Both of the home-based care services for older people and the function of old-age support by family have been integrated into the national strategy of actively responding to ageing. However, more in-depth studies are necessary to explore the effects of home-based care services on family support for the older people. Based on a counterfactual framework and using the 2018 and 2020 China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey (CLASS) data, this paper employs a combination of propensity score matching and difference-in-differences methods to measure the influence of home-based care services on family intergenerational support. The results show that home-based care services for the older people have a significant negative impact on their family intergenerational support, to a certain extent, replacing the instrumental support provided by adult children. Moreover, this substitution effect is more significant among the relatively vulnerable elderly group. The empirical results also suggest that the effect of home-based care services on family intergenerational support does not significantly reduce the intergenerational relationships of older adults, and that the overall functioning of family care is maintained. Therefore, in order to promote the mutual integration and positive interaction between social care services and family care, the support for the family care provided by home-based care services should be strengthened.

Based on the fourth survey of the living conditions of the elderly in urban and rural areas of 2015, this paper explores the mediation effects of health human capital and social capital between economic capital and elder abuse using the simultaneous equations model. It is found that the incidence of elder abuse is about 2.70%. Mental abuse and neglect care are the leading categories of elder abuse in China. The older people who are living alone, in western China, male, with low education level, jobless, having more sons, and with more children out of home or with financial difficulties are at a greater risk of elder abuse. The older people's health human capital, economic capital, and social capital have significant inhibitory effect on elder abuse. It can be concluded that the incidence of elder abuse is low in China. Older people with greater health human capital, economic capital, and social capital are less likely to experience elder abuse. Further, the health human capital and social capital play mediation roles between economic capital and elder abuse. Policies aiming at improving the health awareness and economic security of the older people, establishing a diversified social support network, and strengthening the construction of community eldercare services should be adopted.

Negative life events largely affect older adults mental health and thus should be understood and addressed carefully to improve the life quality of the elderly. Based on the socioemotional selectivity theory, and using the data of 2014 China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey, this paper analyzes the impacts of negative life events on Chinese older adults' mental health, and explores the moderating effects of social networks and coping styles. The results show that, during the year before the survey, 28% of the Chinese elderly have experienced at least one negative life event. This experience is negatively correlated with the mental health of the elderly. The results from multiple regression analysis suggest that family network, friend network and active coping style have a positive effect on mental health, while negative coping will adversely influence the mental health of older adults. Therefore, both the internal coping style of the elderly and external network resources, especially the family supports, should be promoted to reduce the harmful effects of negative events on older adults' mental health.

Based on 2014 China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey,this paper explores the effects of the “giving” behavior by the elderly on their mental health by using linear regression models,and discusses the moderating effect of cognitive evaluation on the relationship of the support behavior and mental health. The results show that the financial support and housework support for adult children are positively correlated with mental health of the Chinese older parents,but those supports demonstrate negative effects on their mental health if the supports are evaluated to be demanded excessively by the elderly. For the urban elderly,the evaluation of excessive demands by the elderly significantly moderates the effects of grandchildren caring on mental health,while for the rural elderly,the moderating role is found to be prominent on the relationship between financial support and mental health. The results also support the “ABC Emotion Theory”. Therefore,in the background of active ageing and improving older person‘s role in family,it is important to alleviate the burden of grandchildren caring of the urban elderly and the burden of financial support of the rural elderly in order to maintain their mental health.

Based on data from 2014 China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey conducted by Renmin University of China,this paper analyzes the income levels and intergenerational economic support of the Chinese elderl.The study explores the influencing factors of the income of urban and rural elderly using multiple linear regression model.The results show that the average income of the urban elderly is 4.5 times that of the rural elderly.The“upward”transfer of economic resources is the main pattern among the families of Chinese elderly,while“downward”transfer is also distinct among the urban elderly in terms of the percentage and degree of the transfers to their childre.Both the early endowed qualifications and multiple cumulative social factors in the elderly’ s life courses are significantly related to the income level of the Chinese elderl.However,big differences are found among rural and urban elderly in terms of the effects or even the directions of the influencing factors.This paper proposes that the key of enhancing economic security in later life is to improve people’ s economic independence instead of encouraging economic supports by family members for elderly．

Based on 2014 China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey，this paper explores the principal demands of old-age care for the Chinese elderly through analyzing their physical and mental health，economic status，social participation，and expectations for old-age support．This paper further examines old people’s family resources such as their family size，family structure，living arrangements，and children’s situations and their social resources such as social security，medical and health services，facilities，and social services．The results show that 47.53% of the Chinese older people are living in the empty- nest family．12.54% of the elderly need to be cared at different levels．Pension levels still vary considerably among different regions，although the economic independence of the elderly have been improved． Welfares such as the oldest-old allowance and preferential treatment for elderly have progressed remarkably．However，there are big differences between urban and rural areas in terms of the coverage of the old-age care institutions and facilities．

The sixth national population census in 2010 is an updated data resource for understanding the living arrangement of the Chinese older people. This paper studies the current situations and changing patterns of living arrangement of Chinese older people using data from the sixth and fifth national censuses and analyzes cohort changes of living arrangement of the older people. There are apparent developments in the trend of empty- nest families in China. Comparing to the older persons in living-alone families，those who live in the only- couple families have distinct features. Despite the provincial differences，the extended families with three generations living together is still the dominant living arrangement in China largely due to the past fertility levels of the current older people. The results suggest that the percentage of nuclear families will decrease，while the shares of empty- nest families and living-alone families will increase remarkably during the aging process of the population who were born in the 1950s and 1960s. It is imperative to develop social institutions and improve social services for older people to accommodate the changes of living arrangement in China.