Shanghai to Attach More Importance to Elderly Care Services
November 20, 2013
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| Governments at all levels in east China's Shanghai may consider including the development of senior citizen care facilities into the regional economic and social development plan, to ease the problems caused by the municipality's ageing population.[womenimages.cn] |
According to the Shanghai Pension Organizations Ordinance (Draft) issued at the ninth meeting of the 14th Session of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress Standing Committee, such care facilities should meet the demands of needy women and the disabled in particular.
"Compared with social ageing care needs, the contradiction in supply and demand is prominent in Shanghai. Service levels are uneven. There have been cases where senior citizens' legal rights and interests have been infringed upon. We need to improve the support and regulation of social organizations," said Director of Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau Shi Xiaolin.
A '9073' pension service pattern was formed during the 11th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development (2006-2010). The plan consisted of the following: 90 percent of senior citizens cared for by their families, with governments offering committee home care services to 7 percent who live at home and organizational care services to 3 percent who are disabled.
(Source: chinanews.com / Translated by womenofchina.cn)
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