Chen Yiqin conducts a survey on elderly care services in Tianjin
Reform, upgrading, and quality improvement of elderly care services to enhance efficiency, and address shortcomings in care for the disabled and people with dementia as well as meal assistance Promote the construction of a three-tier network and the development of the silver economy; click to view the key points of the Tianjin survey
Xinhua News Agency, Tianjin, September 3. State Councilor Shen Yiqin inspected elder care services in Tianjin from September 2 to 3, stressing the need to deepen reform and development of elder care services, promote the expansion, improvement, and efficiency of elder care services, and enable older adults to enjoy their later years better.
During the inspection, Shen Yiqin visited elder care institutions, elder care service centers, and elder care communities, met with and expressed concern for older adults, and learned in detail about the construction of the threetier elder care service network, integration of medical and nursing care, meal services for the elderly, elder care service consumption subsidies, and the development of the silver economy. She pointed out that as the scale of the elderly population continues to grow, elder care service needs are becoming more diverse. All kinds of resources should be coordinated to speed up the improvement of a threetier elder care service network covering both urban and rural areas, optimize the service pattern with homebased care as the foundation, communitybased care as the support, institutions as the professional backbone, and integrated medical and nursing care, and focus on strengthening inclusive service supply for specialneeds older adults such as those who are disabled or living with dementia.
Shen Yiqin also stressed the need to advance, in light of local conditions, the healthy and sustainable development of meal services for the elderly, better leverage the roles of the government, the market, and all sectors of society, and promote coordinated development of elder care services and the elder care industry. At the same time, efforts should be made to tighten responsibility for work safety, strengthen safety management in all kinds of elder care service institutions, and hold the bottom line of safety. She said that efforts should combine improving people’s livelihood with stimulating consumption, advance the