Xinhua All Media+丨How to solve the "difficult and sorrowful" of the elderly?

The State Council Information Office responded

  Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 9th, title: How to solve the "emergency and worry" of the elderly?

The State Council Information Office responded

  Xinhua News Agency reporter Tian Xiaohang

  The "Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Strengthening the Work on the Elderly in the New Era" recently released proposes a package of measures from various aspects such as improving the elderly care service system, improving the health support system for the elderly, and promoting the social participation of the elderly.

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At the press conference of the State Council Information Office held on the 9th, relevant departments responded to the spirit of opinions and specific implementation measures.

Ensure that everyone has access to basic elderly care services

  The opinions emphasized that everyone has access to basic elderly care services and public health services, and proposed the establishment of a basic elderly care service list system.

  "Basic elderly care services are services that are provided by the government to meet the basic elderly needs of the elderly; the basic elderly care service list system is to specify who, how and who provides basic elderly care services by listing these issues." Ministry of Civil Affairs Li Banghua, head of the Senior Care Services Department, said that in 2017, my country will establish a basic senior care service list system into the scope of the pilot reform of home and community senior care services, and has accumulated a lot of experience so far.

  The opinion also proposes that before the end of 2022, a comprehensive assessment system for the ability of the elderly will be established, and the assessment results will be mutually recognized across departments across the country.

  "This helps to accurately determine service targets and service plans, and is also the basis for establishing a basic elderly care service list system." Li Banghua said that the Ministry of Civil Affairs is working with relevant departments to study and formulate a sound basic elderly care service system policy documents, and has formulated an assessment of the ability of the elderly. Regulate national standards, and are currently seeking external opinions.

Integration of three types of services: home, community, and institution

  Opinions put forward the establishment of an elderly care service system and health support system that coordinated with home community institutions and combined medical care and health care.

Li Banghua said that three ways of supporting home, community, and institution services should be used to achieve the development, integration, and connection of home, community, and institution services to form a comprehensive service model.

  Li Banghua introduced that in terms of home services, my country is currently focusing on promoting the construction of home care beds. This year, 42 project areas have been selected to carry out home and community care service enhancement actions to deliver professional services from senior care institutions to families and to the elderly’s side and beds. side.

In terms of community elderly care services, we must focus on promoting elderly dining tables, day care, short-term care, mutual assistance services and other service forms, so that elderly people can enjoy elderly care services from the door of their home to the door of the community.

  "For the elderly care institutions, on the one hand, they must improve quality and efficiency, and enhance their ability to care for the disabled and demented elderly. By 2025, the proportion of nursing beds in elderly care institutions across the country will reach 55%, and at the same time, encourage elderly care institutions to take the initiative Actively come to provide services." Li Banghua said.

Innovative system provides support for healthy elderly care

  There are about 40 million disabled and semi-disabled elderly in my country, and more than 75% of the elderly suffer from at least one chronic disease.

How to meet the health care needs of the elderly?

  Wang Haidong, Director of the Department of Aging Health of the National Health and Health Commission, said that the next step is to improve the health support system for the elderly. In the next step, a series of health knowledge publicity and education activities for the elderly will be carried out. As well as home-based medical services for the elderly, vigorously strengthen the construction of geriatrics in general hospitals, and strengthen the construction of rehabilitation hospitals and nursing homes.

  In terms of advancing the integration of medical and elderly care, Wang Haidong said that the next step will be to strengthen the agreement and cooperation between medical and health institutions and elderly care services, and focus on community homes, implement community medical and elderly integration capabilities, and encourage grassroots to explore elderly beds and medical beds. The needs of the elderly, standardize the conversion mechanism, and make it as easy as possible for the elderly to provide for their healthy and elderly care.

In addition, it will also carry out actions to improve the quality of the integration of medical and elderly care, demonstration activities for the integration of medical and elderly care, and promote the transformation of secondary and lower medical institutions in areas with rich medical resources to carry out rehabilitation, nursing, and integrated medical and elderly services.

Promote the reform of the living environment of the elderly and the Internet to adapt to the aging

  The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has taken many heart-warming measures to solve the difficulties of the elderly in using smart technology.

  He Yaqiong, Director of the Consumer Goods Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, introduced that in response to the difficulties of the elderly in using smartphones, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has developed services such as "one-click call in" and "love channel", and has provided services to 70 million elderly users in total; launching the Internet The application has been remodeled for aging, and 173 websites and apps have been remodeled.

  Carry out the "5G+Medical and Health" application pilot program, formulate an action plan for the development of the smart health and elderly care industry, and publish a catalogue of smart health and elderly care products and services...a series of measures to enable the elderly to enjoy the digital dividend.

  In terms of creating a livable environment for the elderly, Wang Ke, head of the Department of Building Energy Conservation and Technology of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, said that the next step will be to carry out the improvement of urban ecological restoration functions to promote the lack of urban elderly care facilities, imperfect barrier-free facilities, and activities. Shortcomings of insufficient space; carry out the construction of urban residential communities to make up for the shortcomings, build a 15-minute living circle, support home care and community care; promote the transformation and utilization of existing old houses, husband buildings, and old factories, and promote the installation of elevators, Obstacle the construction of the environment to facilitate the elderly to travel and participate in social activities.