【Text/Observer Network Zhang Zhaodong】
Don't go out without work, turn on the TV 24 hours a day, don't use your mobile phone to order takeout, smart home appliances won't use...
Recently, the old age and solitary life of well-known actor Liu Xuehua has triggered a hot discussion on the Internet. Some people envy Liu Xuehua's solitary life and feel that a person can also live a very happy life; but some netizens pointed out that the premise of living alone is to have money, and the life of ordinary elderly people living alone is very difficult.
On October 14, Chongyang Festival, Liu Xuehua herself responded to her old age and solitary life on Weibo, saying that she felt that living alone at home was her best life state, but there was also a worry that "no one knows if she fell or got sick".
Recently, a documentary reality show "Unforgettable Cohabitation Observation Documentary Reality Show" directed by the China Association on Aging was broadcast on Station B, and the program team invited 3 elderly people living alone in Shanghai for a long time and a number of "Shanghai drifting youth" to start a 21-day cohabitation life.
Among them, the solitary life shown by guest Liu Xuehua in the show triggered a hot discussion on the Internet.
Liu Xuehua is a well-known actor in China, who has starred in hundreds of film and television works and created many classic screen roles, such as the empress dowager of the mother in "The Biography of Zhen Huan", the tenacious Shen Xiao'e in "Mother's Heart after Spring", and the fierce Zhao Yulan in "Heart and Liver Baby".
"The Biography of Zhen Huan" Liu Xuehua stills
In the "Summer of the Eaves" program, 62-year-old Liu Xuehua is an elderly man living alone, since her husband accidentally fell off the building 10 years ago, she has been living alone so far, usually accompanied by only a pet dog. She said that she was "out of touch with modern life", had become accustomed to living alone, did not go out when she was not working, took care of her dogs every day, talked on the phone with her sister, watched TV, played mahjong on her mobile phone, and so on.
However, Liu Xuehua is also worried about the situation of "in case one day accidentally falls and no one knows", so she asked her aunt and driver to take care of food, clothing, and living, but usually she mainly lives alone. Liu Xuehua also said that in another 10 years, he will move to a nursing home, so that at least all aspects of medical care will be guaranteed.
Some of the details of Liu Xuehua's solitary life shown in the program have also triggered discussions among netizens, such as she turns on the TV 24 hours a day, and even turns off the TV can not sleep; and she will not use her mobile phone to order takeaway, usually let her aunt make meals in advance and put it in the refrigerator; smart phones, home appliances are not likely to be used, and so on.
Many netizens expressed envy for Liu Xuehua's solitary life.
"Staying at home is the most comfortable."
"Living alone does not mean miserable, and a person can also live a very lively life."
Some netizens said that they also want to go to a nursing home when they are older.
However, some people also pointed out that Liu Xuehua's comfortable living alone is based on her wealth, "there are drivers, pets, and aunts who do housework, which is much happier than the average elderly." ”
"Living alone is really painful."
Some netizens suggested: "Make a software for the elderly living alone, log in to the APP every day to punch in, understand the health situation... In this way, we can always pay attention to the safety of the elderly living alone. ”
Liu Xuehua herself jokingly referred to herself as a "social housewife" on social media, and she responded on October 14 that living alone at home is her best living condition, but she will also worry about the situation of "falling or getting sick and no one knows", "safety is the most important thing for the elderly." ”
According to the seventh census data released by the National Bureau of Statistics in May this year, the total number of elderly people aged 60 and above in China has reached 260 million, accounting for 18.7% of the total population, and 1 in every 3 elderly people is living alone or empty nesters. By 2035, China's elderly population is expected to reach 412 million, making it one of the countries with the deepest aging population in the world.
In recent years, the society has frequently occurred in recent years about the loneliness of the elderly living alone, falling down, and the elderly have no one to rely on, and it is more and more urgent to solve the problem of the elderly living alone.
Recently, the Department of Pension Services of the Ministry of Civil Affairs said in an interview with the "Rule of Law Daily" reporter that in recent years, the Ministry of Civil Affairs has actively implemented the relevant decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and together with relevant departments, has listed the protection of the rights and interests of the elderly as a key task to vigorously promote. By the end of 2020, a total of 17,000 homes for the elderly with 1.74 million beds had been registered nationwide, providing the necessary conditions for the elderly to provide for the elderly in institutions. At the same time, we provide mutual assistance and old-age care services for the elderly in rural areas. By the end of 2020, there are 131,000 rural mutual aid pension service facilities of various types across the country, providing a platform for the extensive development of rural mutual aid pension services.
However, there are still some "short boards" at the level of the pension system in China, such as no special legislation for pension services at the national level, the framework of the basic pension service system has not yet been established, and the government investment guarantee is insufficient.
In this regard, the Department of Pension Services of the Ministry of Civil Affairs said that the Ministry of Civil Affairs will accelerate the construction of the basic pension service system with relevant departments, and at the same time accelerate the special legislative process of the old-age service; strengthen the linkage between the construction of the old-age service system and the reform of related fields, and enhance the systematicness and coordination. Adhere to the best efforts, do what you can, promote the coordinated development of basic old-age services, inclusive old-age services and market-oriented old-age services, form a policy synergy, and improve the old-age service guarantee system for the elderly with special difficulties such as widows and widows; on the basis of strengthening top-level design and overall guidance, encourage and support all localities to carry out exploration and innovation according to local conditions, focus on key links such as important systems, implementation measures, and key issues, promote the early maturity and stereotyping of the basic old-age service system in line with national conditions, and ensure that the lonely and widowed elderly enjoy basic old-age services.
Guo Lin, associate professor of the School of Sociology of Huazhong University of Science and Technology and vice chairman of the Youth Committee of the Chinese Social Security Society, said that China's current laws and regulations and policies cover the dilemma of old-age services faced by orphans and widows, especially through centralized support and decentralized support, providing basic funds and service guarantees, but on the whole, economic and material security can be basically achieved, and nursing services, especially medical care and spiritual comfort, have obvious characteristics.
Guo Lin believes that the key to solving the problem of old-age care for the elderly is to integrate social old-age service resources, provide old-age services, and meet the needs of old-age services for widows and elderly people living alone. In addition to improving the centralized support system for urban and rural orphans and widows and the elderly living alone, and improving the quality of centralized support, we should also focus on improving the level of community home care services for orphans, widows, and elderly people living alone, strengthen the transformation or construction of community aging, weave a network of human, material and financial resources for the community to live at home, and solve the problem of old-age care for the elderly who are lonely, widows, and the elderly living alone. At the same time, it is necessary to actively explore the guardianship system for the elderly who are widowed and widowed and who live alone.
In addition, he also proposed that we should attach importance to the spiritual comfort of widows and widows and the elderly living alone. Where conditions permit, we can explore incorporating spiritual comfort into the support system for the elderly living in extreme poverty, and provide spiritual comfort services to the elderly in urban and rural areas by giving play to the role of social workers and other subjects; we must also give full play to the functions of the community and neighbors in spiritual comfort, and better meet the spiritual comfort needs of widows and elderly people living alone.
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