1. Problems of financial resources for the elderly
Rural elderly people have limited financial resources, and their health condition determines their labor intensity. Therefore, personal labor income has always been the main source of income for the rural elderly. But once they are too old to work, it is not uncommon for them to have difficulty earning an income. At this point, they can only rely on their children, or the "old capital" and the meager social security pensions they saved when they were young to maintain a basic life.2, medical costs
Young people often work, the older they get, in addition to the sudden drop in income, but also the decline in physical function. Many rural elderly people suffer from hypertension, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, but because of medical equipment, medical costs, rather than carry the hospital, and eventually developed into a major disease. Especially now after the 80s and 90s, most of them are one-child families, both sides of the four old people, once seriously ill, the light medical expenses can be two, a family pressured. Secondly, what are the common ways to support the elderly in rural areas? After exploring the problem of rural elderly people, let's take a look at what the elderly in rural areas of China now rely on to maintain their old age.1, the children to prevent old age
Many children will receive their parents to live in the city, a number of children's families to take turns to support the way. Siblings contribute to the money, contribute to the effort, the old man took turns in each of the children's home for a few months, take turns to support the old man. This kind of companionable home care is a more common model nowadays.2, collective old age
Some of the old and sick, no support for the rural elderly, or children do not have time to take care of the empty nest of the rural elderly, by the rural townships or neighborhood committees, arrangements for living in the collective nursing home. For example, in Xinyu City, Jiangxi Province, the first "party building + care home", is through the collective elderly model, to help solve the rural elderly left behind, living alone and the elderly in need of old age. It costs 200 yuan per month, which is affordable for most of the rural elderly.