The sun is scorching outside, and the air-conditioned elderly service center in Siqian She Nationality Town, Taishun County, is full of coolness.

After lunch, the 4 elderly people started the manual work of processing materials received by the center in the activity room: putting lanyards on small buttons.

The 76-year-old grandma Zhong decided to take a good lunch first, and then go to the activity room to take a look. In this "small workshop" where there is no set commute time, no requirement for working hours, and whether or not to do it depends on the mood. Grandma and other more than 20 elderly people who are served by the center, if they can't spare time to do manual work, they can get about two or three hundred yuan a month in "pocket money", after deducting the center's monthly meal distribution of 260-300 yuan After the cost of Yuan, there will be a small surplus.

  Introducing light projects such as future material processing to the village (community) home-based care center, the care center becomes an "employment center", and the elderly can not only support their old age, but also "earn to earn money". The new model of "integrated care and nursing".

"It not only satisfies the 'restless' work habit of the elderly in rural areas, but also helps the left-behind elderly in difficulties to increase their income, relieve the burden of their children and solve the problem of eating. The elderly service center has also stimulated vigor and vitality." Taishun County Civil Affairs Bureau The person in charge said that this is an innovative move that serves multiple purposes.

  The county has built 214 demonstration elderly care service centers

  Alleviate the old problem

  Taishun is one of the counties in Zhejiang Province that entered an aging population society earlier.

As of the end of last year, the county had a registered population of more than 370,000 people, including 65,000 seniors aged 60 and above, accounting for 17.67%.

The aging population accounts for a high proportion, the growth rate is fast, and the population is aging. Because young people have gone out of the mountains to work hard, many elderly people have become left-behind elderly people, and the phenomenon of empty nesting is also serious.

These circumstances mean that it is a huge challenge for Taishun to provide the elderly with "old care".

  According to the relevant person in charge of the Civil Affairs Bureau of Taishun County, in order to provide the elderly with support and enjoyment, Taishun has invested a total of 27 million yuan in recent years. Comprehensively integrate cultural auditoriums, farmhouses, etc., and build 214 township and village (community) demonstration elderly care service centers, with a coverage rate of 74%, and provide operating subsidies of more than 5.6 million yuan.

At the same time, it also innovated the operation model, vigorously implemented the reform of "public building and private" and "combining medical care and nursing" for home-based care, and introduced good-neighborly care for the elderly, providing services for professional institutions and forces such as elderly service organizations, and the county has 20 villages and towns. The service center and 135 village (community) home-based elderly care service centers implement socialized operations, and establish cooperation with medical institutions for remote diagnosis and treatment and on-site inspections.

Relying on grid volunteers and delivery staff, in the past two years, the county's elderly care service center has received more than 200,000 meals for the elderly, and delivered meals to more than 38,000 times, effectively alleviating the problems of "care for the elderly" and difficulty in eating.

  Beichen Elderly Care Service Center, located in the non-regional ecological immigration area of ​​Luoyang Town, is one of the typical representatives of Taishun's elderly care service investment and elderly care service system reform in recent years.

The center has a construction area of ​​1,298 square meters. It was officially put into use at the end of October last year, and was commissioned by Wenzhou Good Neighbor Pension Service Center to provide services for the elderly in the county.

The color of the whole center is fashionable and bright. The recovery room, drying room, assistant bathroom, barber room, chess and card room, restaurant and other functions are all available. In the massage rest area, the reporter also saw old people leaning on the sofa and watching TV leisurely. Or enjoy a massage with your eyes closed in a massage chair.

"We hope that more elderly people will come to eat here, enjoy various elderly care services, and use this place as their paradise," said Xia Liwu, director of the center.

  Explore new "living methods" to support the elderly

  Let the idle old man make money

  Although the service facilities are constantly being improved, the elderly service centers are often "lively at mealtimes and deserted after meals", and many elderly people do not stay to enjoy the various service facilities and functions provided.

How to solve this problem has become a real need.

  "Elderly people in mountainous areas have their own habits of 'land plot' and 'can't be idle'. As long as they can move, they will try their best to earn some pension money for themselves, and at the same time reduce the burden on their children." Taishun County Pension and Child Welfare Affairs The staff of the management center said, how can the old people not only enjoy the old-age care in the old-age service center, but also "earn to get old"?

The relevant departments of Taishun thought of the way of processing with supplied materials.

  Dongxi Township Elderly Service Center is the first "employment center" for the elderly in Taishun.

Beginning in 2018, the Dongxi Township Elderly Service Center has cooperated with processing units to provide relatively simple manual work for the elderly in the center. The elderly go to the employment center to chat and work, and can freely arrange time according to their own wishes. Quantity and duration requirements.

The elderly who participate in the work can get income ranging from 10 yuan to 30 yuan every day, and there is a surplus after deducting the cost of meals for the day.

  This "combination of labor and care" rural elderly care model is being rolled out in Taishun County. Beichen Elderly Care Service Center will also provide a training room as an "employment center" for the elderly, and introduce handmade processing work suitable for the elderly.

"We are very happy to see the elderly take care of themselves, be happy and do something in their old age, and realize self-worth while 'self-sufficiency'." Xia Liwu said that he would work hard to promote the "combination of labor and care" model, so that the elderly can have A new way of living.

  Even if some old people do not choose to do manual work in the old-age service center, relevant departments of Taishun also provide the old people with labor sites, opportunities, sales platforms and income-increasing channels by expanding the content and fields of "combination of labor and care". , such as encouraging the elderly to participate in the planting of "the most beautiful vegetable gardens", direct supply of agricultural and sideline products to the restaurants of the pension center, or through the love ordering, e-commerce and other channels launched by relevant departments to increase income.

Taishun's local enterprises have also provided many "re-employment" opportunities for the elderly in recent years, such as the "order farming" of Zhejiang Shanyou Natural Food Co., Ltd., and the mustard greens of Taishun Nongxu Agriculture Co., Ltd "Order planting", the "order planting" of small yellow peppers of Wenzhou Taishangxiang Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. has attracted many elderly people to participate in order production or become employees and consultants of their production bases. Taking part-time jobs can also bring good benefits to the elderly.

Elderly people with bulging pockets and reduced burdens can now go to the elderly care service center to sit, massage, physiotherapy, relax, experience various service facilities with peace of mind, and enjoy the joy of "care for the elderly". Popularity and vitality are also increasing.

  (Author: Business Daily reporter Wang Muzheng)