长白学刊

构建中国特色老年社会工作自主知识体系，是积极应对人口老龄化、推进中国式现代化、完善社会养老服务体系的重大理论与实践课题。立足我国人口老龄化的现实国情，这一知识体系坚持服务“积极应对人口老龄化”的战略部署，坚持老年人可持续发展的生命观，坚持老年友好型社会的发展方向，坚持全面系统的老年社会工作服务目标。一方面，要搭建起学术体系、学科体系、话语体系三位一体的整体框架，从本体论、认识论、价值论、方法论、实践论夯实理论根基，从对象目标、属性范畴、历史溯源、理论知识、课程教学、组织评价完善学科布局，并从政策、学术、学科、公众、实践等层面拓展话语表达。另一方面，要持续扎根本土实践和民众需求，树立新观念、构筑新理论、开拓新领域，不断彰显中国特色人文关怀，助力实现“老有所养、老有所医、老有所为、老有所学、老有所教、老有所乐”目标，为全球老年社会工作发展贡献中国智慧与中国方案。

Constructing an independent knowledge system for gerontological social work with Chinese characteristics represents a significant theoretical and practical endeavor aimed at proactively addressing population aging, advancing Chinese modernization, and enhancing the social elderly care service system. Taking into account the actual situation of China's population aging, this knowledge system upholds the strategic plan of “proactively addressing population aging”, embraces a life perspective centered on the sustainable development of the elderly, commits to the developmental trajectory of an age-friendly society, and pursues the objective of delivering comprehensive and systematic social work services tailored for the elderly. On the one hand,it is imperative to construct an integrated framework encompassing the academic system, disciplinary system,and discourse system. This framework should establish a robust theoretical foundation grounded in ontology,epistemology, value theory, methodology, and practical theory, while simultaneously refining the disciplinary structure in terms of objective goals, attribute categories, historical traceability, theoretical knowledge, curriculum instruction and organizational evaluation, and broadening discourse expression across policy, academia, discipline, public and practical domains. On the other hand, it is essential to remain firmly grounded in local practices and the needs of the populace, foster new concepts, construct innovative theories, and pioneer new domains, thereby consistently underscoring humanistic care imbued with Chinese characteristics. This approach will facilitate the realization of the objectives of “the elderly are provided with a secure livelihood, access to medical care, opportunities for meaningful activities, opportunities for learning, opportunities for education,and enjoyment in life”, while offering Chinese insights and solutions to advance the global development of social work for the elderly.