around because of work, residence and going abroad, it is easy for the elderly to develop a sense of loss and loneliness of varying degrees, and the need for spiritual solace is very strong. Spiritual comfort for the elderly in China comes mainly from family members, relatives and friends. The newly introduced Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly also explicitly stipulates that children should visit their families frequently. However, it is obviously not enough to rely solely on family members, relatives and friends to provide spiritual comfort. "Elderly people in "group elderly care" usually choose elderly people who share the same interests, have the same interests and hobbies, and "get along" with each other, thus effectively making up for the lack of spiritual comfort. The lack of spiritual comfort.