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Abstract Rural China has recently witnessed a disproportionate increase in its aging population. Emerging community‐based eldercare is driving transformation in the caregiving landscape in rural China. This study explores older adults' experiences of community‐based eldercare in rural Zhejiang Province. We employed a descriptive phenomenological approach and conducted face‐to‐face, in‐depth interviews with older adults ( N = 29) and village officials ( N = 15) from 8 villages in Jindong region. Three themes emerged: Changing family support for older adults, emerging community‐based eldercare, and community‐based eldercare and aging‐in‐village. Community‐based eldercare boosted older adults' autonomy, protected their rural identity, alleviated their family's caregiving shortages, and leveraged filial piety to a broader social responsibility. This study offers timely and contextualized insights regarding the implications of community‐based eldercare in rural China for older adults' aging experiences within the broad sociocultural transformation.
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