Author(s)

Xiaoxue Zhang

Corresponding Author

Xiaoxue Zhang

ABSTRACT

With the increasing number of people, the phenomenon of ageing has become serious and the problem of elderly care has become increasingly prominent. After a long period of development, China's community-based elderly care services have to some extent reduced the problems of elderly care, but there are still a small number of problems that have not yet been solved. Since ancient times, it has been a traditional virtue of the Chinese people to respect the elderly and love the young, which means that both in the past and in the future, the elderly are the key target of social services, and in the context of the new era, social work is facing major challenges. With the increasing number of elderly people and the advent of an ageing society, the country is under enormous pressure to provide for the elderly. There are three main traditional models of old age care, namely community care, home care and institutional care. As society progresses and the national economy continues to improve, individual household incomes have increased significantly and a series of changes in the concept of old age have occurred. Social work plays an important role in solving social problems because of its scientific methods, professional talents and unique concepts, especially in solving the problems of elderly services, so it is of great significance to intervene in urban community elderly services.

KEYWORDS

Social work; urban communities; elderly care