Give it to Mom and Dad! Pension Will Have a New Change, the Key to YoDraw a Good!

This year's Report on the Work of the Government pointed out that if the elderly enjoy a happy old age, they will have a promising future. Recently, The General Office of the State Council issued the Opinions on Promoting the Development of Elderly Care Services, which clarified the new policies on the construction of infrastructure for elderly care services and the expansion of consumption of elderly care services in the field of elderly care. These new changes are really taking a toll on our parents. Here are the highlights for you. 

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More choices for retirement

◎ Adhere to the public nature of public pension institutions, determine the scope of security, the rest of the beds are allowed to open to the public, study and formulate charging guidelines, the proceeds to support the pension services of the beneficiaries.

◎ Overseas capital participating in the development of elderly care services in the mainland through public construction, government purchase of services, cooperation between the government and social capital, etc., shall enjoy the same domestic capital treatment.

◎ Support commercial insurance institutions in setting up or participating in the construction and operation of pension service institutions, and appropriately expand the sources of funds for the investment and construction of pension projects by insurance funds.

◎ Support elderly care institutions in operating community elderly care service facilities, and provide door-to-door services for the homebound elderly.

More convenient to see a doctor

◎ We will promote the integration of medical and nursing care in rural areas and communities, promote the establishment of contract service relationships between grassroots medical and health institutions and medical personnel and the families of the elderly, and establish an incentive mechanism for village doctors to participate in health and old-age services.

◎ Where conditions permit, family doctors can be supported to make home visits for the elderly.

◎ For clinics, health offices (rooms), infirmary and nursing stations in elderly care institutions, administrative examination and approval shall be cancelled and record management shall be implemented.

◎ When carrying out regional health planning, space should be set aside for elderly care institutions to hold or set up medical institutions.

It costs less

◎ We will introduce measures for the allocation, leasing, recycling and financial leasing of rehabilitation AIDS for the elderly, and promote the establishment of rehabilitation AIDS allocation service (leasing) sites in elderly care institutions and urban and rural communities.

◎ We will comprehensively establish a subsidy system for elderly and disabled people with financial difficulties, and strengthen the connection between the two subsidy policies and those for disabled people.

◎ On the premise of meeting the needs of people in extreme poverty for centralized support at present and in the future, we will focus on providing free or low charge nursing care services for the elderly with economic difficulties and disabilities (including mental retardation) and the elderly with special family planning.

More Intimate service

◎ Establish and improve the working mechanism of regular visits to the elderly living alone, empty-nest and left-behind, actively prevent and timely discover unexpected risks.

◎ The care training of disabled elderly family members shall be included in the government's purchase of elderly care services catalogue, and pension institutions, social organizations, social work institutions and the Red Cross shall be organized to conduct knowledge and skills training of elderly care and emergency rescue.

◎ Explore the mode of "property service + elderly care service", and support property service enterprises to provide elderly care services in various forms, such as meals for the elderly and regular visits.

Aging Smarter

◎ Build a number of "smart nursing homes" nationwide, promote the Internet of Things and remote intelligent security monitoring technology, realize 24 hours of safety automatic duty, reduce the risk of accidents for the elderly and improve the service experience.

◎ Use the Internet and biometric technology to explore the establishment of a remote declaration and review mechanism for elderly subsidies.

◎ Accelerate the construction of a national information system for the management of elderly care services, and promote the connection with household registration, medical care, social insurance, social assistance and other information resources. We will strengthen the security protection of senior citizens' identities, biometrics and other information.

Education for the elderly is richer

◎ Give priority to the development of community education for the elderly, and establish and improve the three-level community education for the elderly network of "county (city, district) - township (street) - village (neighborhood committee)", so as to facilitate the elderly to study nearby.

◎ Establish a national public service platform for education for the elderly, encourage all kinds of educational institutions to hold or participate in education for the elderly in various forms, promote the sharing of educational resources, courses and teachers for the elderly, explore new modes of combination of education for the elderly, and provide support for communities, education institutions for the elderly and service institutions for the elderly.

◎ Actively explore ways and methods for departments, industries, enterprises and universities to hold universities for the elderly to serve the society.

The service facilities are more friendly

◎ Starting from 2019, the project of upgrading and upgrading support facilities for people with extreme poverty (nursing homes for the elderly) will be carried out to support the construction of support facilities for people with extreme poverty (nursing homes for the elderly), renovate and upgrade nursing beds, and open up care units for disabled elderly people, so as to ensure that all people with extreme poverty who are willing to move in can receive centralized support.

◎ Gradually transform the service facilities for the extremely poor (nursing homes for the elderly) into regional old-age service centers.

◎ By the end of 2020, government subsidies will be provided to all families of elderly, disabled or disabled people who are supported by the extreme poverty and whose families have been documented and registered, in accordance with the "Barrier-free Design Code".

◎ Where conditions permit, urban and rural elderly families can be actively guided to adapt to the aging transformation. According to the needs of the elderly in social communication and daily life, the transformation of old residential areas can be implemented according to local conditions.

More comfortable Spending

◎ Illegal activities of fraudulently selling various products and services to the elderly will be severely investigated.

◎ Carry out extensive publicity and education activities for the elderly to detect fraud and prevent fraud, and enhance their awareness and ability to resist fraudulent sales.