Analysis on the Policy of Beijing’s Home-based Elderly Care Service

Abstract

China entered an aging society in 1999, and so far, Beijing has entered the moderately aging society. Under the circumstances, home care has become the primary choice for the elderly in Beijing. Based on the relevant literature, this paper studies the existing policies and practical difficulties of home-based elderly care service in Beijing. The paper recognizes good effects of the current policies and further analyzes the problems to be improved from the aspects of policy follow-up of market segmentation, policy coordination, and policy dynamic adjustment. Based on the research, the paper suggests that the government should coordinate the development of industries and institutions by doing a good job in the market segmentation. The government need to improve the matched policies to reflect the comprehensive effect of the policy system. All sectors of society need to advocate a new view of supporting the elderly to create a good policy environment.