China News Service, Beijing, October 11 (Liu Huan) The National Health and Medical Commission said recently that according to estimates, it is expected that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, my country will enter a stage of moderate aging.
Around 2035, the number of elderly people aged 60 and above will exceed 400 million, accounting for more than 30% of the total population, entering a stage of severe aging.
Faced with the surging wave of silver hair, community pensions have gradually emerged and are widely welcomed by the elderly.
Accompanying clinics, chatting, and playing... How can community pensions help this silver-haired family to age gracefully?
The service is delivered to the home, and the last meter between the elderly and the elderly is opened.
As soon as he knocked on the door, He Qiang, who came to cut the old man's hair, was smoked back by the smell of the room. "People who are bedridden for a long time can't get in the room. I couldn't even open my eyes at that time."
He Qiang is the chairman of the Minxin Community Service Center in Miyun District, Beijing. He came to Beijing to work hard at the age of 16. After learning the skills of haircutting, he opened his own hairdressing company, often providing free haircuts for the elderly in some communities in Miyun District.
When doing these activities, he found that many elderly people have different levels of pension problems.
In 2017, he specially set up a service center to provide services such as haircuts and maintenance for the elderly orphans in some communities.
In 2019, the center cooperated with some communities in Miyun District to set up 4 community elderly care service points including Miyun Drum Tower Community Happy Old Age Post Station, to carry out community elderly care work for nearly 2,000 elderly people in 12 communities.
The above-mentioned elderly family in bed was the most impressive visit by He Qiang.
He remembered that when he entered the house, he saw an old man with a paralyzed lower body, a naked upper body, and eyebrows as long as his beard.
When He Qiang asked the nanny at home about her physical condition, she said: "It's nothing (except paralysis), and I can live for a few days anyway."
He Qiang wanted to be familiar with the old man, so he joked: "The uncle has such long eyebrows and beard, is he engaged in art?"
The old man didn't say a word, "I know how to order 'art', so I just draw circles on the bed," the nanny said. The old man hadn't had a haircut for a long time. ?" He Qiang saw that after lying down for five years, the old man had serious bedsores.
The nanny said that in the past five years, the children of the elderly have rarely come to take care of them. Every time they come, they leave their things at the door and leave.
Even for this haircut, his son met He Qiang on the street, and after giving him an address, he didn't care about it again.
After three cuts and five cuts, He Qiang neatly finished the cut, and the old man touched his face again, "This is for you to shave." The nanny explained.
After shaving, the old man finally laughed. He Qiang was both relieved and sad, "That uncle had a smile on his face, like a flower. But seeing him like this, I feel really uncomfortable (not a taste)."
The picture shows the staff for the elderly haircut interviewee.
Just as he was about to leave, the old man reached out and hooked his clothes, "It's reluctant to let you go," said the nanny.
He Qiang told Chinanews.com that there are many such examples. "In grass-roots services, you can see a lot of things." His daily work has also shifted from barbering to community pensions. Based on the post station, he has more than 40 jobs. Staff and community volunteers knocked on the door.
When the elderly in every household opened the door, they saw a group of full-time staff wearing little red hoods, red vests, and toolboxes.
Accompanying clinics, chatting, and playing... Why do the elderly love immersive elderly care services?
It is understood that community elderly care refers to a family-centered, community-based, elderly care service system that combines medical care and health care with the main forms of door-to-door and day care, and is specifically operated by elderly care institutions.
The National Health and Health Commission introduced at a press conference in September that most of the elderly in my country are taking care of themselves at home and in the community, and a "9073" pension pattern has been formed, that is, about 90% of the elderly are elderly at home, and about 7% of the elderly are elderly. Relying on community support for the elderly, 3% of the elderly live in institutions for the elderly.
Kang Zhuang, who is in charge of a market-oriented elderly care operation project under a group, said that community elderly care is a middle ground between home and institutions. The needs not far from home have certain basic services, such as day care, leisure and entertainment, etc.”
The picture shows Liu Huan, a senior care service station in Dahongluo Community, Xicheng, Beijing.
Chinanews.com visited the old-age service station in Dahongluo Community, Xicheng, Beijing. The station director, Liao Yingjie, said that since its establishment at the end of 2019, the station has targeted the elderly over 60 years old in the five surrounding communities, especially the elderly, living alone, disabled and extremely poor. and other groups, providing basic elderly care services such as inspection visits and call services free of charge.
Now the inn plus her have a total of 3 staff members who visit more than 50 households every week.
In addition to free basic elderly care services, the elderly care station also provides inclusive services such as meal assistance, bath assistance, and medical assistance for the elderly.
"Going to a doctor now is all intelligent and digital. The elderly don't know how to operate, so we accompany us to the hospital."
Liao Yingjie said that some old houses nearby do not have elevators. When encountering elderly people with inconvenient legs and feet, the staff will carry them up and downstairs.
Some elderly people do not know how to use mobile phones, and they also come to the station for help.
"They were very happy when they learned how to use it. They said, 'The children think I'm too slow to learn. You can teach me so patiently.'"
Facing the wave of silver hair, experts suggest establishing a positive service system for the elderly
Now, community pension has become a model of pension that has been vigorously promoted across the country.
"The older people are, the more services they need, especially for medical care and maintenance," Kang Zhuang told Chinanews.com. Now the elderly care service is not a trend, but a trend, "but the entire elderly care industry Everyone is missing."
He Qiang also mentioned that the elderly care industry is aging, and "many people who are willing to come to work are middle-aged and elderly people." I’d like to come, but I don’t want to be there for door-to-door service.”
At the same time, community elderly care can only provide some basic medical care services, and the lack of professional facilities and personnel affects the overall service level. "Some requirements and services have not yet been implemented at the grassroots level," he added.
Yuan Xin, director of Nankai University's Research Center for Aging Development Strategy, said that the renovation of old communities and institutional operating funds also need attention. "When we investigated, the community reported that it is difficult to renovate old communities, and the costs of operation and facility construction are not low. Increase subsidies."
He believes that in the process of population development, the second wave of aging in my country has begun, and an active service system for the elderly should be established.
The picture shows Liu Huan, a senior care service station in Dahongluo Community, Xicheng, Beijing.
For the elderly in a healthy state, Yuanxin said that they should be encouraged to live freely and actively participate in social activities, especially some activities organized by the community such as volunteers, childcare work, etc., "When the elderly need help, the community will appear in time to solve the They have problems with medicine, practice, cleanliness, meals, etc."
As for the disabled and semi-disabled elderly, he believes that, on the one hand, it is necessary to strengthen the construction of health care and medical care institutions; Provide professional, professional and socialized elderly care services to the homes of the elderly in need.
"Community care not only depends on the community level, but also pays attention to and attaches great importance to home care, because the community is the last meter of care for the elderly at home." Yuanxin added.
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