The elderly and children are the most permanent residents of the community, and "one elderly and one child" is the main concern of most families. Currently, many cities are exploring a new model of "co childcare" for the elderly and young, providing one-stop solutions for residents' elderly care and early childhood care. How effective is this innovative exploration? What are the expectations of community residents? The reporter conducted an interview. Following the laughter and joy of mode innovation and service integration, the reporter walked into the "One Elderly and One Primary" service center in Nanyuan Street, Rencheng District, Jining City, Shandong Province. A group of children were doing pastry under the guidance of the elderly. The children transformed into little chefs, tied aprons, held rolling pins, and skillfully rolled the dough into skin. The elderly molded the dough into shapes such as petals and ingots. There are elderly and young at home, and my spouse and I have to work on a regular basis. In the past, I was busy outside during the day, worried about the elderly, worried about children, and didn't work well Wang Yun, who lives in Nanyuan Street, said, "Now, the elderly and children go to the 'One Elderly and One Primary' service center together. There are people to chat with the elderly to relieve boredom, and professional staff to take care of the children. I can also work with peace of mind." Yu Bo is the operator of this' One Elderly and One Primary 'service center. He used to run multiple kindergartens. After some thinking last year, he decided to increase elderly care services on the basis of operating kindergartens and transform into' shared care for the elderly and young '. In May of this year, the "One Elderly and One Primary" service center was officially put into operation. After entering the park, turning right is the kindergarten, and turning left is the "daycare center". Morning health and leisure, afternoon calligraphy and painting... Both the elderly and children have their own "curriculum". Currently, there are over 60 elderly people in the "daycare center". At the same time, some elderly care institutions have also begun to increase their childcare services. In Guang'anmen Inner Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, children's laughter can be heard from the Walnut Garden Elderly Care Service Station from time to time. Many adults from dual income families in the community are busy with work and have a large demand for childcare services, so the elderly care station has included childcare services. The station is right at the doorstep, making it very convenient to pick up and drop off children, "said Lu Lanqi, the general manager of Beijing Yiyang Technology Co., Ltd., who is responsible for operating the elderly care station. The transformation of elderly care stations into "shared care for the elderly and young" requires, on the one hand, the improvement of hardware facilities and the renovation and upgrading of venues. Lu Lanqi introduced that in order to optimize the children's experience, they adjusted the brightness of the light bulbs, the height of the table, added a small blackboard on the wall, and designed lively and cute hand drawn patterns. On the other hand, it is necessary to optimize management and services. In the past, elderly care stations only needed to consider providing healthy dishes for the elderly. Now, children's meals have been added, and the variety of dishes is even more diverse. At present, "joint care for the elderly and young" is still a relatively new service model, which integrates elderly care services with childcare services, providing care for the elderly and young, intergenerational learning, and interactive communication in the same space. Wang Kangning, associate professor of the Education Department of Shandong Normal University, said: "Many cities have seen the 'co parenting' model, and the rapid growth of the 'co parenting' institutions in the market shows that this model can meet the needs of many community residents." Yu Bo believes that the "co parenting" model can achieve "more with one action": "First, the sharing of resources such as venues, facilities, personnel, and so on can reduce operating costs; second, it can help promote intergenerational exchanges between the elderly and children; third, it can reduce the cost of family care, so that the two employees in the family can work more comfortably." Multi support to solve the problem of Lingnan in winter, warm as spring. At the Huanghuatang Community Health Service Station in Jianshe Street, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, Uncle Deng, who is over 70 years old, is chatting with his friends. At the same time, in the Puhui Nursery on Jianshe Street, adjacent to the Yikang Service Station, his grandson is carrying out outdoor activities under the guidance of his teacher, and both the elderly and the young are enjoying themselves. The integrated institution of "elderly and young care" in the community is operated by Zhizile Education Technology (Guangdong) Co., Ltd. The person in charge of the company's inclusive childcare project, Zhou Wenqi, introduced that facing the still exploring "elderly and young care" model, the enterprise has also encountered some difficulties in actual operation, which cannot be separated from the help of government departments, streets, communities and other parties. Where can I find the venue? Jianshe Street is the smallest street in Yuexiu District. In the face of a shortage of service venues, we have integrated venue service functions, provided free venues to childcare institutions, and charged water and electricity fees at civilian prices Yang Wenxin, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of the Construction Street, introduced that according to the construction concept of adapting measures to local conditions, the construction of the street will take Huanghuatang Community Health Service Station as a pilot, based on the original service functions, embed childcare service functions, and achieve integrated services of "one elderly and one