Author(s)

Mingyu Zhou ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Economics and Management, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Corresponding Author

Mingyu Zhou

ABSTRACT

The "Younger Seniors Serving Older Seniors" model in Guangzhou, advanced by Guangzhou Volunteer Association via the Public Welfare Time, has mobilized thousands of senior volunteers and created diverse community services (home visits, patrols, skills help, meals, policy outreach). Major constraints are limited funding and venues, weak professional training and mental-health support, uneven volunteer retention, and lack of formal cross-agency coordination. Recommended steps: engage professional and interest-based volunteers, build routine training and counseling, improve age-friendly infrastructure, and institutionalize collaboration between committees, social workers, and volunteer bodies. These measures aim to move elderly volunteering from episodic activities to sustained community governance, boosting service quality and older residents's wellbeing.

KEYWORDS

Mutual Pension; Volunteer Service Participation of the Elderly; Case Study

CITE THIS PAPER

Mingyu Zhou. How to Sustain the Elderly Volunteer Service: Based on the Case Study of the Mutual Assistance Elderly Care Model in Guangzhou. Journal of Sociology and Ethnology (2026). Vol. 8, No.1, 92-98. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/jsoce.2026.080112.

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