REVIEW AND PROSPECT OF RESEARCH ON SOCIAL VULNERABILITY OF THE ELDERLY

Abstract

The scale of China's elderly population is growing rapidly, it is imperative to build an agefriendly society. Identifying the social vulnerability of older persons to vulnerable situations in society seems important.This paper uses literature analysis to systematically review the concept, evaluation methods and indicator system, influencing factors and recent progress of the social vulnerability of the elderly, and makes a future outlook on this basis. The study found that the concept of social vulnerability of the elderly has not yet reached a unified consensus, the indicator system lacks comprehensiveness and pertinence. The article argues that the social vulnerability of older persons refers to the possibility of vulnerability under the influence of multiple factors, involving the interaction between various socioeconomic, political and cultural conditions and individuals. Future research should focus on the "systemcomprehensive" perspective for comprehensive analysis, further promote the research of method diversification and group differentiation, and gradually construct the theory of social vulnerability of the elderly based on Chinese scenarios