"He's fallen at home a dozen times before." Talking about the situation of her old wife Lu Zhongxiu, Aunt Zheng Zhihua, who lives in the Xinmei Square community in Minhang District, is still a little afraid, "Last year, we applied for the aging transformation of the home, and the situation improved."
Data from China's disease surveillance system shows that falls have become the number one cause of death from injuries among the elderly over the age of 65 on the mainland. In the case that most elderly people choose "home care", how to make the home space safer, more convenient and comfortable has become an unavoidable topic.
Therefore, in the past two years, Minhang District has actively explored the popularization of home environment aging transformation. By the end of 2021, 2665 elderly families in Minhang District will submit online applications for age-appropriate transformation, 1667 families will complete door-to-door assessment and sign transformation contracts, 1638 households will complete the construction of age-appropriate transformation, and the number of online applications, assessment contracts and completed transformation will rank first in the city.
According to reports, this year, Minhang plans to complete the renovation of 1,000 households suitable for aging, with greater intensity and faster speed.
"It's time, can't put it off any longer"
Lu Zhongxiu and Zheng Zhihua are both 76 years old this year, and their daughter lives abroad, and there are only two old families in the family. In the first two years, Uncle Lu unfortunately suffered from hydrocephalus, his body balance was problematic, and the house where he had lived for more than 20 years became his shackles, especially the old bathroom.
"The first few times I fell on the wooden floor, if I fell in the bathroom, I really don't dare to think." Aunt Zheng said, "There were a few times when I was not at home, but fortunately the next door neighbor and the family doctor found out early and did not break into trouble." ”
"We've always wanted to renovate the bathroom, but what if we can't take a shower or use the toilet?" What should I do if I have a dispute with a decoration company? Thinking about it, I dragged it down. "It wasn't until July last year that Aunt Zheng learned from the neighborhood committee that Minhang was promoting age-appropriate transformation and implementing it through a platform built by the government, which was very reliable, and she was suddenly excited." After listening to the introduction, I felt that it was time and could not be delayed any longer. On the same day, she submitted an online application with the help of the cadres of the neighborhood committee.
Soon, the community pension consultant took the construction party to the door for assessment. Uncle Lu and Aunt Zheng's old bathroom, is a typical late 1990s style, a large bathtub occupies the "C position" of the bathroom, not only the space is cramped, the facilities are old, uncle Zheng has inconvenient legs and feet to step into this bathtub, but also extremely difficult.
After communication, the elderly and the construction party finalized the transformation plan: the overall renovation of the bathroom, the bath to the shower, the ground for anti-slip treatment, and the installation of handrails, smart toilets and other aging products.
In the subsequent construction, the construction party is also everywhere for the sake of the elderly: the old toilet is the last to be dismantled, the new toilet and shower are installed for the first time; afraid of noise and dust affecting the life of the elderly, and try to close the bathroom door on hot days for construction... For these, the old two mouths looked in the eyes, Aunt Zheng said: "I took a fan to go in and it is useless, the workers' clothes are soaked, and it is quite painful to see." ”
After more than a month of construction, the bathroom has a new look. "Overall, I'm quite satisfied with it." Aunt Zheng took the reporter to see two details that she was particularly satisfied with.
One is that the shower area is not designed with glass doors and water retaining bars, but with long strips of floor drains and shower curtains, so that the ground is flat, reducing the possibility of stumbling.
The other is the addition of a shower chair with armrests and backrests, the shower is also made with two fixed seats, and the L-shaped armrest is added. Aunt Zheng said: "Not only is it convenient for my wife, but even I like to sit and wash slowly, and when I get up, I can also pull a handrail to borrow a force." ”
The elderly in difficulty can receive subsidies and support
Nowadays, not only Aunt Zheng and her husband and wife, but also more and more elderly people in Minhang District have benefited from the "Home Environment Adaptation to Aging Transformation" project.
Lu Qun, director of the Aging Development Center of the Civil Affairs Bureau of Minhang District, introduced that relying on the special module of the Shanghai Old-age Service Platform for Aging Transformation, the elderly can choose the transformation of seven major life scenes of the entrance, bathroom, kitchen, living room, bedroom, balcony and aisle, a total of more than 60 products and services, divided into basic product service packages, special product service packages and personalized product service packages, covering all aspects of the elderly's home life.
"In addition to the basic product service, bathroom renovation is the most popular." Lu Qun said that the platform provides a standardized package service of "bath to shower", including bathtub removal, anti-slip treatment, shower and bath equipment installation. After the elderly family chooses the corresponding transformation content, it will be evaluated and carried out by the qualified supplier certified by the platform.
