In the past 75 years, as the "heart, window, and business card" of Shanghai, Huangpu has always focused on people's livelihood concerns, focused on ensuring people's livelihood, promoted the high-quality and balanced development of social undertakings, and actively responded to the needs of multi-group and multi-level people's livelihood with pragmatic measures with strength and temperature, so that the fruits of reform and development can benefit the people more and more fairly.
Aunt Wang, who lives in Laoximen Street, is extremely busy these days, it turns out that in the community WeChat group recently, this enthusiastic "group owner" is busy contacting neighbors and old partners, and uniformly handling the exclusive "five sides and ten colors" service card for the elderly in Huangpu District.
This old people's hotly discussed "five sides and ten colors" service card for the elderly, is the first model of Huangpu District in recent years, the card has a built-in chip, associated with the basic information of the elderly, each street is equipped with an "exclusive skin", "a card in hand" can enjoy the district, the street launched all kinds of preferential services for the elderly, such as dining, bathing, home bed, escort, etc., there are different discounts, real, simple and easy to use. According to statistics, at present, nearly 120,000 service cards for the elderly have been issued, and "the elderly service card should be swiped" has taken root in the hearts of the elderly in Huangpu.
The "big livelihood" behind the "small rice bowl"
Empty nesters, the elderly living alone, the disabled elderly "difficult to eat", used to be a headache for the elderly, before, the situation of each street is different, some choose community nursing homes to help meals, some in the neighborhood committee to eat, some in the social restaurant to eat, price, hygiene, downstairs and other factors, once became the bottleneck that plagued the elderly in the home of the elderly. According to statistics, Huangpu District is one of the most significant urban areas in Shanghai with an aging and aging population, with 294,000 registered elderly people over the age of 60, accounting for 44%, and 40,000 registered elderly people over the age of 80, accounting for 6%.
To this end, in the past five years, Huangpu District has actively woven a "three-in-one" meal service network for the elderly, which is guaranteed by district-level catering centers, supplemented by community canteens, and participated by market resources. Meet the needs of the elderly who just need nearby, convenient and inexpensive meal assistance. The District Civil Affairs Bureau, together with the district's affiliated groups, foundations, and caring enterprises, has established the "Time-honored Elderly Meal Alliance" to better meet the personalized, diversified, and high-quality dining needs of the elderly through exclusive areas, exclusive catering, and exclusive discounts. Unified design and production of "time-honored elderly restaurant" nameplates, table logos, and the time-honored store environmental layout and other age-appropriate transformation.
After continuous efforts, from September 1, 2023, more than 30 "time-honored elderly restaurants" in three batches in the district will be opened, providing the elderly with various "food discounts" such as full discounts, love packages, and off-peak discounts.
Since May 30 this year, 11 community canteens for the elderly in Huangpu District have a unified 8.5% discount on meals, plus the "time-honored elderly restaurant", and the number of places in Huangpu to enjoy the meal service for the elderly has reached 42.
Today, Huangpu's three-in-one "central kitchen unified catering + community elderly canteen + time-honored elderly restaurant" model has reached an average of more than 8,700 customers per day.
"Small beds" solve "big problems"
In order to meet the actual needs of the elderly in Shanghai, after continuous exploration and practice, the city has launched a new model of "home bed" service based on multiple elderly care services, and the new model of "sending professional elderly care services to the door" has been accepted by more and more elderly people. Not only can you care for the elderly at home, but also enjoy professional care, which largely makes up for the worries of traditional home care that is not professional.
Since 2020, Laoximen Street in Huangpu District has taken the lead in implementing the pilot service of home beds, extending standardized elderly services to residents' homes, and promoting the construction of intelligent "in-situ" communities by combining smart elderly care systems and standardized home care services.
During the pilot of the home bed, the method of "quasi-institution" was adopted, with the professional nursing institution "Happy Home Nursing Home" in the jurisdiction as the fulcrum, and its professional nursing team and management experience were used to directly deliver the standardized care that could only be provided in professional nursing institutions to the pilot elderly homes. Today, the service has benefited nearly 2,000 households, covering the entire Huangpu district.
At present, Huangpu District has expanded the number of home bed service institutions to 3, established the city's first home bed service center and 24-hour emergency response center, and carried out the pilot project of "twin beds in one" between home beds and family beds, with a total of more than 2,000 contracted service households.
"Small Transformation" Improves "Big Quality"
In recent years, Huangpu District has focused on improving the scientific layout and precise distribution of "complex + small unit" elderly care service facilities, promoting the complementary advantages and mutual empowerment of "one-stop + doorstep" elderly care services, realizing the accessibility and accessibility of community elderly care service facilities, and achieving full coverage of elderly service stations at the doorstep.
The opening of the elderly care service station at the doorstep aims to provide more convenient and intimate services for the elderly to meet their needs in life, health, entertainment, etc., the service station not only provides basic day care for the elderly (micro day care) and meal assistance services (micro meals), but also carries out a variety of personalized activities to meet the social needs of the elderly.
In the Shanbei Community of Bund Street, according to the actual needs of elderly residents, many elderly families have applied for age-appropriate transformation, such as toilet shower facilities, floor tiles, toilets, washstands, etc., through the use of special materials, adjust the height, optimize the spacing, more friendly to the elderly, safety and comfort are improved, and won the praise of the elderly. Residents said that the renovated facilities for the elderly have adopted a combination of government subsidies and residents' own expenses, and the price is also affordable, so this service has been passed on by the residents, and the livelihood services have really been delivered to the hearts of the residents.
Taking the daily life scenarios of the elderly as a consideration, Huangpu District has explored and expanded the coverage of age-appropriate transformation, deepened the overall age-appropriate transformation model integrating "home-corridor-community-block", and formulated and issued the "Leju Huangpu · Age-Appropriate Environment Renovation Standards", clarifying the age-appropriate environment renewal mode and transformation standards in different scenarios, and clarifying the "five-piece set + x configuration" of different spaces in homes, corridors, communities, and blocks. Build an age-friendly community with practical actions, and make the activities of the elderly safer and more convenient.
As of the end of last year, there were 297 million elderly people aged 60 and above on the mainland, accounting for 21.1 percent of the total population. Huangpu District continues to build a "pentagonal" pension service system in Huangpu District with "bedside, tableside, side, around, and hand" as one, and the elderly enjoy more and more convenient services.