家庭在养老服务中的作用:传承、变迁与展望

在中国社会转型与社会变迁过程中,家庭结构与家庭职能发生了明显变化,家庭在养老服务中的作用也随之产生变化。在传统社会,家庭在养老服务提供中占主导地位,几乎提供老年人的全部养老服务,尤其是在农村。在现代社会中,社会化养老已成为必然趋势,但是,家庭的养老服务作用依然十分重要,在日常照料与精神慰藉方面发挥着不可替代的作用。家庭在提供养老服务方面面临着诸多困境,比如:家庭养老服务资源缩减,政府对家庭支持力度不足,传统的家庭孝道趋于衰落。未来需处理好家庭养老与社会养老的关系,从多个方面助力家庭,更好地发挥家庭在养老服务中的作用。

The Role of Family in the Elderly Service: Inheritance,Change and Prospect

In the process of social transformation and social change in China, the family structure and family function have changed obviously, and the role of the family in the elderly service has also changed with it. This study takes the role of the family in the elderly service as the main line, and combs the change of it based on the background of economic and social change. In traditional society, families dominate the provision of elderly service, providing almost all of the elderly service of older persons, especially in rural areas. In modern society, socialized elderly service has become an inevitable trend, but the role of family elderly service is still very important, and the daily care and spiritual consolation plays an irreplaceable role. Families face many difficulties in providing elderly service, such as shrinking resources for family elderly service, insufficient government support for families, and the decline of traditional family filial piety. In the future, we should deal with the relationship between family elderly service and social elderly service, help families from many aspects, and give better play to the role of family in elderly service.