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Most community services for aging citizens focus on institutional care, neglecting essential home support. This forces many elderly individuals into costly and detrimental institutional settings, highlighting a critical need for better community-based elder care solutions.

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Gerontology
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Social Services

Background:

Limited alternatives to institutional care exist for the aging population.
Current elder support services predominantly focus on institutional settings.
Inadequate or nonexistent community-based services force many elderly into institutional care.

Purpose of the Study:

To highlight the inadequacy of current community services for the elderly.
To underscore the negative impact of institutionalization on older adults and communities.
To advocate for the development of comprehensive services enabling independent living for seniors.

Main Methods:

Literature review of existing elder care models.
Analysis of service gaps in community support for aging citizens.
Assessment of the consequences of institutional care versus community-based support.

Main Results:

A significant deficit in home and community-based support services for the elderly was identified.
Institutional care is frequently utilized due to lack of alternatives, despite negative outcomes.
The current system is both detrimental to elderly well-being and costly for communities.

Conclusions:

There is a critical need for expanded community services to support aging citizens.
Enabling independent living for the elderly promotes dignity, security, and community well-being.
Policy and resource allocation should prioritize non-institutional support for seniors.