China News Service, Beijing, January 19 (Reporter Du Yan) The "Beijing Elderly Service Time Bank Implementation Plan (Trial)" was officially released.
According to reports, after training, permanent residents of Beijing who are 18 years old, enthusiastic about public welfare undertakings, and healthy in mind and body, or school students under the age of 18 in Beijing who participate in voluntary elderly care services under the leadership of their guardians can become volunteers. Users can establish a corresponding personal account in the "Time Bank", and get 1 time currency for each hour of service and deposit it into the account, and the time currency can be deposited and exchanged in the city.
Volunteers can exchange the same length of service for their own use after the age of 60, or they can give them to their immediate family members such as parents, grandparents, etc., so that their relatives can enjoy the service.
Today, the reporter learned from the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Civil Affairs that the bureau, together with the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Finance and the three departments of the Beijing Youth League Municipal Committee, jointly issued the "Beijing Elderly Service Time Bank Implementation Plan (Trial)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Implementation Plan"), which will be It will be implemented from June 1, 2022.
The elderly service time bank is an innovation in the public welfare and mutual assistance pension model in Beijing. cycle.
"Old my old and other people's old", helping others, helping themselves, and benefiting their families
After training, permanent residents of Beijing who are over 18 years old, who are enthusiastic about public welfare undertakings, and who are physically and mentally healthy, or school students under the age of 18 in Beijing who participate in voluntary elderly care services under the leadership of their guardians, can become volunteers and work in "Time Bank" establishes a corresponding personal account, and every hour of service can get 1 time currency and deposit it into the account, and the time currency can be deposited and exchanged in the city.
Volunteers can exchange the same length of service for their own use after the age of 60, or they can give them to their immediate family members such as parents, grandparents, etc., so that their relatives can enjoy the service.
The basis for the operation and operation of the senior care service time bank is its information management platform. In the near future, Beijing will release the platform WeChat applet or APP to facilitate the masses to complete various operations such as login, authentication, information release, and time recording.
Free gift + secondary public welfare, special elderly groups have special treatment
The service content of the time bank for elderly care services includes eight categories of services, including emotional comfort, assistance services, travel companions, cultural and sports activities, health science, legal aid, training lectures, guidance and prevention of financial and cyber risks, basically in line with the generalization of the elderly in Beijing. sexual needs.
Each district will optimize the service content of the time bank according to the actual conditions of the elderly in the district and the professional characteristics and distribution of volunteers, and launch service projects that meet the needs of personalized services and are down-to-earth.
After the customized service is completed, the elderly can log in to the information management platform or contact the professional organization confirmed by the street (township) to evaluate the satisfaction of the elderly volunteer service. Can give feedback.
The "Implementation Plan" is clear for basic elderly care service objects such as economic difficulties, severe disability, dementia, special family planning families, severely disabled elderly and other special elderly groups, as well as the elderly in need, as well as other elderly people in difficulty who are in urgent need of social help. The civil affairs of each district will give priority to the above-mentioned special elderly groups by donating a certain amount of time currency for free according to the actual conditions of each district, which will be used to publish the needs of elderly care services, exchange for various services provided by volunteers, and effectively solve the outstanding elderly care needs of special elderly groups.
At the same time, volunteers are encouraged to donate time coins to special elderly groups in need through public welfare accounts to achieve "secondary public welfare".
Exploring the establishment of well-structured incentives
Time Bank's elderly voluntary service has the characteristics of self-help and self-benefit of providing services first and then enjoying services.
When volunteers donate their saved time coins to the society and give up enjoyment of follow-up services, they become volunteer services in the true sense.
After volunteers have obtained and stored 10,000 Time Coins through participating in the time bank pension volunteer service, they can live in public pension institutions within their jurisdiction according to the treatment of urban and rural poor people when they become weak or disabled.
10,000 time coins means 10,000 hours of service.
The relevant person in charge of the Beijing Civil Affairs Bureau said that this is not the only incentive mechanism. The government department will also explore the establishment of incentive measures with distinct steps, such as reward points exchange, selection of excellent volunteer service projects, selection of excellent volunteer service organizations, and star-rated volunteers. etc.
At the same time, all sectors of the society are welcome to brainstorm ideas and provide feasible and actionable incentive measures, so that elderly care volunteers can enjoy predictable and tangible incentives and benefits, further promote the traditional virtue of the Chinese nation, filial piety and respect for the elderly, and create a way to help the elderly. Volunteering atmosphere.
Regulatory measures will continue to improve to make good things happen
The time bank information management platform will use Internet+, big data, artificial intelligence and other means to accurately connect supply and demand information, and adopt "intelligent" supervision of services.
For example, if the same volunteer participates in multiple elderly voluntary services in the same time period, it will be restricted, and will be dealt with later according to the return visit investigation; for example, for high-frequency two-way service, abnormal late-night service, frequent gift of time currency and other abnormalities If there is any situation, an early warning will be given, and relevant subjects and accounts will be tracked.
The person in charge pointed out that, once verified, certain measures will be taken, including revoking the qualifications for accreditation and recording of elderly volunteer service information, and inclusion in the city’s elderly care service institution dishonest list.
In addition, the operator of the information management platform and its staff who undertake the operation of the city's senior care service hour bank are required to keep the personal information collected and used in the process of providing services strictly confidential, and not to be leaked, tampered with or damaged, and not to be sold to others or illegally. supply.
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