Plan for more affordable social care
By Feng Jianmin |
November 8, 2010, Monday
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CHINA is resolute to improve the life of elders by making social elder care more affordable, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said yesterday.
Elders with low income will receive subsidies from the government if they choose to stay in nursing homes and if they ask for community or home-based elder care, said Dou Yupei, its vice minister, at a conference to discuss upgrading the country's social elder care system. The subsidies will favour those who are extremely old, living alone and with physical disabilities, Dou said.
China will also improve its pension system to ensure basic living standard for old people living in urban and rural areas. An additional monthly subsidy will be available for people above 80 years old.
''We are also encouraging commercial insurers' participation in this system,'' Dou said.
By the end of last year, there were 167 million people above 60 years old and 19 million above 80 years old in China. About 19 percent of the elders are not capable of taking care of themselves, according to data from the ministry.
The need for social care is growing because more young people opt to stay without their parents.
Elders with low income will receive subsidies from the government if they choose to stay in nursing homes and if they ask for community or home-based elder care, said Dou Yupei, its vice minister, at a conference to discuss upgrading the country's social elder care system. The subsidies will favour those who are extremely old, living alone and with physical disabilities, Dou said.
China will also improve its pension system to ensure basic living standard for old people living in urban and rural areas. An additional monthly subsidy will be available for people above 80 years old.
''We are also encouraging commercial insurers' participation in this system,'' Dou said.
By the end of last year, there were 167 million people above 60 years old and 19 million above 80 years old in China. About 19 percent of the elders are not capable of taking care of themselves, according to data from the ministry.
The need for social care is growing because more young people opt to stay without their parents.
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