As an ever enlarging socially vulnerable group in rural areas of China in 21st century,the so-called empty-nest elderly hold a large series of problems to be solved.

• 空巢老人是21世纪我国城市中逐渐扩大的弱势群体,对于其面临的身心及社会的一系列问题我们应从多方面给予解决。