Looking back to 2022, Shenyang has launched numerous favorable policies to serve the elderly. From medical care to social security, from daily necessities to daily life ...... All these practical matters of people's livelihood have profoundly affected and improved the lives of the elderly. Recently, Shenyang Civil Affairs Bureau released the 10 major events of Shenyang "Quality Elderly Care" livelihood project in 2022.
1. The implementation of the "Quality Elderly Care" into the Community Action Plan
The Shenyang "Quality Elderly Care" into the Community Action Plan was issued, and the creation of "basic, upgrading and demonstration" elderly care communities was comprehensively launched.A number of quality elderly care demonstration communities such as Mudan Community in Huanggu District, Kuixing Community in Dadong District and Wen'an Road Community in Heping District were created, and the work results were reported by Xinhua News Agency, People's Daily, Guangming Daily, Economic Daily, China Media Group, China Society News and other national media.
2. The construction of 4,500 home beds for the elderly
Shenyang has won 43.15 million RMB Yuan of the central lottery public welfare fund and invested 30.189 million RMB Yuan of financial support at the municipal and district levels, taking the lead in the province to build 4,500 home beds for the elderly, creating a "three-in-home" service model that integrates age-appropriate renovation, intelligent equipment installation and free door-to-door services. Shenyang has completed the objectives of the National Home and Community Basic Elderly Care Service Enhancement Project with high quality, and fulfilled the commitment of the people's livelihood.
3. The government purchased more than 200,000 hours of elderly home-care services
In 2022, the city expanded the number of pilot communities of government purchase of elderly home-care services from 100 to 200, with the financial subsidy of 30 RMB Yuan per hour, focusing on providing 3 hours of free elderly home-care services per month to elderly people aged 80 and above to relieve the pressure of elderly home-care. Shenyang has provided over 200,000 hours of home-care services such as haircut, bathing, cleaning, walking and living care for the elderly in the pilot communities throughout the year. While enhancing the sense of access of the elderly, it effectively drives the independent consumption of elderly households in other age groups.
4. 30,000 square meters of elderly service facilities have been built
The city has built community elderly care service facilities with high standards, and implemented the standard of 35 square meters for 100 households in new communities and 25 square meters for 100 households in existing communities. On the basis of achieving 100 percent standard of facilities construction in newly built communities, Shenyang implemented the three-year plan of facilities construction in existing communities, and added 30,000 square meters of elderly care service facilities for the elderly throughout the year. At present, 71 percent of the city's township (sub-district) regional elderly care service centers have been built, and the coverage rate of community elderly care service facilities has reached 100 percent. The "quarter-hour elderly care service circle" has basically taken shape.
5. The monthly visiting rate of the elderly with special difficulties reached 100 percent
The city has carried out a special action of "Guarding the Sunset and Visiting with Warmth", given full play to the role of "linkage of the five organizations", and established a tour ledger by stratification, classification and grade according to the age, physical and economic status of the elderly. During the epidemic prevention and control period, the city has conducted telephone and WeChat visits to the elderly with difficulties, empty nests, left-behind, living alone and disabled, reminding them of home safety precautions and providing corresponding assistance services when necessary. At present, the monthly visiting rate of the elderly with special difficulties in our city reaches 100 percent.
6. Subsidies for the elderly totaled 93 million RMB Yuan
Relying on the Shenyang Elderly Care Service Management Platform, Shenyang has realized the data interconnection between civil affairs, public security, health and other departments, established the accurate identification and dynamic management mechanism of difficulties, disabilities and elderly people, carried out the work of "policy finding people" for old-age allowances, and realized the same-day business approval. This year, 2,654 elderly people have been effectively notified to apply for old-age allowances through "policy finding people". At present, the old-age allowance policy has benefited 34,000 elderly people, and a total of 93 million RMB Yuan of allowance has been issued throughout the year.
7. The proportion of nursing care beds in elderly care institutions reached 55 percent
The city has adopted measures such as gradually raising subsidy standards and expanding the scope of liability insurance for nursing elderly care institutions to encourage the development of disability nursing care beds in elderly care institutions. At present, there are 22,000 nursing care beds in the city, accounting for 55 percent of the total, and the city has completed the "14th Five-Year Plan" national target task three years in advance. At the same time, the combination of medical care and health preservation has become increasingly developed. The city's elderly care institutions are able to provide medical services in the form of setting up nursing homes and signing contracts with medical institutions, accounting for 100 percent.
8. Successfully completing the "Training Plan for One Thousand Elderly Care Service Talents" and the "Training Plan for Ten Thousand Family Carers"
In 2022, the civil affairs departments at the municipal, district and county levels have trained more than 20,000 elderly care practitioners and 14,000 family carers, organized more than 340 training sessions for standardization of elderly care institutions, epidemic prevention and control and workplace safety, and training activities for elderly home-care service personnel, and realized 100 percent of over 1,000 elderly home-care service personnel to be licensed to work, so that the elderly care service talent team continues to grow.
9. Introducing comprehensive supervision measures for elderly care service institutions
Shenyang has established a long-term mechanism for comprehensive supervision, a coordinated supervision mechanism and a "double random and one open" supervision mechanism for elderly care service institutions. The civil affairs, market regulation, urban and rural construction departments set up 537 joint inspection teams and dispatched 1,756 inspectors to build a strong defense line in fire fighting, food, gas, and epidemic prevention and control for the elderly care service institutions. At the same time, Shenyang has conducted a comprehensive assessment of the elderly care service facilities in four aspects: environment, facilities, operation and management, and services, and has validated the star-rating qualification with high standards, taking the assessment results as an important basis for issuing subsidies and other preferential policies, and promoting the overall improvement of the service level through the "horse racing" incentive mechanism.
10. Realizing the "zero breakthrough" in foreign-funded elderly care service enterprises in Northeast China
Through the collaboration of government and enterprises, the city has formulated more than 20 policy measures such as financial subsidies, government purchase of services and quick approval for elderly care service institutions, and successfully introduced German Renafan Pension Group, making Shenyang the first city in Northeast China to successfully sign foreign-funded elderly care enterprises to settle in the city. On the basis of vigorously introducing foreign enterprises, Shenyang supports a number of leading enterprises in the domestic pension industry, such as China Health and Elderly Care Group, China Resources Land Runxinhui, Taikang Community Shenyuan Elderly Care and so on to land and inject capital. Shenyang has attracted 8 smart elderly care service enterprises such as Jiangsu Homecare and Healthcare and Shanghai Fortune Care to sign up for community elderly care services in various districts and counties (cities).
Reporter Qu Junzheng