The Problems and Strategies for Developing Mutual Aid Programs among the Elderly - Based on the Experience of Old Partners Program in Shanghai -

Xue, Xiao-Juan; Cho, HyunChul

doi:10.34243/jcas.9.1.177

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“…Xue and Chul analyzed the different mutual aid models in various countries such as the Capitol Hill Village in the United States, the Multi-generation House in Germany, the Suzuki Club in Japan, and the Baba Yajia in France. In addition, they also analyzed several models developed in the process of exploring mutual aid for the older adult in China such as the Time Bank in Jiangyan, the Xingfu Home in Feixiang, the Stronghold Activities in Qingdao, and the Old Partners program in Shanghai ( 21 ). Zhang and Yang compared different modes of community aging care services in China ( 22 ), and Chen and Han focused on the evolution of community aging care in Shanghai and put forward recommendations for China's growing aging care industry ( 23 ).…”

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Study on the time and scale of mutual aid for aging care under the background of active aging

Yu,

Wang,

Qiao

2024

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundChina has entered an aging society and will likely become the fastest-aging country in the world. The demand for aging care services has greatly increased. In recent years, the model of mutual aid for aging care has met the needs of older adults, especially those in rural areas. In this case, how much time should be spent on mutual aid for the older adult in terms of time and how much influence the size of the group has in terms of space are two very important questions when studying mutual aid for aging care.MethodsAn overlapping generations model is built in this article, which includes representative agents, representative enterprises, the endowment insurance system constructed by the government, and the behavior of representative agents in mutual aid for aging care under the background of active aging.ResultsIn the base case, the optimal proportion of time to participate in the mutual aid group is 9.31%, and the optimal proportion of time is influenced by the benchmark time of care and the size of the care group. With the increase in the benchmark time of care, the optimal proportion of time increases correspondingly, but the increase is decreasing. With the increase in the size of the care group, the optimal proportion of time decreases, but after the size reaches 4 or 5, the impact becomes very small. When parents' psychological preference coefficient changes from 0.1 to 0.9, that is, when parents change from introverted to extroverted personalities, the optimal proportion of time and parents' utility will also change.ConclusionFor children who usually take care of their parents for a long benchmark time, the optimal time to participate in the mutual aid group based on personal utility maximization is also long. Second, as the size of the group increases, the time for representative agents to participate in the mutual aid group gradually decreases. In addition, the model of mutual aid for aging care is highly correlated with parents' personalities, and extrovert parents benefit more from this model.

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