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Since last year, Chengde, Hebei Province has actively optimized the old-age service: promoting the "time bank" mutual support old-age model, providing various services such as helping meals and doctors to help the elderly achieve a sense of security; Set up a volunteer service team for the elderly to encourage younger elderly people to exert their residual heat and achieve a sense of worthiness; Improve community home care facilities, continuously expand service coverage, meet diverse needs, and let more elderly people enjoy their happy old age.
"Knock knock … …” A knock on the door sounded, and Zhao Xiuzhi, who lives in Binhe Community, Chengde High-tech Zone, Hebei Province, walked a few steps and opened the door. "Xiao Hu is coming, come in!" Look, it’s Xiao Hu coming. Zhao Xiuzhi pulls her into the house with a smile.
Xiao Hu, named Hu Xiying, is 68 years old this year. In order to innovate home-based care services and give full play to the afterheat of retired people, Binhe Community has set up a volunteer service team for the elderly. By creating a "time bank" mutual support service model, everyone is encouraged to "serve others today and enjoy services for free tomorrow". Hu Xiying is a member of this volunteer service team for the elderly. "My body is still strong, and it is particularly meaningful to provide services for the elderly and the disabled and semi-disabled elderly, which can not only reflect my self-worth, but also enjoy the same services in the future." Hu Xiying said.
On August 24th last year, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader who visited Chengde came to Binhe Community Home Care Service Center. The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out that it is necessary to combine a sense of worthiness with a sense of security for the elderly, study and improve policies and measures, encourage the elderly to continue to glow, give full play to the role of the younger elderly, and promote volunteers to do more in community governance. As a volunteer representative, Hu Xiying reported the basic situation and daily work of the community volunteer service team for the elderly to the General Secretary. "The general secretary fully affirmed us ‘ Young ’ We are encouraged by the role of the elderly! " Recalling the scene at that time, Hu Xiying was still very excited.
Building canteens for the elderly, carrying out aging transformation and popularizing "time bank" … … Since last year, Chengde City has actively promoted the construction of an old-age service system based on home, supported by community, supplemented by institutions and combined with medical care. By combining a sense of security and a sense of worthiness, it has continuously optimized the old-age service model, so that more elderly people can enjoy their happy old age.
Optimize the old-age service model
Constantly enrich the function of helping the elderly
Chat with Zhao Xiuzhi, and take your blood pressure … … Soon, an hour passed.
Walking out of Zhao Xiuzhi’s home, Hu Xiying turned on his mobile phone and punched in the "volunteer service" applet. "I just saved another hour in the time bank, and the total amount of time coins has increased a lot!" Hu Xiying said with a smile.
In order to further improve the "time bank" service model, in November last year, Chengde High-tech Zone launched the "time bank public welfare platform" applet, which punched in the volunteer service and deposited the volunteer service time into the personal account in the form of time currency. "In the past, the length of volunteer service could only be registered on paper in the community, sometimes it was easy to forget and the length was not accurate enough. Now, after the service is completed, it is not only accurate, but also can exchange rights through small programs. " Hu Xiying said. At present, the basic data of 12 communities in the whole region are entered into the public welfare platform, and later, the city-wide universal deposit and withdrawal of time coins will be explored.
"In our community, there is a place that is particularly popular with the elderly." The place Hu Xiying said is the community elderly canteen that officially opened in September last year.
"The meals in the old canteen are rich and nutritious, which is particularly good." 85-year-old Hao Guifeng and his wife are frequent visitors here. In the past, they often made trouble for buying food and cooking. "My wife often needs to go to the hospital for dialysis, and my children are too busy to take care of their work. The old canteen really solves my big trouble." Hao Guifeng said. What makes her even more happy is that when it rains and snows, as long as a phone call is made, volunteers will send hot meals directly home, making them feel very warm.
From entertainment assistance, emergency assistance and medical assistance to meal assistance, entertainment assistance, bath assistance, medical assistance, emergency assistance, transportation assistance and cleaning assistance, Binhe Community has continuously optimized the service mode for the aged, and increased the service function from "three assistance" to "seven assistance". The elderly over 60 in the community can get timely and effective on-site service through hotline, online appointment and offline communication.
Xu Jiajie, secretary of the Party branch of Binhe Community, said that in order to serve the elderly more accurately, the community provides food delivery, health care, psychological comfort and other specific services to moderately and severely disabled people over 60 years old, extremely poor people, low-income recipients, key special care recipients, severely disabled people and elderly people over 80 years old, and the operating subsidy is also raised to 3,000 yuan per person per year.
Expand service coverage
Strengthen the community to help the elderly.
