Convenience for the elderly is the best form of respect-瞭望新时代网

Convenience for the elderly is the best form of respect

2025-10-31

Before and after the Double Ninth Festival, there are many topics focusing on the living conditions and practical demands of the elderly population, and many discussions focus on how to improve the quality of life of the "silver haired generation". Chinese people have always emphasized respecting the elderly, and loving and helping the elderly is also a common responsibility of the whole society. Especially in recent years, with the deepening of social aging, improving the elderly care security system, promoting the development of the elderly care industry, and carrying out aging friendly transformation have become important issues in public governance. Each city has also conducted a series of exploratory practices based on its own characteristics, providing many thoughtful services for the elderly population. The most beautiful thing is the sunset red, warm and calm. ”The word 'calm' expresses the wishes of many elderly people, including a relaxed pace of life and a peaceful psychological state. When it comes to caring for the elderly, many people's first thought is still to do their best to provide them with special assistance. For example, some young people carefully draw mobile phone "manuals" for their elders, and some public places set up volunteers to help the elderly solve problems. These interactions are indeed warm, but from a different perspective, daily life still requires external assistance. Does this also reflect that there are still some shortcomings in hardware and software in terms of aging, which can easily make the elderly feel nervous and cramped? When the age appropriate version of the app is virtually non-existent, when there are obstacles in the accessibility channel, and various seemingly subtle problems, they will evolve into difficulties in the lives of the elderly, causing them to fall into a predicament. True convenience should be 'emotionless', and the best respect is to allow the elderly to smoothly integrate into modern life. When they can handle various situations independently and calmly with the help of existing facilities, instead of constantly seeking help or finding people to support them, then their calm life takes on the most authentic appearance. In this regard, relevant parties still need to take steps to measure, put themselves in the shoes of the elderly, truly understand their living environment, physical condition, and spiritual needs, and think about all issues from an aging perspective, making accessible experience a "standard" rather than a "special need". Judging the level of development of a society should never be based solely on a 'standard perspective'. Many times, it is precisely the level of care for vulnerable groups that can better reflect the quality of development. Today, the city is filled with high-rise buildings, bustling with traffic, and smart devices are everywhere, which makes people sigh that "the future has come". But the more society develops, the more it needs to find a balance between new and old, fast and slow, pay attention to the specific situation of each individual, and enable all groups to keep up with the pace. Every family has elderly people, and everyone will grow old. More patience and attention to detail, and more steadfast protection, will surely take the construction of an elderly friendly society one step further and enable every family to enjoy a better and more comfortable life. (New Society)

Edit：Luoyu Responsible editor：Zhoushu

Source：Beijing Daily

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