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Anhui to improve healthcare service system for elderly

Pub Date:2021-02-24 15:44 Source:cnanhui.org

Recently, the Health Commission of Anhui Province and 7 other government departments jointly issued the Implementation Opinions Regarding the Establishment and Improvement of the Health Service System for the Elderly (hereinafter referred to as the Implementation Opinions), a sign showing the province's determination to better allocate healthcare resources to build a more age-friendly society.

According to previous statistics, as of the end of 2019, the number of senior citizens who aged 60 or above in Anhui reached 11.72 million, accounting for 18.41% of the permanent resident population, 0.31 percentage points higher than that of the whole country. The province's population of 65 years old or above was 8.868 million, accounting for 13.93 percent of the permanent resident population and 1.33 percentage points higher than the national proportion.

"As people's general lifespan prolongs, various chronic health conditions have become prevalent among older adults in recent years. These chronic conditions can be difficult to cure and require a large amount of time for after-care, meaning a huge burden for many families who take care of elderly members at home in terms of both time and financial status. For senior citizens, especially those partially or completely disabled, appropriate healthcare services are in urgent need now." said Chen Jin, director of the department of geriatrics and deputy chief physician of Hefei Second People's Hospital.

Released jointly by 8 different government sectors, the Implementation Opinions is Anhui's first guiding document regarding the elderly healthcare service system. It aims at tackling problems in the current system including unbalanced and inadequate development, and lack of resource supply.

"By 2022, our goal is to ensure that at least 50% of secondary and tertiary general hospitals set geriatrics departments, 90% of Chinese medicine hospitals set preventive treatment departments, over 80% of general hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, nursing homes and community medical institutions have age-friendly environments, and all nursing homes are capable of providing multiple types of healthcare services." said Cui Lijun, member of the leadership and deputy director of the Health Commission of Anhui Province.

In the meantime, the document shows that Anhui will provide at least one health examination opportunity to every senior citizen and at least twice of combined medicaland elderly care services to partially or completely disabled elderly people per year. The province will also be committed to improve relevant vocational training by encouraging colleges to offer courses in geriatrics, nursing, rehabilitation, hospice care, etc. In addition, retired doctors and nurses will also be encouraged to work in health and elderly care institutions to fully integrate resources for the system.

"We will focus on four aspects: strengthening disease surveillance and intervention, promoting mental health of older adults, implementing public geriatric care management projects, and transforming the social environment into a more age-friendly one. By 2022, the rate of elderly residents who receive health management services will exceed 75%" said Cui.

Editor:Fanxi Feng

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