Braised fish pieces, scrambled eggs with green peppers, and boiled radish … … Near noon, Cao Jingrong, who lives in Yinxingyuan, Lihua Community, High-tech Zone, turned on his mobile phone application, and a variety of dishes with vegetarian dishes came into view. "The dishes are rich and affordable, and they are also intimately equipped with low-sugar and low-fat packages." Cao Jingrong said, while selecting dishes and submitting orders.
Last year, Cao Jingrong was envious after learning that the elderly living in the riverside community can enjoy diversified old-age services such as helping meals and entertainment. "At that time, I thought if I lived there!" Now, Cao Jingrong can enjoy the same old-age care service without moving. In December last year, Binhe Community Home Care Service Center expanded its service scope from the original five residential quarters to nine residential quarters. The pear flower community where Cao Jingrong is located has also been included in the service scope. "Now you can enjoy your old age without leaving the community!" Cao Jingrong said.
In a community home care service center in Chengde, the bid-raising and reconstruction scheme based on the operation mode of riverside community has been completed, which will cover 11 residential quarters in 2 communities. Improve the community pension model and extend the content of pension services … … In the high-tech zone, the coverage of "nursing homes without walls" has been expanding.
"Since September 2021, the High-tech Zone has implemented a community-based mechanism for members of the District Industrial Management Committee to fully promote community home-based care services. Up to now, two old-age service centers and 10 day care service stations have been established in 12 communities in the whole region, and two full-time staff members have been assigned to each day care service station in the form of labor dispatch, according to ‘ Call, dispatch, service, evaluation and record ’ The five-step operation mechanism provides services. " Xu Na, Deputy Secretary of Community Working Committee of Hi-tech Zone, introduced.
In order to further improve the level of community service for the aged and enhance the strength of community assistance for the aged, the High-tech Zone has also given full play to the role of retired old cadres in party member, and by setting up a typical service for the aged, more and more residents have been encouraged to join the voluntary service.
"My wife, seeing that you are in full swing every day, I also want to be an elderly volunteer." Driven by his wife Hu Xiying, retired Fan Xuefu also joined the volunteer service team. "Now that we have achieved a sense of security for the elderly, we must be motivated and have a sense of worthiness." Fan Xuefu said.
Today, 42 volunteer service teams have been established in 12 communities in the High-tech Zone, and the total number of volunteers has reached 1,366. "We give full play to ‘ Bring the new with the old ’ Role, according to the individual specialties of volunteers, it is divided into 12 groups including condolence group, literature and art group and housekeeping service group to provide accurate services for the elderly in need. " Xu Na said.
Improve the basic facilities for the aged.
Meet the diverse needs of the elderly
The mother of An Tong, a resident of Haitangyuan, is 98 years old this year. The walls at home are ceramic tiles, which are wet and slippery, and it is easy for the elderly to slip when they take a shower. The community contacted professionals to come to the door and installed "I-shaped handrails" among the elderly. Now, the old man can hold the handrail by raising his hand and never worry about falling down again.
Chen Auntie, who lives in Wanhua Community, has a broken water pipe at home and her children are not around. She quickly dialed the hotline for aged care. Not long after, a domestic service worker came to the door for maintenance, which solved the problem of water use for the elderly in time.
In the Confucian Temple community, Wang Xiuhua and his wife go to the community day care service station every day to chat and play chess with other elderly people. Their lives are full and enjoyable.
From "providing for the aged" to "enjoying the old age", nowadays in Chengde, more and more elderly people enjoy their old age in the accurate and caring old-age service, and more and more elderly volunteers enjoy their old age while helping the old.
"We must firmly grasp the grassroots foundation of the community, improve the community home-based care service system, improve the community home-based care service facilities and functions, and effectively meet the various needs of the elderly, so that the elderly can have a happy old age." Chai Baoliang, secretary of Chengde Municipal Party Committee, said.
At present, there are 205 community day care service institutions in 177 communities in the city, with 439 full-time staff, covering 2099 living quarters, achieving full coverage of service facilities and service functional living quarters. The informatization construction of community day care service stations in the city is progressing in an orderly manner, with a total of 206 institutions accessing the municipal service platform … …
"At the same time, we have also launched a comprehensive lunch-assisted service in eight counties and four districts of the city, and have provided a total of 4,517 food-assisted services." Dou Lixin, deputy director of Chengde Civil Affairs Bureau and second-level researcher, said.
"In the future, we will actively build a platform to guide and encourage more ‘ Young ’ The elderly participate in community building and volunteer service, and truly realize their sense of security and worthiness. " Dou Lixin introduced that by 2025, Chengde City will increase the proportion of "elderly-friendly communities" in the total number of urban and rural communities in the city year by year; By 2035, the city’s urban and rural areas will achieve full coverage of old-age friendly communities.