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The focus of elderly care services is on "adapting to the elderly"

2025-09-08   

Recently, the "Enjoying Longjiang · Silver Travel" comfortable silver themed special train departed from Heilongjiang. This special train has undergone aging friendly modifications to its body, not only launching entertainment carriages, but also setting up smart health rooms equipped with professional health equipment such as spinal expert therapy beds, intelligent bioenergetics meters, AI health screening devices, etc., enhancing the travel experience of silver tourists. The focus of elderly care services is on "adapting to the elderly". From warm and comfortable silver hair trains, to well-equipped elderly care communities, and to thoughtful home-based elderly care services, currently, more diverse and refined elderly care services further meet the elderly's longing for high-quality elderly care life, adding brilliant colors to their later years. The Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Deepening the Reform and Development of Elderly Care Services propose to further stimulate the vitality of the elderly care industry and the development of the elderly care sector, and better meet the diverse and multi-level elderly care service needs of the elderly. This requirement brings broader development space for the elderly care service industry - guided by the needs of the elderly, providing more comfortable, high-quality, efficient, and convenient elderly care services. Currently, the elderly consumer market presents many new features. One is personalized customization, providing customized service plans based on the different needs and preferences of the elderly, such as customized travel routes, personalized catering combinations, etc. The second is specialized services, introducing professional medical, nursing, rehabilitation and other teams to provide comprehensive health protection for the elderly. The third is intelligent application, which utilizes intelligent technology to improve service quality and efficiency, such as smart health monitoring devices, aging friendly smart homes, etc., making the lives of the elderly more comfortable, convenient, and safe. Diversified elderly care services not only effectively improve the quality of life and happiness of the elderly, but also promote the prosperity of the silver economy, drive the coordinated development of multiple industries such as tourism, healthcare, catering, and accommodation, and inject new impetus into economic growth. At the same time, it should be noted that further promoting the development of the elderly care service industry still faces some challenges. For example, the supply of service resources is not diverse enough, and some elderly care institutions still focus on basic living care, lacking professional medical rehabilitation, psychological counseling and other services. The quality and efficiency of institutional operations need to be improved, and the vitality of the urban community elderly care service market is insufficient. There is a lack of sustained supply of professional talents, and there is a scarcity of nutritionists, rehabilitation therapists, and other professional talents in elderly care institutions. The employees are older, have lower education levels, and are not well paid, resulting in serious talent loss. Promoting the development of the elderly care service industry requires multi-party efforts and joint measures. We should strengthen policy guidance and support, increase investment in the construction of elderly care service facilities, and encourage social forces to actively participate in elderly care services; Pay attention to improving service quality and professional level, strengthen the training of elderly care service talents, establish a sound talent training system and incentive mechanism, improve the treatment and social status of practitioners, and attract more professional talents to join the elderly care industry; Promote the standardization of elderly care services, standardize service processes and quality standards; Continuously innovate service models and products, and develop more intelligent elderly care products and services that meet the needs of the elderly by combining "Internet plus", artificial intelligence and other technologies; Actively explore and develop new elderly care models such as living and cultural elderly care, enriching the spiritual and cultural life of the elderly. (New Society)

Edit:Luo yu Responsible editor:Zhou shu

Source:ECONOMIC DAILY

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