China’s population is ageing, affecting trends in social development and basic national conditions. More attention must be paid to the lack of care needs assessments for the elderly in China’s pension institutions. This paper discusses a systematic evaluation of the care needs of the elderly in China’s elderly care institutions.
Literature was collected and synthesised after a search of the Web of Science, PubMed and other databases for works published up to August 2021. Relevant content is proposed, including the name of the first author, publication date, study area, and sample size.
Exactly 18 articles were included in the literature, documents that reported on a total of 7,277 elderly people. The results showed a combined demand rate of primary care needs ≥ 50%. The top five needs included mental/psychological (76%), tranquillity/care (73%), living/environmental (71%), medical treatment (64%) and preventive healthcare (64%). The combined demand rate of secondary care needs ≥ 50%. The top five needs included 79% for room/laundry/cleaning, 77% for psychological comfort and nursing, 73% for end-of-life care, 70% for disease diagnosis and treatment and 69% for physical examination.
The health needs of older people are diverse and focus mainly on mental/psychological, tranquility/care, living/environmental (71 per cent), pharmacotherapy and preventive health care.