A Research Summary of the Elderly's Living Condition in China

Abstract

Population aging is a major feature of China's population in the current and future period. It is a major problem in the future development of whether it can correctly and actively respond to the aging of the population. At the same time, urban and rural living conditions related to the national development of the overall situation and hundreds of millions of people well-being. To be effective in coping with the aging of the population, we must first have a correct understanding and overall grasp of the living conditions of the urban and rural elderly. Strictly speaking, at present, China's social system and policy system failed to respond to the changes in the population structure of the elderly in a timely and effective response, adjustment and optimization, making the elderly living conditions have been unprecedented challenges. Therefore, this paper aims to comb the domestic and foreign research on the living conditions of the elderly population theory and practice results, on the one hand is conducive to the study of the living conditions of the elderly to provide theoretical and practical basis to form a certain research framework system; On the other hand, it is beneficial to understand the current living conditions of the elderly in our country. Under the background of increasing aggravation, we will clarify the gap between the living conditions and the needs of the elderly, find out the balance mechanism, improving the social support and can effectively prevent the aging brings a range of problems and future crises.

Keywords

• aging of population; elderly's needs
• living condition; living quality; social support