| Against the backdrop of China’s simultaneous intensification of population aging and declining fertility, the demand for services targeting both older adults and young children has grown substantially. Traditional family-based care capacity continues to weaken, while community public service provision remains insufficient, making it difficult to meet the dual needs of eldercare and childcare. As an innovative public service model, community-embedded intergenerational care integrates elderly care and childcare resources within community settings, aligning with evolving family structures and the ongoing transformation of grassroots governance. However, current practices still face multiple embedding dilemmas, including insufficient public awareness, limited spatial resources, shortages of professional personnel, and underdeveloped multi-actor collaboration mechanisms, resulting in inadequate integration between services and community life.To address these challenges, this study proposes optimization pathways from four dimensions：institutions, professionals, functions, and space, on this basis, further constructs a community-embedded intergenerational care service model. The aim is to provide theoretical reference and practical guidance for the development and promotion of community-embedded intergenerational care in China, while offering new insights for innovation in community governance in the new era. |