child". Nowadays, at the Yikang service station, some of the venues provide daycare, rehabilitation therapy, meal assistance, and equipment rental services for the elderly, while others serve as daycare centers, providing childcare services for children aged 0 to 3. The Yikang Service Station and the Puhui Nursery are separated by a sliding glass door, which not only meets the requirements of independent functional construction, but also synchronously realizes site sharing, elderly and young care, and mutual support. Where does the funding come from? Zhizile Education Technology (Guangdong) Co., Ltd., which is responsible for operation, has invested funds in the renovation and purchase of relevant equipment for the facilities of the "Elderly and Young Co Care" venue. Due to the inclusive pricing of fees and the long cost recovery time, there is considerable pressure on operating institutions. The street has secured funding for the construction of the Sunflower Parent Child Cottage project and the embedded community daycare point for the institution, which has eased the pressure on the enterprise Zhou Wenqi said that this not only provides funding for institutions to carry out parent-child activities, parent classrooms, educational guidance, etc., enriches the content of childcare, but also provides conditions for expanding services in the future. Can the operation be sustained? At present, the inclusive daycare center charges based on service hours, with a monthly fee of 1450 yuan from 8:30 to 16:30 and 1650 yuan from 8:30 to 18:30. It also provides temporary daycare services for 80 yuan per day and hourly daycare services for 20 yuan per hour. Since its official operation this year, the construction of street inclusive daycare centers has received attention from all walks of life and welcomed by parents due to its affordable fees and professional services, and has basically reached full capacity, "said Zhou Wenqi. With the addition of childcare fees and various subsidies, the current operation is basically balanced in terms of income and expenditure Zhou Wenqi introduced, "In addition to daily care, the Yikang Service Station and Nursery will combine traditional festivals to hold intergenerational activities, where the elderly and children live together and exchange emotions through interaction." The prospect of improving quality is broad. At the "One Elderly and One Primary" service center in Nanyuan Street, special devices such as smart watches and smart safety wearables can be seen. Yu Bo introduced that "safety must be the top priority in providing 'elderly and young care' services. We have established a research and development team for elderly safety equipment and allocated a 'health fund' specifically for purchasing equipment such as micro pressure oxygen chambers and fall alarms. How can we better ensure the safety of the elderly and children and continuously improve the service quality of 'elderly and young care' institutions? Experts have provided some suggestions. Further clarify policy guidelines. Jiao Litao, Associate Professor of the School of Marxism at Shandong University of Science and Technology, suggested that relevant departments should formulate development plans to promote the construction of an integrated elderly care and childcare service system, study and formulate relevant construction standards, improve policy supply, talent support, and supervision and management. Considering that childcare and elderly care belong to different department heads, it is necessary to improve cross departmental collaboration mechanisms and consolidate the joint efforts to promote the healthy development of "elderly and young care". Accelerate the cultivation of versatile talents. The 'joint care for the elderly and young' model requires composite talents who understand both early childhood education and elderly care, but currently there is a shortage of such talents; There is a significant difference in the needs of the elderly and children, and how to balance and meet the needs of both groups of people is an important challenge facing the 'co care for the elderly and children' model Yu Bo said. Jiao Litao suggested that the cultivation of composite talents in elderly care and child rearing can be accelerated through school enterprise cooperation and other means. Simultaneously carry out vocational skills training for "elderly and young care" to enhance the quality of "elderly and young care" practitioners. Improve standards and quality control. At present, the "joint care for the elderly and young" model is still being explored, and many institutions have transformed from the original childcare and elderly care institutions, with varying scales and significant differences in hardware facilities and service levels. Lu Wengang, Dean of the Bay Area International Intelligent Emergency and Security Development Research Institute of Jinan University, suggested that the standardization of "shared care for the elderly and young" services should be promoted to improve the quality level. For example, developing industry service standards that cover service processes, facilities and equipment, personnel qualifications, service quality, and other aspects. It is also necessary to gradually establish a unified service quality evaluation system, improve the overall quality of the "co care for the elderly and children" service, and increase the public's trust and support for this model. The 'joint care for the elderly and young' institution has a great market demand in China and has broad prospects for future development. Compared to a single daycare or daycare center, 'co childcare' can increase interaction between the elderly and young, which has both economic and social benefits Zheng Yanqiao, an assistant researcher at the Institute of Population and Labor Economics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said, "In the face of the challenges posed by China's aging population, continuing to optimize and improve the 'co parenting' model for the elderly and children will help promote high-quality economic and social development." (Le Xinshe)