Guangdong will further implement the subsidy system for the elderly and disabled elderly in economic difficulties and the subsidy system for the elderly, and gradually raise the subsidy standard; improve the basic elderly service system, release the "Guangdong Province Basic Elderly Service List"; support the development of wearable, portable, Self-service intelligent elderly care monitoring equipment and home service robots meet the needs of diversified and personalized health and elderly care...

      Recently, the Provincial Civil Affairs Department revealed the above information when replying to a number of proposals made by members of the Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference on strengthening elderly care services. The Provincial Department of Civil Affairs stated that our province will continue to improve the precise supply and service level of home-based elderly care, and promote the high-quality development of the elderly care service system.

Suggestion: Strengthen smart elderly care with "new infrastructure"

      Wang Zhengyin, a member of the Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, suggested in the “Proposal on Strengthening the Accuracy of Home Care Services to Promote the High-quality Construction of the Elderly Care Service System” that the government should lead the establishment of an elderly care resource database, coordinate urban and rural elderly care services, and ensure that the elderly should be adequately provided for; Give full play to the "Internet +" function, network service resources such as community medical and health stations, nursing homes, and public hospitals; formulate standards for home care services or service implementation rules; introduce incentive policies for elderly service talents, etc.

      Li Jingdong, a member of the Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, proposed to actively respond to the aging of the population from the perspective of the construction of smart community elderly care services. He suggested that smart elderly care service standards should be formulated as soon as possible; taking the "new infrastructure" as an opportunity, we can learn from the experience of "one network management" and "one network operation" in some community streets in Shanghai to promote the demonstration and promotion of smart community elderly care services; from labor skills training, hospitals The school opens related majors and expands voluntary services to build a talent team for smart community elderly care services.

Reply: Accelerate the development of smart elderly care products

      In response to the above suggestions, the Provincial Department of Civil Affairs replied that in order to improve the basic elderly care service system and improve the accuracy of home elderly care services, it will release the "Guangdong Province Basic Elderly Care Services List" as soon as possible, clarifying service targets, service contents, service standards, etc.

      The Provincial Civil Affairs Department revealed that up to now, the province has established free health service files for more than 7 million elderly people living at home, and established a basic database of more than 30,000 rural left-behind elderly people, providing family doctor contract services for 5.96 million elderly people. There are 10,291 out-of-home medical and health services; in addition, Guangdong Province has established a nursing system for destitute supporters, benefiting more than 180,000 destitute elderly in the province.

      The Provincial Civil Affairs Department stated that in the next step, it will take advantage of the province’s ultra-high-definition video, 5G, smart terminals, new displays, integrated circuits and other fields to build a world-class electronic information industry cluster, focus on the development of smart elderly care products and applications, and develop smarter products and applications. Low power consumption, miniaturized smart sensors, processors and operating systems for health care terminals. Support enterprises to develop wearable, portable, self-service intelligent elderly care monitoring equipment and home service robots to meet the needs of diversified and personalized health care and elderly care.

      The Provincial Civil Affairs Department also revealed that it will further implement the subsidy system for the elderly and disabled elderly in financial difficulties and the subsidy system for the elderly, gradually increase the subsidy standard, and encourage the development of a variety of elderly care insurance products including commercial long-term care insurance products. Provide personalized long-term care services for insured persons to meet the needs of elderly care services at different levels.

Article source: Nanfang Daily