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Community Service Provision for the Elderly under the Context of Contracting Out in Guangzhou of China

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In urban China, a new model of care for the elderly has emerged which involves the government purchasing community services from professional social work agencies. This paper documents this new development and considers the impacts of community-based service provision for the elderly.

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  1. The Guangzhou municipal government called it “Community Comprehensive Service Centres” in policies issued in 2010. In 2011, “Community Comprehensive Service Centres” were renamed “Family Comprehensive Service Centres”.

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The work described in this paper was funded by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Guangdong Univeristy Youth Innovation Talent Project (2015WQNCX002), and the City University of Hong Kong.

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Lin, W. Community Service Provision for the Elderly under the Context of Contracting Out in Guangzhou of China. Ageing Int 41, 427–441 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12126-016-9250-x

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