Chinanews.com, Changchun, December 10th (Li Dan) Practicing calligraphy in the morning, eating at the old restaurant at noon, and playing table tennis with the old man in the afternoon... The life of 72-year-old Ren Hongquan in the home care service center of Baicheng City, Jilin Province is full. And comfortable.
Ren Hongquan is a resident of Orchard Community, Baoping Street, Baicheng City.
Since the home-based elderly care service center was opened at the door of his house, he went to the center to receive care and participate in activities during the day, and went home to enjoy family life at night. The "nursery"-style community elderly care service has become a new way of life for Ren Hongquan and his old friends.
Clean and tidy day care room, recovery room, well-equipped chess and card room, calligraphy and painting room, fitness room are all available.
Near noon, the smell of food began to fill the restaurant.
"If you have a little headache and brain fever, you can also ask the doctor in the service center for acupuncture, and the rehabilitation physiotherapy room will also give medical guidance and advice." Ren Hongquan said.
This home-based elderly care service center is located in Guoyuan Community, Baoping Street, Baicheng City, with a total of 6 floors. It mainly provides medical care, psychological consultation, physical fitness, cultural entertainment, day care and catering services for the elderly over 60 years old.
Since its official operation in July 2021, it has been very popular with the elderly in the community.
In the "Happiness Station" (community elderly care service center) in Jiushengci Community, Minkang Street, Nanguan District, Changchun City, the elderly consulted doctors about their health problems.
Photo courtesy of Jiusheng Temple Community
According to Liu Dan, Section Chief of the Social Welfare and Charity Social Work Section of the Baicheng Civil Affairs Bureau, in addition to the home care service center that has already been put into use, there are four other comprehensive community care service facilities under construction in the local area, which will be put into use before the end of December this year. .
According to the seventh national census conducted by China, the population aged 60 and over in China has reached 264 million.
It is estimated that this number will exceed 300 million during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, and China will enter a moderate aging stage from mild aging.
In the face of the "silver hair tide", all parts of China are constantly exploring and promoting the "15-minute" elderly care service circle model.
At the "Happiness Station" in Jiusheng Temple Community, Minkang Street, Nanguan District, Changchun City, Jilin Province, 78-year-old Yan Ying learned how to make, appreciate and drink tea with a tea ceremony teacher, enjoying it.
There is a free tea art salon for the elderly in the area every week, and they can also play chess, cards, and watch movies.
It is reported that "Happiness Station" is an immersive leisure and care space specially created for the elderly, with health monitoring, physical therapy conditioning, and nutritional catering. The convenience, but also enjoy the care of daily life.
"At present, the old people's yearning for life has shifted from 'have you' to 'good or not', and their individual needs are prominent." Zhao Yue, secretary of the party committee of Jiusheng Temple Community, Minkang Street, Nanguan District, Changchun City, said that the community combines "kang In the future, the service chain will be extended to pay more attention to the mental health of the elderly.
The reporter combed and found that more and more streets and communities in China have set up home care service centers.
Beijing has built more than 1,000 community elderly care service stations; Shanghai Xuhui District has built a 15-minute "elderly care service circle"; Zhejiang has deepened the reform of "big community elderly care"; Jiangxi Nanchang completed 18 "15-minute home care service circles" in November...
It can be seen that all parts of China have realized or gradually explored the construction of corresponding community home care models.
Yuan Jinhong, Director of the Pension Service Department of the Civil Affairs Department of Jilin Province, said that all parts of the province are accelerating the deployment of "a quarter of an hour" pension service circle.
It is reported that this year Jilin Province will build 56 elderly care service complexes at the street level with functions such as full-care, day-care, and door-to-door services, and it is expected that all of them will be put into use by the end of 2022.
By then, there will be 191 comprehensive elderly care service centers at the street level in Jilin Province.
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