During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, due to population ageing, the elderly care service system in Shanghai will face more challenges. Civil affairs departments will conscientiously implement the "National Medium- and Long-Term Plan on Population Ageing" formulated by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, and play a more active role in coping with new challenges and opportunities brought by population ageing.
Major tasks will be carried out in four respects.
1. Basic elderly care service system will be further improved.
Measures will be taken to form a basic elderly care service list which includes affordable, accessible and reliable basic elderly care services. Priority will be given to basic elderly care service demands of eligible elderly residents including elderly persons living alone, physically-challenged elderly persons, elderly persons with severe disabilities and elderly persons with advanced age. The unified elderly care needs assessment system, long-term care insurance system, elderly care service subsidy system and comprehensive old-age allowance system will be further improved to boost elderly people's ability to pay for elderly care services.
2. The supply structure of elderly care services will be further optimized.
By the end of the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the total number of elderly care beds will reach 178,000. Among them, more attention will be paid to the development of nursing care beds and care beds for cognitive impairment, so that nursing care beds will not be less than 60% of the total beds, and care beds for cognitive impairment will increase from 5,000 to 15,000. The number of community-based integrated elderly service centers in sub-districts and towns will reach about 500, and the per capita floor area of community elderly care service facilities will reach 40 square meters per 1,000 people. A 15-minute service circle will be basically formed. In addition, age-friendly renovation service will be provided to 25,000 households with the support of market-based operation and government funding.
3. Elderly care service capability and quality will be further advanced.
Measures will be taken to improve medical services provided in elderly care institutions and to pilot remote medical consultation in those institutions. The development of professional caregivers for the elderly will be further accelerated by improving vocational skills identification, comprehensive capability appraisal system and incentive support policies. Elderly care advisory service will be further promoted. Rehabilitative and assistive devices will play a more important role in facilitating elderly care services. The digital transformation of elderly care services will be advanced and more pilot projects on various application scenarios including households, communities and elderly care institutions will be promoted. Campaigns to help improve the ability of the elderly to use intelligent technologies will be carried out.
4. Administration of the elderly care service industry will be strengthened.
Relevant departments will continue to implement the rating and regular inspection on service quality of elderly care institutions, establish the credit rating system for elderly care institutions, and classify all those institutions into different grades and publicize their grading results. Relevant departments will also comprehensively strengthen the bottom-line risk management and control of elderly care institutions in aspects like fire protection and food safety, and improve the mechanism to handle emergencies and service disputes. Measures will be taken to give further play to the role of standardization in leading the development of elderly care institutions. Elderly care industry will be encouraged to strengthen self-discipline and build a batch of elderly care institution brands with national influence.
