Technological blessings make old-age beds that move home more comfortable

  Our reporter Liu Yin

  Recently, 9 ministries including the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the National Development and Reform Commission jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Implementation of the Ageing Renovation Project for the Elderly’s Homes" (hereinafter referred to as the "Guiding Opinions"). It is planned to adopt government subsidies and other methods before the end of 2020. Families of the elderly, disabled, and disabled elderly (collectively referred to as the elderly in special difficulties) who support the extremely poor and the poverty-stricken population in the filed have implemented home-appropriate aging reforms to provide protection for the decisive fight against poverty.

  The "Guiding Opinions" specifically mentions that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, we will continue to implement the aging-adaptive transformation of elderly people with special difficulties. All localities must innovate working mechanisms, strengthen industrial support, stimulate market vitality, accelerate the cultivation of the home-adaptable aging transformation market, and effectively meet Home care needs of elderly families in urban and rural areas.

  "Implementing the home-adaptive aging renovation project for the elderly is an important task in the implementation of the "Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Promoting the Development of Elderly Care Services" and is of great significance to the establishment of an elderly care service system in which home community agencies coordinate with each other and integrate medical care, health and wellness. "" said Liu Jianbing, director of the Chinese Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics, and director of the Key Laboratory of Intelligent Health Care and Service Engineering of Beijing Academy of Science and Technology. The release and implementation of the "Guiding Opinions" will open up new consumer markets for home care facilities, elderly products, etc. , To create a new scene of smart health care services.

  Innovative services are the key to the aging renovation of homes

  At present, the importance of suitable aging of the home environment is becoming more and more prominent, and people are paying more attention to whether the home environment is safe and convenient. However, the reality is that the aging renovation of homes will not be accomplished overnight.

  The "Guiding Opinions" proposed that exploring the establishment of homes for the elderly, supporting elderly care service agencies to participate in the transformation of home-based ageing, and providing on-site care services, and realizing the integrated development of institutional elderly care and home-community elderly care are breakthroughs and innovations in the new policy for ageing adaptation.

  "Implementing the "Guiding Opinions" and realizing the goal of'moving elderly beds into homes' requires the combination of family caregiver services and socialized services, as well as the organic integration of such services and home-suitable aging reforms." Liu Jianbing told Science and Technology Daily Reporter, this requires innovation in service organization methods, technology and policies. Various localities have made a lot of active explorations for this. The construction of family nursing beds in Xicheng District of Beijing is a typical example.

  As the second batch of pilot areas for the reform of home and community elderly care services supported by the central government, in May 2019, Beijing Xicheng District and Beijing Academy of Science and Technology took the lead in launching the pilot work in Beijing, and will be promoted in Beijing Xicheng District in 2020. The task of signing 1,000 beds has been completed.

  "The introduction of care management into the home care service system is an innovation in the home care beds in Xicheng District, Beijing." Liu Jianbing said, care managers provide service planning, service planning, and monitoring by assessing and monitoring the abilities, health and home environment of the elderly. Assistive device adaptation and aging adaptation recommendations, and supervision of services, so as to realize the integration of professional services such as life care, professional care, medical care services, health management, and safety assistance, so that the elderly can enjoy personalized and one-stop at home Style high-quality service.

  "The combination of age-appropriate reform and home care services will play the role of '1+1>2', and barriers and risks to the elderly's home life can be continuously discovered and eliminated." Liu Jianbing believes that the "Guiding Opinions" will further stimulate the elderly care services Innovative exploration.

  Informatization and intelligence, policies advocate the application of new technologies

  The "Guiding Opinions" pointed out that the home-adapted aging renovation will be combined with informatization and intelligent home-based community elderly care services. According to industry evaluation, this is a profound grasp of the innovation of elderly care services under the new technology cycle.

  "The application of informatization and intelligent technology has provided new means for the renovation of home aging and home care and created new demands." In Liu Jianbing's view, the essence of informatization and intelligent home community care services is innovation and application. The key lies in how to achieve the organic integration of technology and local service systems and policies to form a closed-loop service and sustainable operation model.

  It should be noted that home care services involve a long chain and a wide range, and it is difficult for a single technical application to truly provide services and be accepted by the market. Beijing’s Xicheng District family elderly care beds have also made useful explorations, not only realizing the process of local life and professional care, health management, safety assistance, care management and other service management, but also real-time monitoring provided by smart devices Combining with risk warning, organically integrate the smart health and elderly care technical service system, and truly let technological innovation land.

  So, how can technological innovation provide a safe, comfortable and livable environment for the elderly in new scenarios and new applications, so that the policy dividend can be fully released?

  Liu Jianbing explained that elderly care is an important field and scenario for smart people’s livelihood applications. One of the most basic scenarios is: various sensing devices integrated with buildings, communities, and housing facilities, without changing the life behavior and cognition of the elderly Under this, the health status, safety risks and needs of the elderly are monitored in real time, the environment is automatically adjusted or the family caregivers and service personnel are notified to meet the needs of the elderly and avoid potential safety hazards. Among them, the breakthrough and wide application of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, 5G, Internet of Things, big data, blockchain, and life sciences are crucial.