普陀不断提高社区医疗教育水平 改善居民生活 - 2016年12月16日

PUTUO District government has been improving the life of residents in areas like nursing, education, health and sports activities.

It has been striving to optimize communities in areas like public spaces in neighborhoods and homes to make them suitable for seniors.

Senior care

The district recently tried out a pilot program on micro-nursing homes that enables seniors to receive nursing services at their homes.

A uniformed nursing care evaluation will be carried out to assess the actual needs for such options for seniors.

An additional 2,267 beds have been created after the completion of nursing facilities such as Yichuan Nursing Home and Taopu No. 1 Nursing Home.

By the end of 2015, the district had 20 day-care service centers for seniors at communities, one district-level senior activity center, 243 senior activity rooms at neighborhoods and villages as well as 55 service stations for seniors.

The district’s civil affairs bureau also worked on “old companion” scheme to mobilize newly retired seniors to work as volunteers and take care of very old seniors who live alone.

Re-decoration service

The bureau is also offering home re-decoration service to poverty-stricken seniors to make their home suitable for living. It was actively involved in raising senior service funds, offered gifts and donated money to 3,500 poor seniors and those with no children and relatives.

A total of 27,715 seniors have benefited from the bureau’s charity visits.

The district’s education authorities have ensured high-quality and fair education and converted ordinary schools to high-quality schools.

Health authorities in the district have also actively worked to reform the medical system to make medicine more affordable, ensure higher quality and efficiency of medical services, strict control of epidemics and non-epidemic diseases.

The authorities have also improved cultural industry and sports in the district with cultural festivals, Internet film screening and cultural creative industry. They have improved sports facilities, added national races, improved youth training and residents’ physical strength.