all said the year is in spring, young people have come back to their own posts for dreams, old parents are at home. It became an empty nest old man. For these elderly people, loneliness has become the norm of their lives. The telephone that can communicate with the outside world has become the first choice for many old people to solve the loneliness. Reporter Liu Jianyu
telephone is the important way of communication between the old and the outside world,
Zhao Xiufang (the pseudonym) of the seventy ten days of the year, and the only child living in Beijing. She has been living alone for 12 years. "I have arthritis and high blood pressure, which are hard to get through in winter and summer. I often have angina, and I'm afraid I can't wake up any day. " Zhao Xiufang said. Zhao Xiufang usually doesn't love to go out. Occasionally, calling the phone is an important way for her to communicate with the outside world. In addition to children, most of her phone calls to the intimate one touch.
"thank you for your telephone, let me feel not forgotten by the society"
in 2009, the Civil Affairs Bureau of Ji'nan launched the "close one key" platform service project to serve the 24 hour emergency rescue and daily life of the elderly in the city community. The reporter learned from the telephone platform of the intimate link that they often received some telephone calls that were not related to the application of the service, which were actually called by the old man like Zhao Xiufang. For example, some elderly people will talk on the phone and say, "I haven't been on the phone for a long time. Is it too busy recently?" "Thunder, I fear"... "Every half month to a month, we will make a telephone return visit to the elderly. You can clearly see that many elderly people are surprised when they receive phone calls, and their tone is very cordial, just like you talk to your family. Xiao Li, a close touch one tone worker, said that some elderly people would say at the end of the phone, "thank you for your phone call, which makes me feel that I have not been forgotten by society." "We will also try to ease the loneliness of the elderly." Xiao Li said, for example, when spring comes, they will encourage older people to go out and walk in chat. But for these elderly people, children's visit is the best comfort for them.
average every two elderly people have an empty nest
according to the provincial Office of aging. In recent years, the number of empty nesters in Shandong has surged by 350 thousand people every year. By the end of 2014, there were 8 million 700 thousand empty nest elderly people in Shandong Province, and an average of two elderly people had an empty nest at home. It is expected that the empty nest elderly will be over 10 million in 2020. Among them, Heze, Dezhou, Linyi and other large cities outside the empty nest elderly surge. There is a phenomenon of empty nests in the eastern cities of Qingdao and Yantai. Among them, the level of empty nest in Weihai is the highest, reaching 72%.
in addition, the existing pension service team is far from meeting the actual needs of the elderly. According to the survey and calculation, Shandong currently needs about 700 thousand employees in home care service, and about 110 thousand employees in the institution. At present, there are only 10 000 full-time nursing staff in Shandong, among whom less than 40 thousand are employed in the pension institutions, far from meeting the actual needs. There are many problems in the elderly service institutions, such as difficulty in recruiting workers, unstable workforce and low level of professional knowledge and skills.
"a lot of old people are used to saying 'I'm fine' to their children, 'I'm good', but in fact, as the functions of the human body degenerate, they are becoming more and more difficult, especially in need of people's care. We need to focus our attention on these lonely figures, because we will soon become them. The head of a large private pension institution in Ji'nan said.