Haishu starts "smart elderly care"

Without going out of the house, the elderly in need can receive such services as housekeeping and nursing with just a call or the online message. The portable smart elderly care products may keep record of the health conditions of the elderly and give out an alarm when there is anything wrong. These are just some examples of the smart elderly care scheme of Haishu District. On the afternoon of October 10, a smart elderly care promotion activity was held at the Guangan Smart Elderly Care Service Center located on the "Public Welfare Street" of Haishu District.

There are now about 73,000 senior citizens above 60 years old in Haishu District, and with the aging rate of 24.7%, the district has a great demand for elderly care. The Guangan Smart Elderly Care Service Center was established in July 2016 to address the demand. By taking advantage of the internet technology, the center has set up an elderly care information platform, and conducts online-offline interaction for demand docking with the support of some public welfare organizations concerned.

"Our information platform covers 62 elderly care stations, over 500 volunteer service teams and public welfare organizations in the district. We can provide free, inexpensive or paid care services for the elderly." said Cai Huiqing, who is in charge of the center. The elderly can present their needs by means of phone calls, Wechat or online messages, and then the center will provide the third-party service resources for them to choose from, thus breaking the inter-community resource barriers and facilitating the circulation of the elderly care resources.

Reportedly, with the docking of the elderly care information platform and the community-based home elderly care stations, the information elderly care services can cover the communities. With the statistics from the communities, the platform can then assess the needs and thus solve such problems as the online-offline disjointment, shortage of elderly care resources and untimely services to improve the quality of the community-based home care.

LINK:	http://en.nbwh.gov.cn/art/2016/10/12/art_1325_89035.html...
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