Source Title: my country’s ageing transformation is still in its infancy, and multiple parties still need to work together to promote the development of the ageing transformation industry
As China has entered an aging society, providing for the elderly is a major issue related to the national economy and the people’s livelihood. On the 24th, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the “Opinions on Strengthening the Work on the Elderly in the New Era”, which mentioned that the construction of barrier-free environment and the renovation of suitable aging should be included in urban renewal, urban old community renovation, rural dilapidated house renovation, and improvement of rural residential environment. Promote as a whole to make it safer and more convenient for the elderly to participate in social activities.
In recent years, my country has vigorously promoted the renovation project for the aging of the elderly at home. However, compared with the current situation of aging in our country and the huge demand for renovation of the home, the current aging renovation is still in its infancy.
With the gradual intensification of aging, according to the pension pattern of “90% home care, 7% community care, and 3% institutional care”, the demand for home care products for aging products will greatly increase in the future.
Li Zhihong, Director of the Policy Research Department of China Association of Aging:The market space for aging-adaptive transformation of elderly families is still relatively large. According to a research calculation, the potential output value of the domestic aging-adaptive transformation industry for elderly families is about 3.25 trillion yuan.
In recent years, the national level has taken a series of measures to adapt to aging. At the legislative level, the “Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly” was revised in 2012, adding new content for the construction of a livable environment; at the level of administrative regulations, the State Council promulgated The “Regulations on the Construction of Barrier-Free Environments”; at the national planning level, the “Thirteenth Five-Year Plan for the Development of the National Aging Career and the Construction of the Elderly Care System” and the “National Medium and Long-term Plan for Actively Responding to Population The aging transformation puts forward specific requirements.
However, the reporter found in the interview that although some of the ageing facilities have been included in the scope of barrier-free facilities, my country’s ageing adaptation is still in its infancy, and more detailed standards and norms are still needed in the course of practice.
Li Zhihong, Director of the Policy Research Department of China Association of Aging:At the national level, there is still a lack of national standards and industry standards. When various localities promote ageing adaptations, many companies rely on their own corporate standards to promote ageing adaptations. This has resulted in a “one enterprise, one standard, one policy for each location”. This phenomenon has also caused the uneven quality of many products and services suitable for aging and transformation.
In addition to the problem of different standards, the reporter learned in the interview that there are still insufficient coverage, funding difficulties, slow progress in industrialization, and insufficient public awareness in the current practice of aging in various regions.
At present, the number of elderly people over 60 years old in my country has reached 264 million, and the scope of the aging reform for the elderly at home is mainly concentrated in the special difficulties elderly families subsidized by the state finances. The coverage of the vast number of elderly people, especially the young people, is far from enough.
Wang Youguang, member of the Academic Committee of Aging Architecture of the Architectural Society of China:The government subsidy is based on 2 million households and it is only 1%. 99% of the elderly need to be suitable for aging and need to prevent accidental falls. Only when the entire elderly family’s home is aging, will the elderly be more at ease when they provide for the elderly at home.
Facing the huge demand of the existing living environment for aging adaptation, it is difficult to maintain a single public financial investment, and relying solely on the market to solve the problem does not meet the actual situation of the generally low income level of the elderly. How to provide a stable way for urban aging adaptation Financial support has become the key to transformation.
Wang Youguang, member of the Academic Committee of Aging Architecture of the Architectural Society of China:We can’t rely on the government for everything, right. In fact, our society needs more, such as payment for children, and even for stakeholders, such as bancassurance companies. We should all add up the power of this part of the payment.
According to experts, in accordance with the normal law of adapting to aging and reforming the market, the ratio of the government’s share of services purchased to the share of households purchasing services at their own expense should be about 1:9 or 2:8.
Li Zhihong, Director of the Policy Research Department of China Association of Aging:In the future, we must accelerate the development of this kind of industry that adapts to aging. On the one hand, it is necessary to raise the awareness of ageing transformation in elderly families, and on the other hand, it is necessary to explore and improve the mechanism for promoting aging industrialization.
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