Hu Su Yun | Building an elderly friendly society, "suitable for old" also "help the elderly"

The construction of an elderly friendly society shows the continuation of Shanghai aging work under the leadership of active healthy aging. It has expanded and enriched the connotation of the development of the aging cause of Shanghai in the new era, and has become an important direction and goal of future aging cause and industrial development. While encouraging the promotion of new technologies and methods, retaining the traditional service methods familiar to the elderly, the elderly friendly society will also be supported and promoted by the developing silver -haired economy development.

The Twelfth Party Congress of Shanghai emphasized that the elderly are the precious wealth of the city. As a city with the most concentrated population and deeper aging in China in my country, we must do their best to deal with the elderly. The meeting proposed to build an elderly friendly society.

The construction of an elderly friendly society shows the continuation of Shanghai aging work under the leadership of active healthy aging. It has expanded and enriched the connotation of the development of the aging cause of Shanghai in the new era, and has become an important direction and goal of future aging cause and industrial development. The construction goal of an elderly friendly society has also revealed the development of the cause of aging from around pension services to the main line that follows the main line of service for the elderly, and now it has entered a new stage of economic and social layout and coordinated development.

Building an elderly friendly society expansion and enriching the connotation of the development of the aging cause of Shanghai in the new era

The friendly development path of the elderly has undergone a transition from cities to communities to the community. In 2007, the World Health Organization proposed a "elderly friendly city" to build a comprehensive and livable environmental system such as community and public participation, housing, public space and transportation, health and social services. Since then, the "elderly friendly community" is proposed through the concept of absorbing friendly cities, involving three extensive areas: social and citizen participation, service provision, and building environment. The participation of society and citizens is the key point to ensure that the elderly have a solid social relationship and continue to participate in social life. As a modern international metropolis, Shanghai has been practicing friendly actions for the elderly, becoming an active advocate and excellent practitioner of an elderly friendly city and an elderly friendly community. Nowadays, it has embarked on the road to promoting the construction of a friendly society for the elderly.

The construction of an elderly livable environment is not allowed to become one of the main contents of the elderly friendly society. From the establishment of barrier -free environmental construction regulations, standards and specifications, to the income of barrier -free environmental construction and aging transformation into urban renewal, urban old communities, rural areas, rural areas The improvement of the human settlement environment is promoted to make overall advancement. Shanghai strives to make the elderly more secure and convenient to participate in social activities. According to the actual situation, follow the principles of gradual progress, the Shanghai Party Congress proposed that in the near future promoting the construction of barrier -free environmental construction and aging transformation, including the construction of an elderly friendly hospital, the aging transformation of the existing bridge to install elevators, etc., and the aging transformation of elevators, etc., and, and,,,,, etc. It will continue to promote the city's traffic -free work, including the construction and management of barrier -free facilities in key places such as pedestrian lanes, rail transit stations, and highway service areas. Optimization of guidelines logo.

The elderly friendly society integrates the construction of a soft environment for the rule of law to strengthen the participation and protection of the elderly. When formulating specific measures involving the interests of the elderly, pay attention to the participation of the elderly and solicit the opinions of the elderly. At the same time, the rights and interests of the elderly should be strengthened to ensure the publicity of law popularization, and to improve the use of legal means to protect the awareness of rights and interests. Efforts to improve the legal services of the elderly, including improving the advice of the elderly, actively carry out the publicity and education of the rule of law for the elderly, and effectively safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the elderly.

The elderly friendly society actively creates the atmosphere of the elderly. The elderly friendly society is not only the construction of hardware environment, and the construction of a soft environment in the rule of law. It also pays attention to and cares about the thought of elderly groups. Shanghai extensively carried out volunteer service activities for the elderly's civilization practice, carried out the theme activities of "respect for the elderly", promoted the creation of the fourth national "respect for the elderly", cultivated and promoted the typical models of all kinds of aging work in various ways, and actively created the elderly, filial piety, and respecting the elderly. Social atmosphere.

Elderly friendly society has become an important direction and goal of future aging cause and industrial development

In the construction of an elderly friendly society in Shanghai, it was mentioned that actively helping the elderly across the "digital gap", promote the construction of the old -fashioned smart society, integrate into the concept of "science and technology", and the "people's city people are built by the people's city, the people's city is the people" Important concepts injected future -oriented urban texture. On the one hand, it accelerates the aging transformation of Internet applications, mobile terminals, and APP applications commonly used by the elderly; on the other hand, it implements the "smart helping the elderly" actions, strengthen digital skills education and training, and enhance the digital literacy of the elderly. While encouraging the promotion of new technologies and methods, retaining the traditional service methods familiar to the elderly, the elderly friendly society will also be supported and promoted by the developing silver -haired economy development.

Shanghai not only attaches importance to the social living environment of the elderly, builds an elderly livable family, friendly community, and friendly cities for the elderly. At the same time, it attaches importance to the construction of a friendly society in the elderly digital environment. From this, our city is not only passionate, but also full of tenderness, becoming a city where young people have achieved dreams and safe and practical for the elderly.

(The author is a researcher at the Institute of City and Population Development of the Academy of Social Sciences)

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Author: Hu Suyun

Edit: Chen Yu

Editor -in -chief: Yang Yiqi

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