关键词: 失独家庭, 医养结合, 社会工作, 老年人, 研究现状

Abstract: As the number of elderly parents bereaved of their only child is increasing，the integrated medical and nursing care for them has achieved growing concern of institutions or individuals involved in elderly care.We systematically reviewed the recent developments in the delivery of care for elderly bereaved parents，concluded that the current support services can not address their economic，mental，elderly care，healthcare，and social performance problems，and put forward the following suggestions：strengthen the government accountability；boost multidisciplinary involvement（including non-governmental organizations）；enrich the support services；increase public subsidies；intensify community-based services；establish psychological assessment and support system；improve the working style of relevant workers by referring to social work methods.Moreover，we found that most of the previous studies are theoretical studies with some limitations，and quantitative studies of the needs of such a population are rare，so we recommended qualitative combined with quantitative methods for further studies.In addition，development of a systematic，comprehensive and specific delivery pattern for integrated medical and nursing care with the theories of active aging and from a developmental perspective is a recommended theme by us for future researches.

Key words: Families bereaved of their only child, Integrated medical and nursing care, Social work, Aged, Research status