Elderly care program to deal with bed shortage
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JIADING has been assessing what the elderly need in terms of care to relieve a shortage of beds at nursing homes as the population ages. The assessment work has been tested at Anting Town and there are plans to expand it district-wide.
“Assessing the care needs of the elderly is to evaluate the health condition of seniors first to allocate appropriate senior care services to make sure that the resourses can match the demand,” Wang Bin from Jiading District civil affairs authority said.
Anyone over the age of 60 who has signed an agreement with their doctor can apply for assessment on district civil affairs official website or through communities. To ensure that the assessment is objective and fair, each assessment will be made by two evaluators from civil affairs and healthcare departments. After investigation, the evaluators input the information, and an evaluation system will automatically generate an assessment grade.
Zhu, an 87-year-old woman, lives by herself at Huangdu Community in Anting Town as her sons and daughters work elsewhere. As she was being relocated from her old house and felt it inconvenient to live alone in an apartment, Zhu wanted to go to a home for elderly. A family member called Huangdu Community and then two evaluators visited her and checked her health and lifestyle.
However, after evaluation, Zhu was not qualified for the nursing home as she was deemed still very healthy.
Only the most deserving cases can have a nursing bed because there is a shortage. The only option for people like Zhu is a private home.
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