Adult infection is transferred, who will take care of the child?
"Child Supervisor" and "Child Director" are online
During the community lockdown period, it is necessary to strengthen the care for special populations.
How to care for the elderly who live alone and those with limited mobility?
If an adult in the family is infected and is transferred for treatment, who will take care of the minor children?
Zeng Qun, deputy director of the Civil Affairs Bureau, said Shanghai is a city with a high degree of aging.
Since the outbreak of the current round of the epidemic, the care and service guarantee for the elderly in the community and other special groups has been the top priority of our work.
Recently, civil affairs departments at all levels, sub-district and village neighborhood committees are also trying to do a good job in providing services for special groups of people in the community.
For the elderly, living alone, and those with limited mobility, the community will contact by phone and WeChat to understand the situation, help the elderly to carry out nucleic acid test registration, and assist in the delivery of meals and daily necessities.
Many volunteers of the "Old Partner Program" have a phone call with their paired care partners every day to provide care and care through "remote companionship".
At the same time, in response to some rigid needs of the elderly in the community during the closure and control management period, such as meal assistance, home care, etc., we require all towns and service agencies to provide services as much as possible on the premise of strictly implementing protective measures.
In addition, many districts use the old-age consulting service network to grasp the dynamic information of the elderly living alone and other groups in a timely manner, and use the "one-touch service for the elderly" information platform to accept calls from the elderly and their family members online 24 hours a day.
For the elderly with special requirements or difficulties, feedback to the corresponding neighborhood committee or relevant departments for coordination and resolution.
The problem of temporary custody of children that may be caused by the epidemic is indeed a worrying problem.
Once an adult is infected and transported for treatment, or the epidemic control management cannot go home, resulting in a situation where minor children are left unattended, we require the "child supervisor" in the town where the child lives and the "child director" in the village where the child lives to respond quickly to Protecting the physical and mental safety of children is the first principle, and emergency response and assistance services are quickly carried out.
For minors who are suitable for home, help to identify suitable caregivers as soon as possible and arrange temporary living care measures.
If it is difficult to find a suitable caregiver for a while, the district and town where the child is located should immediately implement the territorial responsibility, and with the consent of the parents, assign a special person to take temporary care to ensure that the child is in a state of effective guardianship.
Our reporter Zuo Yan