International Journal of Nursing Research

With the acceleration of China's aging population, the number of elderly people aged 60 and above has reached 310 million by the end of 2024. The demand for elderly health management services is rigidly increasing, promoting the extension and expansion of the industry chain from basic care to chronic disease management, rehabilitation nursing, home health care and other fields. In this context, the nursing profession, as the core carrier of elderly health service talent supply, has become increasingly closely linked to the job demands after the extension of the industry chain in terms of curriculum design. The current traditional nursing curriculum still focuses on clinical nursing as the core, with insufficient coverage of elderly health management related content, resulting in a disconnect between talent cultivation and industry demand. Based on this, this article focuses on the trend of extending the elderly health management service industry chain, explores its reform demands for nursing professional courses, and provides theoretical support and practical reference for optimizing the training mode of nursing talents and adapting to the development needs of the industry.

Old age; Health management; Service industry; Nursing profession; Curriculum reform