In the new journey, it is a key task to promote the realization of basic old-age care services for all elderly people

The next five years is a key period for the construction of the basic elderly care service system, but also a window of opportunity to actively respond to the aging population, we must thoroughly implement the Party's 20 major spirit, implement the CPC Central Committee's decision and deployment on promoting the access of all elderly people to basic elderly care services, adhere to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability, and focus on strengthening weaknesses, strong and weak points, solid floor, and advantages. We will accelerate the establishment of a basic old-age service system that covers all senior citizens, has clear rights and responsibilities, and ensures appropriate and sustainable care.

We will establish and improve a list system for basic elderly care services. The list system is the core system of the construction of the basic elderly care service system. Through the form of a list, it is necessary to provide a clear basis for governments at all levels to perform their duties and the elderly to enjoy corresponding rights, and the government will fulfill its promises and the elderly will realize "a la carte". In accordance with the overall requirements of the bottom line and basic protection, according to relevant laws and regulations, policy documents and financial affordability, the urgent needs of basic elderly care services such as material help, care services and care services should be sorted out, and a list of national and local basic elderly care services should be formed. The list formulated and released by the local government shall include the basic old-age service list items at the national level, and the coverage and realization degree shall not be lower than the requirements of the basic old-age service list at the national level. It is necessary to explore the establishment of a long-term mechanism for the dynamic adjustment of the list of basic elderly care services with the level of economic and social development, actively and accurately respond to the needs of basic elderly care services for the elderly, and promptly include basic elderly care services items with stable and reliable supply, sustainable security, disability, disability, and unattended care that are difficult for families and individuals to deal with in the list after demonstration and evaluation, so as to prevent incidents that impact the bottom line of morality. We will strengthen the bottom line of basic elderly care services.

We will improve the supply of basic elderly care services. The premise of promoting the realization of basic elderly care services for all the elderly is to have adequate supply, reliable quality, convenient and accessible basic elderly care services. It is necessary to continue to build an elderly care service system that connects home community institutions and integrates medical and nursing care, promote the diversification of basic elderly care service providers and ways of providing diversified services, and expand the supply of basic elderly care services. We will continue to increase financial input from the central and local governments, and strengthen the guarantee of basic elderly care services through direct government provision, purchase of services, entrusted services, and cooperation between the government and private capital. Places with the conditions should optimize preferential support policies for elderly care services, support social forces to provide basic elderly care services, and give play to the advantages of market mechanisms to allocate resources and improve service efficiency. Give full play to the basic role of public elderly care institutions in providing basic elderly care services, further clarify the function positioning of "the bottom line and the basic guarantee" in the new era, adhere to the public-welfare orientation, improve the operation mechanism of public elderly care institutions, and optimize the service for elderly people with special difficulties such as widows and orphans. We will encourage and support the transformation of training and nursing institutions belonging to Party and government organs and state-owned enterprises and institutions into inclusive elderly care service facilities. Enhance the support capacity of the state-owned economy for the elderly service system, and strengthen the effective supply of the state-owned economy in the field of basic elderly care services. Accelerate the construction of the elderly service talent team, further improve the education and training, skills upgrading, treatment security, career development, commendation and other policies and measures of elderly service talents such as elderly care workers, and cultivate, introduce and expand the elderly service talent team through multiple channels to provide strong support for the high-quality development of basic elderly care services. We will strengthen the comprehensive supervision of basic elderly care services, constantly improve the standardization and standardization of basic elderly care services, and ensure the quality and safety of services.

We will improve basic elderly care services in rural areas. In recent years, the gap between urban and rural population aging has gradually widened, and the degree of aging in rural areas is higher, the situation is more urgent, and the problems are more prominent.  It is necessary to make up for the shortcomings of basic elderly care services in rural areas, and improve the three-level elderly care service network connecting counties and villages. By 2025, every county (city, district, banner) will have at least one county-level support service institution focusing on professional care for people with disabilities, and rural nursing homes equipped with the conditions will be transformed into regional elderly care service centers or service complexes for the elderly, and rural mutual assistance services for the elderly will be developed in light of local conditions. Strengthen the organizational leadership role of grass-roots Party organizations, continue to promote the experience of "Party building + rural elderly care", give play to the self-management functions of villagers' self-governing organizations and other social organizations, and promote the formation of joint forces in rural elderly care services.

Since the 18th CPC National Congress, Qingyang City in Gansu Province has built a diversified service system for the elderly, and the Qingyang comprehensive Service Center for the elderly has been well received by the elderly, who carry out activities such as calligraphy painting, hand-making, and pastoral work here to enrich their spiritual and cultural life. The picture shows an elderly resident painting in the painting and calligraphy classroom of the comprehensive Service center for the elderly on June 23, 2021. Photo by Ma Xiping, Xinhua News Agency

Enhance the convenience and accessibility, so that basic elderly care services should be fully known and enjoyed. Many elderly people are limited by self-care ability, educational level, information awareness and other aspects, and there are certain difficulties or inconvenience in obtaining basic elderly care services in a timely manner, which directly affects the implementation effect of the basic elderly care service system. It is necessary to increase publicity efforts, enrich the forms of publicity popular with the elderly, let the basic elderly care service policy be posted on the wall of online media, into the home, into the hospital and into the community, and let the elderly and their families widely know the content and application methods of basic elderly care services. Carry out a comprehensive assessment of the ability of the elderly, accurately judge the disability status of the elderly and service needs, establish a precise identification and dynamic management mechanism for the elderly with difficulties, strengthen the "policy to find people" and "service to find people" measures, achieve direct access to fast, non-application to enjoy, and make the connection between the supply and demand of basic elderly care services more smooth. Optimize the layout of basic elderly care service facilities, build a "quarter of an hour" home-based elderly care service circle, increase the service supply in concentrated areas for the elderly, implement the policy of supporting the construction of elderly care service facilities in residential areas, and allow basic elderly care services to gather around the elderly, at the bedside and around the elderly. It is necessary to optimize and simplify the application process for basic elderly care services, strengthen barrier-free and age-appropriate support, adhere to the parallel between traditional service methods and intelligent services, and innovate to solve policy implementation bottlenecks, so that the elderly can access basic elderly care services more convenient and more caring.