Analysis and Improvement Strategies of Rural Elderly Care Models in Northern Shaanxi Province

Compared to coastal areas in China, the development of rural areas in the central and western regions faces more challenges and difficulties, with more severe labor loss, more fragile ecological environment, and a shortage of government financial funds. At the same time, the issue of aging is becoming increasingly serious, and rural elderly care has become an important issue that restricts rural development. Northern Shaanxi is located on the Loess Plateau. Through literature review and field research, this article analyzes the main elderly care models in Shenmu County and explores the social security system. Taking people as the core, this study proposes optimization measures for elderly care security. In addition to the support of the government and families, more attention should be paid to forming a community security system and implementing unified management based on the community as a unit, which helps to alleviate the contradiction between population and development.