The warm spring sun shines on the earth, visiting the villages, towns and communities of Gaolan County, the figure of the elderly can be seen everywhere, they love this warm day, this warmth comes from the warm sunshine, but also from the government's heart-warming policies.
In recent years, Gaolan County has been based on the actual aging of the county, focusing on the urgent and difficult problems of the elderly, with policy as the support, service as the core, and innovation as the driving force, from the burden reduction of pension consumption, the guarantee of meal assistance services to the upgrade of personalized services, and gradually build a convenient, efficient, warm and considerate elderly care service system covering urban and rural areas, so that the elderly in the jurisdiction can share the fruits of development and enjoy a happy old age.
The implementation of pension consumption vouchers has taken effect
Relieve the difficulties of the disabled elderly
"Elderly care service institutions directly deduct consumption vouchers, 800 yuan per person per month; Home services are subsidized according to the service fee to effectively reduce the economic burden of the elderly. Ma Zunqian, a cadre of the Pension Service Office of the Gaolan County Civil Affairs Bureau, introduced. Since the implementation of the pension service consumption voucher policy, Gaolan County has strictly implemented the relevant deployment requirements of the province, standardized the process, and made precise efforts to ensure that the policy dividends directly reach the elderly group.
It is reported that the collection of pension consumption vouchers needs to be uniformly evaluated by a third-party qualified evaluation company, and there are currently 3 evaluation institutions in Gaolan County that meet the policy provisions to provide guarantee for the accurate implementation of the policy. Up to now, a total of 93 elderly people in the county have completed registration, received 136 consumption vouchers, and completed the write-off of 67 vouchers.
Liu Lijie, head of the Heishi Town Central Nursing Home, shared a typical case: "There are 5 elderly people in our hospital who meet the policy conditions, of which Wei Wanyou will move in in March 2025 and need to pay 2,000 yuan per month for nursing expenses, and after the issuance of consumption vouchers, only 1,200 yuan per month needs to be paid, and 800 yuan is directly deducted, which effectively alleviates the economic pressure of the elderly and allows the elderly to move in with peace of mind and provide for the elderly comfortably." ”
Focus on "happiness on the tip of the tongue"
Build a solid foundation for elderly care services
"When people get old, the problem of eating becomes particularly important, and the first thing to solve in elderly care services is the problem of eating for the elderly." Ma Zunqian said that the elderly over 60 years old in Gaolan County account for 22%, and in response to the problem of difficulty in eating and cooking for the elderly, Gaolan County continues to make efforts to build a multi-level and full-coverage meal assistance service system, so that the elderly can eat hot meals and good dishes and feel real warmth.
At present, Gaolan County has a total of 1 public elderly care service institution, 2 public construction and 21 meal service points, serving more than 20,000 elderly people every month. In order to ensure the long-term operation of meal service points, the county finance has provided a special subsidy of more than 80,000 yuan per month, of which the chefs of meal assistance service points can receive a monthly subsidy of 1,000 yuan, effectively stabilizing the rural meal service team. "For many meal aid operators, the government subsidizes not only money, but also their confidence to continue operating." Ma Zunqian said.
"At first, many elderly people took a wait-and-see attitude, but after a long time, everyone was willing to come and eat a bowl of hot meals." Liang Yanmei, the operator of the meal service point, said that the meal service point is not only a place to eat, but also an activity position for the elderly, the reporter saw at the elderly care and meal service point in Heishi Town that most of the elderly will not leave immediately after the meal, but choose to chat, play cards, and leisure here, and the civil affairs specialist also chooses to carry out some policy publicity work at this time.
"Recently, the favorable policy of pension service consumption vouchers has been well known to many elderly people, and we will also help them register online, which is quite easy for the elderly to accept." Liu Lijie said.
