Abstract:

The research indicates that the connotation of homebased care for the aged should include following dimensions: the life care, the serve of volunteers, the information consultant, and the household service, etcWith the aid of data obtained in the sample investigation, the research used structural equation model（SEM）which contains 7 firstorder factors to establish a secondorder factor analysis modelThe result demonstrations that this model reflects the true structural situation of the highorder factor of the homebased care for aged, but also reflects the firstorder factors’ influence on the careBased on the analysis of the model, we can take the effective measures to improve homebased care for the aged

Key words: homebased care for the aged, structural equation model, hierarchical confirmatory factor analysis