Abstract: The research in Wuhan covers over 20 institutions providing for the elderly，community old-age service centers，and residential communities，including questionnaires and interviews of 412 people aged above 60. It compares and analyzes the operation performances of various types of institutions providing for the aged，as well as the current situations of different old-age care modes in satisfying the demands of the aged population for old-age care. It is discovered that the willingness of the aged population to live in nursing homes gradually increases as they grow older；compared with the female，the male is more reluctant to live in the nursing home；those living with their offspring are the least willing to consider living in the nursing home in the future，while those who live alone are the most willing to go to the nursing home；and that those who are highly integrated in the Internet society are the least willing to go to the nursing home. It is also discovered that services provided by community old-age service centers are highly homogenous and cannot truly satisfy the diversified demands of the old colony. Even their most welcomed cultural and sports activities can only attract 50 percent of the population to participate frequently，and the centers can barely provide the kind of spiritual consolation services needed by the elderly. Restricted by the disposable income level of the elderly，upscale beds in old-age care institutions are often unwanted，but down-scale beds are hard to find.

Key words: the pattern of providing for the aged, home-based care for the aged；community support for the elderly, institution support for the elderly, demands for old-age care；aging society, aging problem