The elderly apartment in Shanxian County's longevity village is "hard to find"
Shanxian County, Heze. In the country of longevity, there are only 150 centenarians. By the end of 2012, local official figures showed that the total population of the county was 1 million 200 thousand, and that of the elderly over 60 was 200 thousand, of whom 80 were older than 40 thousand. In order to provide care services for the elderly, there are only two elderly apartments in Shanxian County and a dozen old homes. Behind the scenes is the status quo of Shanxian County's large population, which is different from the "hard to find" pension system in big cities. Local civil affairs department said, "even if there are only two elderly apartments, there are still plenty of beds available." Shandong commercial newspaper reporter Lin Yanyin [elderly apartment difficult to recruit elderly people with more physical disability) is affected by the aging trend, most of the elderly apartments in the province are now "a bed of difficulties", but in Shanxian County old apartment has become a "one of the most difficult." Reporters in Shanxian County's private apartment for the elderly see that many beds are empty, and a few days ago, one of the events that happened here placed Xu Xueqian, the head of the elderly apartment, at the top of the wind. In March 3, 2015, in this case, an administrator of Cao's name was in conflict with a eight - day old man, and the admin put the dung on the face of the old man. When the children of the old man heard about it, they immediately called the police and resorted to the media. For this matter, Xu Xueqian claimed to feel very aggrieved, even in the local post bar issued a long story about the details and procedures. But the fact that the stool has been wiped out also drowns it in the saliva of the surrounding residents. Before that, a sixty or seventy year old man clashed with a more than 90 year old man. One of them used a knife to cut the more than 90 year old man. It is understood that although there were administrators at the scene, but failed to stop the tragedy. Lagging hardware facilities and backward management experience are the opinions of many people about this apartment for the elderly. Xu Xueqian said, "most of the administrators in old age apartments are young people living in apartments. They are all fifty or sixty years old." Few wages, work tired, low status, few people go into the elderly apartment as a protective worker, the elderly apartments have administrators said, only when the festival, only to see the volunteer group and volunteers into the gate of the elderly apartment, temporary guest service work for a little while. Xu Xueqian said that this apartment for the elderly was built in 1997 and covers an area of 17 mu. At present, there are 100 elderly people living in it. A considerable proportion of the elderly are physically disabled and inconvenient to move. The staff of the Shanxian County Civil Affairs Bureau said that there is a public old apartment in the county city in addition to the private elderly apartment. "There are more than 160 beds in the apartment, but usually only sixty or seventy elderly people live in it." In addition, reporters also learned that every township in Shanxian County has a home for the elderly, and a larger number of seventy or eighty beds. Most of these nursing homes have free beds. Local people familiar with the situation said that although the beds and beds of elderly homes are not nervous, it does not mean that the elderly population in Shanxian County is less and the pressure on the aged is small. Local official data show that by the end of 2012, the total population of Shanxian County county was 1 million 200 thousand, and 200 thousand were aged over 60 years old, accounting for 16.59% of the total population, and 37 thousand people over 80 years old, accounting for 18.4% of the proportion of the elderly population in the county. In Shanxian County alone, there are 150 elderly people over the age of 100, and Shanxian County is named "the hometown of longevity in China", which has also increased the pressure of providing for the aged on the other hand. "Most of the elderly who live in our apartment are children outside, and there is no way to send them here." Xu Xueqian, the head of Shanxian County apartment for the elderly, said that even if the elderly live here, they will take them home to take care of them soon after their children go home. It is understood that, compared with rural areas, the elderly in urban areas live in more apartments for the elderly. This shows that the living standard of the town is high, and on the other hand, they must be more open. "The old man is not willing to leave home to worry about being scolded" unfilial "]" some old people are even a person at home, he is not willing to live in the old apartment, he is afraid of others to say him. " Xu Xueqian told reporters, especially some elderly children, feel that the elderly to the elderly apartment is unfilial. In addition, some elderly people are reluctant to leave their own living environment, even though they are unattended at home. "Those who send their parents to old age apartments are still relatively filial." A local taxi driver in Shanxian County told reporters that because of the relatively backward economic development here, there are many young people who go out to work, and the village is left with the old and the children. The driver said a tragedy had happened in their village a long time ago. An inconvenient old man was thrown at home by his children. After they returned to work, they found that the old had been dead for many days. Like this, it happens in the countryside. Mr. Zhang, a villager in Shanxian County, told reporters: "the elderly who live in a Township home are mostly the five households in the village. They always feel that they live in the village, and many people run home from it." The old man in the village is old-fashioned, and even if he dies of hunger, he will not leave home. [response] [the central nursing home is being built to improve local conditions for providing for the elderly] "compared to the capital city of Ji'nan, our pension business started relatively late." Shanxian County Civil Affairs Bureau staff said that the level of economic development also restricts the development of the pension industry. A staff member said that they very much welcome personal funding to build pension facilities for elderly apartments. It is understood that some entrepreneurs in Shanxian County have also expressed their intentions to the Civil Affairs Bureau. However, the management of elderly apartments not only requires large investment and low returns, but also requires standardized management by operators and strictly according to relevant regulations. "We are building the center of the old house, that is, a few towns and towns, compared with the old homes of each township in the past, the conditions of this old home are much better." The staff of the Shanxian County Civil Affairs Bureau said that at present, a construction entity of a central nursing home has been basically completed and will soon be built and used. In addition to building a center for nursing homes, the Shanxian County Civil Affairs Bureau is also trying to solve the pension problem in this county through other ways. "The reason why these elderly people do not want to go to apartment for the elderly is that they are not suitable for most of the apartments except for their general conditions." A 70 year old man in the city of Shanxian County told a reporter that his children were all working outside, only himself at home, even though his son urged him to go to the old apartment many times, but he did not want to go. The old man said that it was like going to another world in the old apartment. It was difficult for his neighbors, friends and relatives to meet. Especially, it was uncomfortable for him to feel that there was no home in the old apartment.