To construct an evaluation index system for the family care ability of the disabled elderly in the community, so as to provide a reference for comprehensively assessing the family care ability of the disabled elderly.

On the basis of literature research, from July 2018 to May 2019, purpose sampling was used to select 5 home disabled elderly people, 12 family caregivers, and 6 community service staff to conduct the semi-structured interview, and the content of the index system was initially constructed. From June 2019 to January 2020, the Delphi method was used to conduct two rounds of consultation with 17 experts, to improve and revise the indicators. The analytic hierarchy process was used to determine the weight of the indicators.

After two rounds of expert consultation, an evaluation index system for the family care ability of the disabled elderly was finally formed, including 4 first-level indicators (family care economic capacity, family care manpower, family care cohesion, family caregiver's care ability) , 12 second-level indicators, and 27 third-level indicators. The questionnaire response rate for two rounds of consultation was 100.0%, and the expert's authority coefficient was 0.88. After the second round of consultation, the Kendall coordination coefficients of the first-level, second-level and third-level indicators were 0.647, 0.635, and 0.620 respectively (P<0.01) .

The evaluation index system for the family care ability of the disabled elderly in the community is scientific, reliable and comprehensive. It can provide reference and direction for improving the existing evaluation content, formulating evaluation standards, and then implementing the family care ability evaluation.

Aged; Community; Disability; Family assessment; Care ability; Index system