China News Service, Yinchuan, March 13 (Reporter Yang Di) In the morning, I played chess, played billiards, received acupuncture massage, ate in the cafeteria for the elderly at noon, went to college for the elderly in the afternoon, and practiced vocal music... In Shuofang Road Street, Xixia District, Yinchuan City, Ningxia, The life of the elderly is very rich.
"In the past, I could only watch TV at home or go out to bask in the sun. Now there are various entertainment projects in the community, and the elderly are in a good mood." Feng Liping, an elderly man in his seventies, said that after the establishment of the community home-based care service community, he made many friends during the activities. friend.
Elderly residents are playing chess in the "Suofang Wu Lao Community" elderly activity center.
Photo by Yang Di
According to the seventh national census, China's population aged 60 and above has reached 264 million.
According to relevant forecasts, during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China's elderly population will exceed 300 million, entering a moderate ageing population.
How to deal with the pension problem of hundreds of millions of elderly people?
At present, the community "together with the elderly" model of "Old I Old and People's Old" is being explored and promoted in many places in China.
In Xixia District, Yinchuan City, Ningxia, the "Suofang My Old Community" project provides more than 4,000 elderly people in the surrounding communities with home care, meal catering, day care for the elderly, physiotherapy and health care, cultural entertainment, spiritual comfort and other elderly care services.
"We have formed a community home-based elderly care service community by integrating the public elderly care service resources in Ning'an Lane and other communities." Niu Dongqin, deputy director of Ning'an Lane Community, introduced that Shuofang Road Street will combine community day care centers, comprehensive elderly care service centers and other venues with Facilities and equipment are rented to social organizations for management and operation at 1 yuan/year, and the charging model of "free + low compensation + paid" is adopted to promote the sustainable development of enterprise organizations and at the same time allow the elderly in the jurisdiction to enjoy affordable services at their doorsteps.
At the same time, Shuofang Road Street has also built a "points supermarket" to encourage volunteers to provide elderly care services for the elderly, forming an atmosphere of "all people respect the elderly".
At present, volunteers in the district have reached 13% of the total population.
As China's first city with an aging population and the deepest degree of aging, Shanghai has been vigorously exploring and promoting the community-embedded pension model.
It is understood that Shanghai's central urban areas and suburban urbanization areas will follow the "15-minute service circle" layout, and at least one community comprehensive service center will be established in each service circle.
By 2025, the number of comprehensive service centers for the elderly in the streets and towns (townships) of Shanghai is planned to reach about 500.
A doctor is massaging elderly residents in the "Suofang My Old Community" elderly activity center.
Photo by Yang Di
In Nanjing, the 3A-level and above elderly care service centers will provide the elderly with various services such as day care, cultural entertainment, meals and medical assistance. In the future, the elderly day care center will be upgraded to a comprehensive elderly care service center in urban streets. Provide more services for the elderly.
In addition, many places in China have also launched the "time bank" elderly care service model to encourage the younger elderly to provide elderly care services for the elderly, and to deposit the service time in the "time bank" for future withdrawal of time exchange services.
At present, home-based care is still the first choice for most elderly people, and the emergence of the community "co-aging" model has provided more human and material resources for home-based care.
"Community pensions give the elderly the feeling that they do not have to leave home." Ding Xuefang, the first-level director of the pension service department of the Ningxia Civil Affairs Department, said that the services of community pension institutions can be extended to families and provide some socialized support for the elderly. , help to reduce the family pension burden.
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