Abstract:

Classifying functions of the aged support agency is mainly to facilitate the legal and effective supervision for the charging department. At present the function orientation has not yet been carried in to execution by most of our aged support agencies and hence in future we may consider dividing those a-gencies into the three categories of "high care", "mid care"and"low care"facilities. Considering our own reality and referring to lessons from other countries, we should emphasize to develop high-care facilities and corresponding accommodation. In recent years the international society has brought forward a new idea of "sustaining care". Accordingly, most of our urban and rural aged support agencies hereby ought to be merged into the two categories of " compound support agency" and " single high care agency".

Key words: the aged support agency, functional structure, sustaining care