Doing practical things with the people in mind   New ways to love and help the elderly

--Fangcaogang Street Office of High-tech Zone, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, a side story of the work of the office

Journalist Tan Guoqi Correspondent He Jiagui

since recent years,In the work of strengthening grass-roots construction and boosting the "three times of entrepreneurship" in Chengdu Hi-Tech District, Sichuan Province, Fangcao Street Office, according to the provincial, municipal and district offices for the elderly on the work of the elderly, centered on the people's livelihood services for the area of the elderly population is increasing, love the elderly and help the elderly service work is weak, to the General Secretary Xi's series of speeches and the Party's Eighteenth National Congress and the Third, Fourth and Fifth Plenary Sessions of the 18th CPC Central Committee, as well as the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" as a guide, unified understanding, innovative methods, integration of resources, and increase investment, the work has achieved significant results, fully affirmed by all levels of the general public and the masses of the residents of the highly praised, and its experience has been widely studied and promoted by Chengdu Hi-Tech District. Its experience has been widely studied and popularized by the Hi-Tech Zone of Chengdu City, and timely reports have been given by Sichuan Satellite TV, Chengdu TV and Chengdu Daily and other news media.

Unify the understanding and incorporate the work of helping the elderly into the important agenda

High-tech Zone, Chengdu City, Fangcao Street Office through careful study and understanding of the elderly at all levels on the elderly documents, speeches and the spirit of the meeting, not only from the height of political awareness of the importance of doing a good job to help the elderly, but also from the perspective of the glorious tradition of the Chinese nation, a deep understanding of the need to do a good job to help the elderly, and from the objective needs of the creation of the "three civilizations ", the objective needs of a harmonious society, a comprehensive understanding of the realities of the work of the elderly to help the elderly, and adhere to the work of the elderly into the important agenda of the street office. Streets established the Committee on Aging, each community is equipped with full-time (part-time) staff; gradually establish and improve the work of regular meetings, supervision, assessment, return visits and other systems, especially in the work of the arrangements for the deployment of the work, so that there is a deployment, inspection, assessment, summarization, and gradually formed the upper and lower levels of coordination,

(c) A working mechanism that is complementary, broadly participatory and results-oriented.

Innovative methods to give wings to elderly care and assistance services

The Fangcao Street Office of Chengdu High-Tech District has been working on this issue through the provision of services to the district.1865place (e.g. among winners)80On the basis of the regular distribution of longevity supplements and condolence payments to elderly people over the age of 18 and the increase in the strength of preferential treatment and assistance, the Government has adopted an innovative approach and taken multiple measures to improve the level of services for the elderly.First, to create a new model of health care integration.Professional assessment agencies are organized to assess the health of the elderly under their jurisdiction, and the community health service centers give priority to signing up and providing services to elderly families, providing health check-ups for the elderly signing up, and, according to the needs of different levels of the elderly, giving specific guidance on life and medication and monitoring services on the doorstep, so as to gradually achieve full coverage by family doctors.The second is the creation of "3+N"Elderly Assistance Service System."3"i.e.: policy system, carrier construction, information platform;"N"That is: a number of services to help the elderly. Integration of social organizations and community resources, with home care as the mainstay, community care as the backbone, and institutional care as a supplement, the use of the Internet to establish various types of information platforms for services for the elderly, and the inclusion of social organizations and enterprises in the streets of a unified service system for assisting the elderly in their old age, forming a new pattern of multi-dimensional integration, interaction and cooperation, and complementary services, which effectively improves the efficiency and quality of the services provided in assisting the elderly in their old age.Third, to build a platform for learning and exchange.Overcoming the difficulties encountered in terms of location, management and funding, they have set up cultural activity centers, founded universities for the elderly and set up various old people's organizations, so that every elderly person can "learn, enjoy and do something for the elderly", and strive to enrich the spiritual and cultural life of the elderly.Fourth, improve the protection of relief services.Include all eligible older persons in the scope of the minimum subsistence guarantee, and provide monthly payments to elderly persons with disabilities in special hardship.140The special subsidy of $100 is paid annually to the elderly with disabilities who are not in the low-income bracket.300In addition, the Government has established green medical channels for the elderly in the community health service centers, and has implemented the following measures.

