老年公寓属于商业房地产范畴，具有“福利性事业、市场化经营”的特点。我国人口众多，经济发展不均衡，人口贫富差距悬殊，并且属于低福利水平国家，所以政府主要关注并解决社会“低保”、“五保”等处于弱势的老年人群的养老问题，而对中高收入人群养老生活关注的较少，只有一些粗放的政策，并且在现实运用过程中可操作性差。同时由于老年公寓属于新兴事物，它是老年人社会化养老和社会化投资并企业化经营的房地产开发的混合体，有关部门在政策制定和操作方面相对滞后，所以一般开发商在税费减免、金融支持方面得不到相应的优惠，对于具有社会化养老性质的老年公寓，开发商需要完全按照市场条件解决项目立项、项目审批、资金筹措等一系列问题。由于以上原因，老年公寓运营需应遵循市场规律，走“福利性事业、市场化经营”的道路。
Apartments for the elderly belong to the category of commercial real estate, with the characteristics of "welfare undertakings and market-oriented management". China has a large population, uneven economic development, a wide gap between the rich and the poor, and belongs to a country with low welfare level. Therefore, the government mainly pays attention to and solves the pension problems of the vulnerable elderly such as "minimum living allowance" and "Five Guarantees", while it pays less attention to the elderly living in the middle and high income groups, and only some extensive policies are available in the practical application process Poor. At the same time, as the apartment for the elderly is a new thing, it is a mixture of social pension for the elderly and real estate development with social investment and enterprise management. The relevant departments are relatively lagging behind in policy formulation and operation, so the general developers can not get corresponding preferential treatment in tax reduction and financial support. For the elderly apartment with socialized pension nature, developers need to A series of problems such as project approval, project approval and fund raising should be solved completely in accordance with market conditions. Due to the above reasons, the operation of apartments for the elderly should follow the market rules and take the road of "welfare undertakings and market-oriented management".