Xinhua News Agency Beijing, October 5th Question: Let every elderly person have a happy old age
Xinhua News Agency reporter
Sinhua News Agency, under the leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, our country has implemented the "Chinese solution" to actively respond to population aging, promoted the solution of the actual needs of the elderly in terms of elderly care, health, spiritual and cultural life, social participation, etc., and strived to meet the new expectations of hundreds of millions of elderly people for a better life.
What changes have been made in "oldering" in the past ten years?
Happy life in the elderly care center
"We must improve the system and improve work, promote the diversified and diversified development of the elderly care industry, so that all the elderly can have a place to care for, have a place to rely on, have fun, and have peace of mind" - Xi Jinping
[Story]
November 4th, the Double Ninth Festival, Anhua Yiyuan Elderly Care Center in Chaoyang District, Beijing was very lively. During the festival, 86-year-old Li Mingli told more than 40 "old partners" about the origin of the Double Ninth Festival.
This is the first Double Ninth Festival after Li Mingli checked in. My children are busy with work and live far away. Once upon a time, Li Mingli and her husband could only support each other to live.
In 2021, my wife fell ill and she couldn't live without the urinary catheter. Li Mingli was in trouble with the need for professional care. After learning from many sources, the family decided to send the two elders to Anhuayiyuan Nursing Care Center, which is closer to his son's home.
This elderly care center "hidden" in old communities mainly accepts disabled and some disabled elderly people, and can accommodate 50 people. Li Mingli’s wife’s care problem has been solved, and it is more convenient for her children to visit the old couple.
"There are many elderly people in Anhua Xili community. This embedded nursing home can meet living needs, and professional care can also reassure the elderly's children." said Du Qiaoling, director of Anhua Yiyuan Nursing Care Center.
Care center has one hour of exercise every afternoon. Li Mingli had difficulty in legs and feet, so she insisted on sitting and completing finger exercises and aerobics . "Practicing hands is also practicing brain. Now I still have a clear idea. Doing so can prevent aging."
holds a monthly symposium to listen to the opinions of the elderly on diet, ensure that has a reasonable diet while trying to meet personalized needs; during the closed management period due to the new crown pneumonia epidemic, I signed a contract with medical and nursing to cooperate with medical and nursing to provide professional services such as urinary catheter replacement for disabled elderly people; regularly bathing, haircuts, pedicures for the elderly... Li Mingli felt at ease and comfortably living in such a nursing care center.
[Numbers talk about the changes in decades]
In a developing country with 267 million elderly people, how can we achieve the elderly and have a place to support us? Over the past ten years, my country has vigorously improved the community home-based elderly care service network and gradually built an elderly care service system that coordinates home and community institutions and combines medical care, nursing care and health care.
On September 30, 2022, the elderly watched the program arranged by the "Liuxi Nuanyang" Party Member Helping Elderly Volunteer Service Team at the Cultural Hall of Heqiao Village, Heqiao Town, Lin'an District, Hangzhou. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Yu
As of the first quarter of 2022, there were 360,000 elderly care service institutions and facilities of various types nationwide, with 8.126 million beds, nearly twice the number of beds at the end of 2012. At present, community elderly care services basically cover urban communities and more than half of rural communities. With the continuous emergence of service models such as family care beds, time bank , and elderly dining tables, more and more elderly people can enjoy various daily services at home and in the community.
Door-to-door medical and nursing services
"Provide continuous health management services and medical services for the elderly" - Xi Jinping
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"Grandma Su, her blood pressure is well controlled. Have you insisted on taking medicine recently?" Recently, at the home of Su Xichun, an elderly man in Tianhan Community, Guoyuan Town, Changsha County, Hunan Province, a doctor from the town health center, Wang Tian asked while checking and doing a health assessment for Grandma Su.
Su Xichun is 88 years old this year. Many years ago, her wife and two sons passed away one after another. She has been troubled by knee arthritis for many years, and it is very difficult for her to go out once; buying antihypertensive drugs that require long-term use has become her top problem.
Home-based elderly care groups are inconvenient to seek medical treatment, and Changsha County has begun to explore the path of smart medical care. In 2021, with the support of the Hunan Provincial Health Commission, Changsha County selected , Orchard Town, and other places to carry out pilot projects.