It is worth mentioning that in addition to meal assistance services, Gaolan County has further deepened elderly care services this year, carrying out door-to-door services for the elderly with financial difficulties, and service personnel participate in a voluntary form to provide elderly care services and nursing services, with a service time of about 1.5 hours and a service income of 20 yuan. Sister Ma, 62, is one of the door-to-door service staff, and she sighed: "The pension service not only gives me an income, but also allows me to understand the needs of the elderly in rural areas, and these services can solve most of the problems in the lives of the elderly, which is very meaningful." ”
Walking into the Heishi Town Comprehensive Elderly Care Service Center, in the spacious and clean yard, the elderly bask in the sun and play cards for leisure; In the hall on the first floor, the elderly with limited mobility are rehabilitated under the care of caregivers. "I am responsible for 3 moderately disabled elderly people, taking care of them in shifts 24 hours a day, feeding medicine, exercising, and delivering meals. Caregiver Pan Xiuli said.
"After the beginning of spring, we also specially opened up plots to plant organic vegetables, which can not only enrich the daily table of the elderly, but also participate in farming activities and enrich the daily life experience, which the old people are quite satisfied with." Liu Lijie said.
Personalized meal assistance upgrade
Make elderly care services more warm
As a supporting facility for the 15-minute convenient living circle of the urban community in Shidong Town, the opening of the "Beautiful Lanzhou Happy Canteen" not only solves the problem of "difficulty eating" for the elderly in the jurisdiction, but also improves the convenience and happiness of residents' lives with personalized services, and has become a vivid epitome of the innovative development of meal assistance services in Gaolan County.
The reporter saw at the scene that the canteen provides three meals in the form of small bowls of dishes, with a wide variety of dishes, residents in the jurisdiction can apply for meal cards, and the elderly who meet the standards can enjoy corresponding discounts, and the average person can eat delicious meals for about 10 yuan. "The community has a canteen, I basically eat here at noon, the combination of meat and vegetables is reasonable, the taste is homely, it is much more convenient than making it at home." Li Guoqiang, a community resident, said.
Unlike other village community meal assistance centers, the urban community is located in the middle of the county, and the meal assistance service point is not equipped with a day care activity room, and the core function focuses on dining services, and provides three meal supplies, becoming a cost-effective choice for students, sanitation workers, delivery workers and other groups.
"One-third of the people who eat every day are social groups, and everyone chooses here because the meals are home-cooked and the price is close to the people." Liang Yanmei introduced that the canteen's business hours are from 7:30 to 19 o'clock, and the standard of 3 meat, 4 vegetarian and 2 staple foods is implemented at noon, and the taste is in line with the needs of the elderly, safe and healthy.
Liang Yanmei said that opening up to the society not only increases the revenue of the canteen and ensures long-term operation, but also solves the employment problem and achieves a win-win situation of social and economic benefits.
Today, Gaolan County's elderly care and meal service has changed from the initial "new face" to the "old acquaintance" of residents, which has not only improved the happiness of residents, but also become a strong evidence of the county's pension policy taking root and improving the quality and efficiency of services. "In the future work, we will accelerate the construction of a three-level elderly care service network covering urban and rural areas as the starting point, and make every effort to build a multi-level elderly care service system that coordinates home community institutions and combines medical care and health care, polishing the golden business card of 'Gaolan Elderly Care' more brightly, and striving to build our county into a leading health care destination in the Lanzhou metropolitan area." Wei Yongliang, deputy director of the Gaolan County Civil Affairs Bureau, said.
Reporter's notes
In the interview, whether it is the benefits brought by pension consumption vouchers, the warmth of meal assistance services, or even the care of personalized service delivery, we can truly feel the "real kung fu" of Gaolan County in elderly care services, and elderly care has changed from a grand theme to a daily life that can be seen and touched.
From precise policies to relieve the disabled elderly, to focusing on "happiness on the tip of the tongue" to build a solid service foundation, and then to innovating the model to achieve service upgrades, Gaolan County has always adhered to the people-centered development idea, keeping the needs of the elderly in mind and implementing them.
There is no end to elderly care services, only by continuing to make efforts, making precise efforts, constantly improving the service system, and improving service quality, can every elderly person enjoy a happy old age, and let the beautiful vision of "the elderly have support, the old have medical care, the old have fun, and the old have something to do" into reality. ( Reporter Anna Text/Picture)