Hu HF. Innovative development model for high quality elderly care: A study of "chain + virtual elderly care" services in Hengyang City. World J Methodol 2025; 15(4): 107503 [DOI: 10.5662/wjm.v15.i4.107503]
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Heng-Fen Hu, PhD, Professor, Medical School, Hunan Vocational and Technical College of Environmental Biology, No. 165 Wangcheng Road, Shigu District, Hengyang 421005, Hunan Province, China. huhengfenfen@126.com
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Health Care Sciences & Services
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World J Methodol. Dec 20, 2025; 15(4): 107503 Published online Dec 20, 2025. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v15.i4.107503
Innovative development model for high quality elderly care: A study of "chain + virtual elderly care" services in Hengyang City
Heng-Fen Hu
Heng-Fen Hu, Medical School, Hunan Vocational and Technical College of Environmental Biology, Hengyang 421005, Hunan Province, China
Author contributions: Hu HF completed the writing of the manuscript, data analysis, and review approval.
Supported by Hengyang Social Science Foundation Project, No. 2024C027.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The author declares that she has no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Open Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Heng-Fen Hu, PhD, Professor, Medical School, Hunan Vocational and Technical College of Environmental Biology, No. 165 Wangcheng Road, Shigu District, Hengyang 421005, Hunan Province, China. huhengfenfen@126.com
Received: March 25, 2025 Revised: April 27, 2025 Accepted: June 18, 2025 Published online: December 20, 2025 Processing time: 132 Days and 21 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: This study aims to explore the construction path of the "chain + virtual elderly care" service model, by establishing a community resource integration mechanism and a smart service platform, to achieve precise identification of service needs and dynamic allocation of resources. The research focuses on addressing three core issues: How to break down departmental barriers and form a service synergy through the "three social linkage" mechanism, how to use information technology to improve service response efficiency, and how to build a sustainable elderly care service supply system. The research results can provide replicable experience samples for cities of the same type, as well as theoretical support for improving the grassroots social governance system, which has practical significance for promoting equalization of basic elderly care services.
