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Title: Senior citizens’ requirements of services provided by community-based care facilities : a China study
Authors: Xiang, L 
Yu, ATW 
Tan, Y
Shan, X
Shen, Q 
Issue Date: 2019
Source: Facilities, 2019, v. 38, no. 1/2, p. 52-71
Abstract: Purpose - This study aims to identify senior citizens’ requirements related to “embedded retirement facilities (ERFs)”, which are small-scale, multi-functional and community-based care facilities for senior citizens in mainland China, and to discuss whether senior citizens’ perceptions are influenced by their backgrounds.
Design/methodology/approach - A questionnaire type of research was administrated to gain senior citizens’ rankings of services that should be provided by ERFs. Non-parametric statistical models were applied to analyse the collected data.
Findings - Results reveal that health care services for senior citizens are considered the most important. Requirements regarding rehabilitation and entertainment and daily life assistance are ranked second and third, respectively. Culture-related activities are the least important. Differences in the senior citizens’ background also influence their choices.
Research limitations/implications - This research is based on a questionnaire survey completed in northeast China. Opinions from other areas of mainland China will be collected in the future study. Furthermore, the key items identified in this research, which was completed by participants from the built environment discipline, can be further elaborated by combining interdisciplinary feedback.
Practical implications - This study explores services that are supposedly provided by ERFs. Findings will provide useful perceptions from senior citizens and will enable decision makers to prioritise services for senior citizens.
Social implications - Although senior citizens are the end users of ERFs, their needs are easily overlooked. This study calls attention to their needs from ERFs, and the results are likely to serve as references for stakeholders in building improved facilities.
Originality/value - ERFs have been provided in mainland China to cater to senior citizens’ needs since 2014. However, few studies have identified senior citizens’ requirements for provided services. The survey-based results of this work will serve as references for various stakeholders in making enhanced decisions.
Keywords: China
Service
Briefing
Community-based facilities
Senior citizen
Embedded retirement facility
ERF
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Journal: Facilities 
ISSN: 0263-2772
EISSN: 1758-7131
DOI: 10.1108/F-02-2019-0023
Rights: © Emerald Publishing Limited
The following publication Xiang, L., Yu, A.T.W., Tan, Y., Shan, X. and Shen, Q. (2019), "Senior citizens’ requirements of services provided by community-based care facilities: a China study", Facilities, Vol. 38 No. 1/2, pp. 52-71 is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.1108/F-02-2019-0023
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