Registration, physical examination and file building are all free of charge.Fifth, to broaden the connotation of fun and education.. Relying on street associations for the elderly, old people's sports associations and comprehensive cultural activity centers, they often organize arts festivals, cultural performances, sports events, public lectures and cultural training for the elderly, so as to enrich their amateur material and cultural life.Sixth, the development of "twinning" precise care servicesThe main purpose of the program is to provide services to the empty-nested, solitary, and elderly people. Mainly for the empty nest, living alone, the elderly, the establishment of basic accounts, play the role of community volunteer service workstations, party members, volunteers as the backbone, and actively carry out the "pairing, one to help one" menu-type services. Through the above ways, the streets of the old age assistance services have achieved outstanding results. Up to now, the street has built nursing homes and day care centers.4with an occupancy rate of100%; the entry of information on the demand for services for the elderly to help the elderly amounted to10707Provision of various door-to-door services through information platforms1458times, with an average satisfaction rate of99Points; 184The number of people enjoying home care services purchased by the government; the number of students enrolled in the University for the Elderly amounting to814Persons, classes30Courses12Doors; free Health Record13000Individuals, applying for the City Senior Citizen's Privilege Card856; various condolences, aid and subsidies are granted annually8.37$10,000,000, organization65over the age of890Free medical check-ups were conducted for the elderly, with an investment of up to16.23Ten thousand dollars.

Increase investment to create favorable conditions for the development of elderly care and assistance for the elderly

Fangcao Street, Hi-Tech District, Chengdu City, on the basis of extensive investigation and research, learning from other experiences, combined with the actual situation of the district, in an effort to create the basic conditions of old-age assistance services.First, efforts have been made to create a social atmosphere of respect for the elderly, honoring the elderly, loving the elderly and helping the elderly.Focusing on the promotion of socialist core values, publicity columns, wall posters and slogans and posters are mainly used in crowded places such as community compounds, street intersections and activity squares,LEDVideo, special WeChat, shopping handbags, etc., vigorously publicize the Party and the government's relevant aging

The guidelines and policies of the work as well as the achievements of the development of the aging cause have formed a harmonious atmosphere with the characteristics of Fangcao.Secondly, efforts have been made to promote the improvement of service facilities for the elderly.Streets for the elderly to help the elderly there is a lack of planning, limited resources for the actual, to take remodeling, new construction, leasing, sharing, etc., built the4Yes, under construction3The elderly service organizations have their own special characteristics. Among them: the Chinese medicine and health care in Beilei Street and Zizhu Community, the senior canteen in Yuantong Community, and the full-time and day-care services for the elderly in Fanghua and Xinnengxiang Communities, which basically realize the service goal of providing all-round daily life care for the elderly in the district.Once again, efforts have been made to enrich and improve the platform for the spiritual and cultural life of the elderly.The street focuses on "spiritual old-age", and has built a service platform with the Street Comprehensive Cultural Activity Center, Fangcaogao Elderly University as the main body, and the community old-age carriers as the supplementary service platform. There are chess and cards room, reading room, painting and calligraphy room, exercise room, talk room, rest room, basketball and badminton court, health hut, as well as legal counseling room, etc., multi-level to meet the needs of the elderly spiritual and cultural life.Finally, efforts have been made to secure inputs for the demand for elderly care and assistance services.On the one hand, in terms of manpower protection, the streets and communities are equipped with full-time and part-time staff, and in service places such as Belle, Fanghua and Xinneng, the protection force has been implemented in accordance with the standards in the form of government-purchased services. On the other hand, elderly care and assistance for the elderly is included in the annual work priorities of livelihood services, and the proportion of funding is increased. Only2016In the year, the street invested in elderly assistance services amounted to600million, compared to2015annual growth50%The