Author(s)

Min Lu

Corresponding Author

Min Lu

Abstract

Aging is an irreversible fundamental trend, and it is of utmost importance to promote the pension industry with the concept of "integrating medical services and elderly services" in both present and future periods. In comparison to urban areas, rural regions have a larger absolute number of elderly individuals, higher proportions of young age and disability, as well as lower coverage rates of pension facilities. Therefore, it is necessary for the promotion of integrating medical services and elderly services in rural areas to align with the specific circumstances of each region. Based on an analysis of the background development regarding the integration of medical services and elderly services in northern Shaanxi's rural areas, this study has discovered that due to constraints such as scale, personnel availability, funding limitations, etc., there remains a significant gap in terms of integrating medical services and elderly services within rural nursing homes in northern Shaanxi. It is suggested to grasp the window period of rural aging, and increase the supply of rural medical and elderly care integrated services from the four aspects of changing concepts, policy formulation, optimizing systems, and financial support.

Keywords

Rural Elderly Care Institutions, Integrating Pension Services with Medical Services, Challenges