Abstract: In recent years, the demand for elderly care services has surged, but the supply of talent lags behind, especially in the elderly care service industry, there is a mismatch between the demand for talent and talent cultivation. By analyzing the professional settings, curriculum system, and teacher team construction of vocational education, it is revealed that the training of elderly care service talents is disconnected from market demand, the mechanism of school enterprise cooperation is not perfect, the practical teaching system is not sound, and the professionalism of the teacher team is insufficient. The integration path between vocational colleges and the elderly care service industry includes improving policy standards, establishing evaluation mechanisms, clarifying school enterprise cooperation mechanisms, leveraging the practical training role of elderly care service institutions, and establishing a teacher cooperation system to promote the deep integration of education and elderly care services, improve the quality of talent training, meet the professional talent needs of the elderly care service industry, and promote high-quality development of the industry.

Key words: Vocational education, Elderly care services, Integration of industry and education, Talent cultivation, Professional setting, Curriculum system