Family elderly care support policy system: a comprehensive construction for both the supply and demand of family care services

It should be pointed out that while promoting the deep integration of digital technology and elderly care services and empowering home-based elderly care, it is also necessary to consider how to help the elderly fill the "digital divide", cross the "digital trap", and create a digital ecology that is friendly to the elderly. On the one hand, it is necessary to take the needs of the elderly as the starting point and the experience of the elderly as the starting point, strengthen technological innovation, develop more intelligent products and services for the elderly, and promote the effective promotion and application of smart technology. At the same time, more "age-appropriate" transformation is carried out when product technology is iterated and upgraded, which not only pursues the "advanced nature of technology" but also does not forget the "friendliness of operation", and integrates intelligent technology into the daily life of home care for the elderly and constantly optimizes the details. On the other hand, the application platform is encouraged to create a special module for the elderly mobile phone, and some fraud information and virus software are blocked out by setting filtering, reminding and other functions. Guide mobile phone manufacturers to launch a family guardian model, so that family members can remotely delete junk messages, end fraudulent payments, etc.

(3) Establish family support policies for family care providers

Due to the high cost of socialized elderly care services and the uneven distribution between urban and rural areas, not all elderly people have access to institutional care, and the family is still the most important place to care for the elderly in China. In fact, family members are also the best caregivers for the elderly. Based on the nurturing responsibility and gratitude mentality, family members can provide the most meticulous long-term care for the elderly. However, due to the characteristics of long-term care for the elderly, such as long time, high pressure, high difficulty, and many demands, if family members engage in this work independently for a long time without necessary external support, it is easy to lead to problems such as excessive mental pressure, excessive health load, and economic inability of family caregivers. Therefore, family caregivers themselves also need "care" and support from the society in order to facilitate the capacity building and sustainable development of family elderly care, including: