Legal basis: Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly.
Article 28 The state guarantees the basic livelihood of the elderly through the basic old-age insurance system.
Article 31 The state provides basic living, medical care, housing or other assistance to the elderly who are in financial difficulties.
The local people's governments at all levels shall provide support or assistance to the elderly who have no ability to work, no source of income, no supporter or supporter, or their supporters and supporters really have no ability to support and support. Local people's governments at all levels shall provide assistance to vagrants, beggars and abandoned elderly people.
Article 37 Local people's governments at various levels and relevant departments shall take measures to develop urban and rural community pension services, encourage and support professional service institutions and other organizations and individuals, and provide life care, emergency rescue, medical care, spiritual comfort, psychological consultation and other forms of services for the elderly at home. Local people's governments at all levels should gradually give subsidies for old-age services to the elderly with financial difficulties.