This is a study of community-based social services for the frail elderly in China. As
China is turning into an ageing society and the capacity of the family support for the
frail elderly is rapidly declining, there is an urgent need to develop formal social
services to support elderly persons to continue to live in their community. This paper
provides a general background on the structure of the emergent community services.
With the use of an example of a city in China, the operation of the community
services for the elderly people would be illustrated. Finally, the strengths and
limitations of community services would be discussed.