Abstract: As a new pattern,“embedded” pattern of community service for the elderly overcomes the flaws of other patterns including residential-pattern, community-pattern, and institutional-pattern.As a development trend,“embedded” pattern absorbs the advantages of the above three patterns and forms a closed chain between home and community services. However, this new pattern has encountered many problems in its development, such as inaccurate positioning of function, long period of investment recovery, low rate of profit, and easily triggered conflict from neighborhood. In this new pattern, we should clarify its function specifically, improve the efficiency and capability of service, play a full role of government leading, and build a diversified mechanism for resolving conflicts between neighbors.Through these measures, this new pattern might get out of the predicament and develop well.

Key words: “embedded” pattern of service for the elderly, residential-pattern, community-pattern, institutional-pattern