In April last year, Minhang issued the "Implementation Plan for the Adaptation of Home Environment Aging Transformation" on the basis of municipal documents, which realized the implementation of home environment aging adaptation transformation in 14 streets and towns, and also specially clarified the policy and financial support for aging transformation. In Minhang, the minimum living security family, low-income family, 80 years old and their monthly income is lower than the average monthly pension of urban enterprises in the previous year, the elderly with second-level and above care level, no children, and elderly people living alone or pure old families rely on the platform to carry out age-appropriate transformation, can get financial subsidies, the subsidy ratio ranges from 40% to 100%, and the maximum subsidy at the district level is 3,000 yuan.
"The purpose of the subsidy is not the government's big package, but to support the elderly who have difficulties in life and real needs, and at the same time encourage more elderly families to transform." Lu Qun told reporters that in the long run, the home environment for aging transformation must take the market-oriented route, the current government department to do is to guide the elderly to form a willingness to transform, and standardize market behavior, the formation of a pattern of supply and demand matching, "only the elderly or elderly families are willing to spend money to improve the living environment, in order to improve the quality of services suitable for aging transformation, and then word of mouth, so that more elderly people and families to accept aging transformation."
It is understood that this year, the Minhang District Civil Affairs Bureau will organize a survey on the needs of the elderly for the elderly, and through understanding the development of the pilot streets and towns and the feedback of the elderly and their families, sort out the problems and difficulties, summarize the pilot experience, and actively do a good job in docking with the aging transformation platform.
At the same time, Minhang will also actively explore a diversified financing mechanism of "a little government subsidy, a little profit for enterprises, and a little self-responsibility for families", guide public welfare charitable organizations, caring enterprises and other social forces to donate funds, and raise funds through multiple channels to support aging transformation projects. Special groups such as difficulties, childlessness, disability, and advanced age should be made up, and other elderly people should be encouraged to actively apply for transformation within the scope of their capabilities, and continuously expand the scope of benefits of age-appropriate transformation projects.
"We must let the concept of adaptability to the elderly penetrate the hearts of the people"
Wang Haibo, a member of the CppcC Minhang District Committee, is very concerned about the adaptation of home aging. In 2021, after more than two years of grassroots research, he submitted a "Proposal on Deepening and Promoting the Home Aging Transformation in Minhang District", calling for the home aging transformation to further popularize the concept, clarify the standards, and strengthen market-oriented supply, which has been highly valued by relevant departments.
What prompted Wang Haibo to write this proposal was his deceased grandmother. "My grandmother was 97 years old and could buy her own food and cook, but after a fall, she stayed in bed and died at the age of 99, if she didn't fall, she should have no problem living to be more than 100 years old." 」 He suggested that we should vigorously publicize the importance and necessity of home aging transformation, especially to the streets and communities to demonstrate the results of the transformation and product display, so that more people (not only the elderly) understand the important role of home aging transformation.
Wang Haibo's suggestions coincide with the practices of relevant government departments. Walk into the Shanghai (Minhang) pension service capacity building base located at No. 344 Jiangchuan Road, which is like a "model room" containing various pension scenes - this is the country's first "real-life" pension service capacity building base. The home care scene displayed in the base is divided into core modules such as kitchen experience area, living room experience area, bedroom experience area, bathroom experience area, etc., showing the aging standards and products of different living spaces.
Last year, a total of 25 live-action experience activities attended by more than 1,000 people were held here, inviting representatives of elderly residents and their families to deeply understand the content and process of age-appropriate transformation through live-action experience, sitcoms, on-site interpretation and service consultation. In addition, Xinzhuang Town, Huacao Town, Xinhong Street, Pujin Street and Xinzhuang Industrial Zone have also added model rooms or product display boards to the regional comprehensive service center for the elderly, which is convenient for the elderly and their families to experience nearby.
Aunt Zhang, who lives in Hongqiao Town, came up with the idea of transformation after participating in the real-life experience. What impressed her the most was the kitchen model room, the cabinets in this kitchen are suspended style, the height of the countertops has also been adjusted, the elderly can sit in a wheelchair barrier-free activity, the cabinets are equipped with lifting baskets, sitting in a wheelchair can also take things, cook, "my parents are also more than 80 years old, these products are indeed very suitable for them."
Not only that, Minhang also took policy publicity as the foothold and held "online and offline" policy interpretation and platform operation training for the street and town aging office, village cadres and pension consultants on a rolling basis, forming a backbone force for policy popularization of more than 800 people. "In particular, our elderly care consultants, who have been carrying out elderly care-related work in the community for a long time, are people who are familiar and trusted by the elderly." Through their participation in the aging transformation of elderly families at various stages such as application, evaluation, construction, etc., and follow-up supervision, they actually gave many elderly people a 'reassurance pill'. Lu Qun told reporters.
【Source: Shangguan News】