A Study on the Policy of Elderly Service in Anhui Province under the Background of Active Aging:Based on an Analysis of Policy Documents from 2002 to 2022
In the context of active aging,promoting the optimization and upgrading of elderly care service policies is an urgent need for the governance of aging society in the new era.By using bibliometric method and content analysis method,in terms of external factors and internal attributes,this paper conducts a comprehensive quantitative study on 34 policy documents from 2002 to 2022 in Anhui Province. It is found that the development of elderly care service policies has gone through three periods,and there is a mode of cooperation between the publishers of the documents with the following type and the collaborative type of intergovernmental relationship co-existing. The implementability and operability of the elderly service policy need to be strengthened;The"elderly care"and"elderly medical services"are the core of elderly service policy.There is a structural imbalance in the policy instruments for elderly care services.It is pointed out that in the future elderly service policymaking we should be problem-oriented, enhance cooperation, improve the understanding of demand,and expand the demand space.It is also suggested to improve the coordination network of policy tools and design a reasonable combination of tools.