A total of 526 disabled elderly people in rural areas of Hunan province were randomly selected for the study,study the demand status and its influencing factors of long -term care services for disabled elderly people in rural areas.The results showed that the proportion of rural disabled elderly people needing family care,community care and institutional care was 56.3%, 27.9%and 15.8%.The long-term care approach was influenced by sex,marital status,living source,living condition,number of sons,number of daughters ,help of neighbors,participation in new rural cooperative.medical insurance or no...