Improve volunteer services for elderly people living alone, making care more warm and effective
2024-01-22
At the ongoing Beijing Two Sessions, Yu Chen, a representative of the Beijing Municipal People's Congress and director of Beijing Heda Law Firm, suggested forming a volunteer service team for elderly people living alone throughout the city to take care of their lives and improve their happiness index. With the arrival of an aging society, how to solve the problems of living alone and seeking medical treatment has gradually become a hot topic of social concern. At present, there are about 4.65 million permanent elderly residents in Beijing, which has entered a moderately aging society and is showing an accelerating trend. As of 2021, the number of elderly residents aged 60 and above living alone in Beijing has exceeded 300000. Helping elderly people living alone and enabling them to live happily and peacefully in their later years is not only the responsibility of the government, but also the shared responsibility of the whole society. In this regard, volunteer service has great potential and potential. Volunteer service is known as the "most beautiful scenery that warms the world" and is a beneficial supplement to public service. In recent years, the volunteer service industry in Beijing has been continuously developing and deepening, and the atmosphere of "finding volunteers when there are difficulties, and volunteering when there is time" has become increasingly strong. According to data provided by the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League and the Beijing Volunteer Service Federation, as of the end of 2023, there were 4.613 million registered volunteers and 75000 registered volunteer service groups in Beijing. Volunteer service, as a "golden calling card" of Beijing, is constantly improving the urban civilization index. Volunteers hold a good heart and spread great love, interpreting the volunteer spirit of "dedication, friendship, mutual assistance, and progress" through practical actions. They play an important role in environmental protection, civilized practice, large-scale events, emergency rescue, community services, and other fields, continuously releasing positive energy towards goodness and progress. Caring for the elderly living alone is a practical need to promote and inherit the traditional virtues of respecting and loving the elderly in China, and it is also a necessary part of the practice of civilization in the new era. The key to deepening the volunteer service of caring for elderly people living alone lies in strengthening the construction of carrier platforms and improving service effectiveness. To this end, representative Yu Chen proposed: "Establish a community volunteer service team for elderly people living alone, regularly communicate with them psychologically, timely grasp their living conditions, and provide some care as much as possible." Civilized practice, volunteer first. From a practical perspective, the suggestions represented by Yu Chen can be said to be relevant and have strong feasibility and operability, which are worth the attention and research of relevant departments to implement. Establishing a volunteer service team for elderly people living alone can help them grasp the key and concentrate their efforts. Regular visits and other methods can be used to assess the health status and living needs of the elderly, classify them into different levels, carry out more targeted and professional volunteer services, and solve their urgent needs with care and emotion. This will undoubtedly make the care for elderly people living alone more warm and effective. Through repeated civilized practice activities, common problems in elderly care for those living alone can be identified in a timely manner, forward-looking and reasonable suggestions can be put forward to promote the improvement of relevant policy systems, promote pre litigation, and comprehensively enhance elderly care service capabilities. How to build a volunteer service team for elderly people living alone, ensuring that they demonstrate responsibility and win the rightful glory? Firstly, it is necessary to establish and improve service processes and standards, strengthen education and training for volunteers, and focus on improving their professionalism and standardization in volunteer service
Edit：GuoGuo Responsible editor：FangZhiYou
Source：people.cn
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