Social Work Services for Economically Impoverished Elderly Individuals in Rural Areas

Rural elderly individuals constitute the demographic with the highest incidence of poverty. They often have minimal savings, low income, and weak resilience to risks. In the absence of a well-established social security mechanism, any slight change in their lives can lead to poverty. Achieving precise poverty alleviation for the vast number of economically impoverished elderly individuals in rural areas poses a practical challenge in China’s poverty alleviation efforts.