Relying on the "Hunan Province Medical and Nursing Integrated Intelligent Service Platform", Guoyuan Town provides smart medical and nursing services to residents in the jurisdiction and surrounding areas through the "Healthy and Aging" App. Door-to-door nursing, home medical team, specialized disease management, home care, home care... All services required by the elderly can be "ordered to the door".
After learning about Su Xichun's situation, Wang Tian led the nursing home team and the home care team, and often visited Grandma Su's home and became her "health gatekeeper".
"They are here, I'm very happy!" Measurement of blood pressure, electrocardiogram, medication guidance, chat, hair cutting, room sorting... A complete set of medical and nursing services made Su Xichun feel the care of "not relatives are better than relatives."
On November 12, 2021, in Tianhan Community, Guoyuan Town, Changsha County, Changsha City, Hunan Province, medical staff Peng Yong (right) gave head massage to elderly people at home. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Sihan
In Guoyuan Town, like Su Xichun, more and more elderly people have enjoyed convenient medical and nursing services.
"We hope to deliver professional medical and care services to the elderly so that they can enjoy high-quality services at their doorstep." said Wang Yongjiang, head of the Guoyuan Town Health Center.
[Ten Years of Changes]
Over the past decade, my country has accelerated the construction of the elderly health service system, carried out elderly health promotion actions, and continuously improved the health management and service level of the elderly; deepened the integration of medical care and nursing, and increased the supply of medical care and nursing services in the home community.
Now, the integrated services of elderly health and medical care have been included in the basic public health service projects. As of the end of 2021, the number of medical and nursing contracts nationwide was 6.6 times that of 2017; the number of medical and nursing institutions with complete two certificates increased by 76.7% compared with 2017. The integrated medical and nursing services that are popular among the elderly are moving towards higher quality, efficient and convenient.
Live broadcast of the "Internet celebrity" old man who sells flowers
"We must create conditions for the elderly to play a role, guide the elderly to maintain a healthy mentality and enterprising spirit of being old and becoming stronger, give positive energy, and make new contributions" - Xi Jinping
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In a flower greenhouse in Huanghua Village, Daling Town, Gongzhuling City, Jilin Province, people can always see a well-proportioned lady doing live broadcast among the flowers. When I looked closer, I realized that this lady was already a "silver-haired clan".
Yu Qiuhua, 66 years old this year, has been cultivating and selling Clivia for more than 40 years. "In the past, I pushed a cart on the street and took the train to sell it on the other place, sleeping in the open..."
is getting older, and Yu Qiuhua can't run. Many people advised her: "You should be at your age." But when she saw the young people busy, she was a little disappointed.
transformation was caused by an accidental "touching the Internet". When Yu Qiuhua saw the young people in the village selling flowers through live broadcasts, she realized that she could do her career without leaving home.
After learning live broadcast skills from young people, Yu Qiuhua began to try live broadcasts every night. From being so nervous that she couldn't speak at the beginning to skillfully introducing the quality and characteristics of Clivia to netizens, hundreds of people watched each live broadcast, and she also gained a lot of loyal fans.
Online live sales have gradually become Yu Qiuhua's main source of income, with annual sales reaching 200,000 to 300,000 yuan. Under the leadership of Yu Qiuhua, many elderly people in the village were full of energy and followed her to learn live broadcast to sell goods. Teach young people to cultivate flowers during the day and teach the elderly to broadcast live at night. The busier it is, the more Yu Qiuhua feels that life is more enjoyable.
[Ten Years of Changes]
Over the past decade, the positive view of aging has become increasingly popular. my country continues to carry out volunteer actions such as the "Silver Age Action" to give full play to the positive role of the elderly; vigorously develop elderly education , and set up more than 40,000 elderly education learning points at the grassroots level; the elderly actively participate in various cultural and sports activities, and social participation continues to expand.
On November 26, 2021, in the "Science and Technology Island" classroom of Qinzhou Academy of Shanghai University for the Elderly, students experienced "Global Travel" through VR virtual. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Ying
During the epidemic, a group of elderly people stayed at their volunteer positions; on the vast black soil, many "post-60s" drove large agricultural machinery to gallop... "Old people have done something" is becoming a beautiful landscape in the new era. (Reporters Tian Xiaohang, Li Heng, Tai Sicong, Shuai Cai, Meng Hanqi, Xue Qinfeng)
Source: Xinhua News Agency
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