Respite Sevice Oriented Field Study for the Aged in Zhejiang

Province

Shi Ming Tang

,Hong Xu

2,a*

, Chang Juan Guo

and Wen Jie Ge

1,2,3,4

Hangzhou Normal University,Hangzhou,Zhejiang, China

*Corresponding author

Keywords: Respite service, field study, Zhejiang story.

Abstract: This paper highlights three issues for aged cares and the function of respite service in problem solving. It

promotes respite service oriented activities to model the “Eight Better Cares ”and “Four Home Assists” and

thus to facilitate quality life for families in Zhejiang and even future senior citizen on the Belt and Road

with low stress status, high life satisfaction and better sense of well-being.

1 INTRODUCTION

Zhejiang Province, with the increasing rate of 5%

for the elderly population, proves that more than

90% of the elderly should enjoy home care oriented

respite service, and these elderly have to face the

following three issues:

2 ISSUE ONE

2.1The Phenomenon of Serious Illness to

Survive, or 2/3 Rests Time to Live

With the Disease

With age, the elderly tissues and organs and

physiological function of gradual decline and senile

changes, decreased health status, the prevalence rate

continues to rise. According to statistics, more than

60 years of age in the elderly, the remaining 2/3 of

the time in a sick state of existence.

65 to 70% of the elderly suffer from varying

severity, a variety of age-related diseases. At the

same time, the number of disabled elderly people is

still increasing. Existing health care resources have

been very tense, with the aging population continues

to increase, will be more scarce.

3 ISSUE TWO

3.1 Family Children Overwhelmed, in

2020 will Show 8421 Inverted

Pyramid Structure

Analysis of the aging trend of the report shows that

urban families have entered the 421 structure model,

that is, a family, a middle-aged husband and wife

have four elderly but only one child. By 2020, there

will be "8421" family structure, that is, eight elderly,

four young people, two young people, one child.

Research group shows that the family pension

situation is more and more serious, more and more

important to take care of the burden of the elderly.

This study thus confirms that long-term care for the

elderly, especially those who are sick, need to invest

a lot of energy to help them finish their daily

activities such as laundry, cooking, arm, bath and

toilet.

As well as taking into account their own work

and their own family economy, child caregivers

because of these heavy care and economic costs to

bear a huge psychological stress and life stress and

social burden.

Furthermore, long-term care of the elderly,

resulting in caregivers reduce interpersonal

communication, resulting in a sense of loneliness

and helplessness, resulting in anxiety, depression,

negative and other negative emotions, caregivers

psychological burden is greater than physical

exertion. As a result, caregivers are in urgent need of

relaxation to relieve their burden.

4 ISSUE THREE

4.1 A Serious Shortage of Pension

Agencies, Can Only Accept 5% of

Elderly People to Stay

Organizational pension can not only provide

professional care and care, but also can reduce the

burden on children, make new friends, enrich the

spiritual life. But the city public pension beds is very

tight, in short supply, booking stay, to wait two to

three years.

The majority of private pension institutions are

leased premises, small-scale institutions, hardware

and software facilities can not keep up, the medical

and integration difficult, stay at the elderly to see

medical drugs is relatively difficult.

At the same time, private pension agencies

choose a relatively independent and convenient

transportation address is difficult, and difficult to

implement security measures.

Therefore, most of the elderly or stay at home by

family care. With disability, the proportion of

elderly people climbing high, the family exhausted.

On other hand, according to political survey related

to this study since 1996, overseas cases of empirical

data prove that less than 10% senior citizen over the

world is willing to stay in nursing one srather than

their own house.

5 RESPITE SERVICE ORIENTED

PROBLEM SOLVING

Respite service is the provision of a series of

temporary, supportive alternatives to the care of the

aged disability, allowing their caregivers to enjoy

temporary relaxation and rest.

Beginning in 1960, developed countries such as

Australia, the first to introduce the implementation

of the standard home care and respite services,

government subsidies cost half.

The United States and the United Kingdom

improve and implement the home care for the

elderly a week of respite service. Germany and other

EU countries contributed to the elderly rehabilitation,

pension and nursing complement each other long-

term care system and standards.

Chinese research started late, at the beginning of

this century, Hong Kong and Macao recognized and

practiced in the aging (Ageingin place) concept.

Zhejiang Province and its capital city Hangzhou

are the first ones entering the aged society. With

institutional pension bed limitation of 5%, 90% of

elderly people may choose home pension 9073 or

9064 real requirements.

2002-12 years, this research group (Tang

Shiming, etc.) through the "urban home care service

system to build" to promote a file table, for better

documented. A guard network, for better know. A

help line, for better responsive help. A mediator, for

better promise keeping. A service team, for better

guidance. A pager, for better risks save. A chat room,

for better communication.

There is a need for the activities of these respite

service oriented Eight Better Cares. This study

further facilitates respited service oriented Four

Daily Supports including "one volunter assist to

hand every day,""One Story to chat everyday,""One

neighbor visit to home everyday,"and "one health

game to play everyday"

During 2013-2015, this team outlined operation

standards for Zhejiang. To better both theoretical

and operational standards, this study team

contributes most efforts to the establishment of

relevant policy support, the implementation of

service access,the training service for personnel, and

a unified technical standards and regulatory

requirements.

At the same time, in accordance with the

provincial, municipal and district level civil affairs

development for aging cares, related study of respite

service is expected to highlight the provision of

home care services and provide a theoretical basis

for decision-making argument, and eventually

promote related content standards, professional

standards and evaluation standards for aged quality

life.

To enrich and innovate aged cares for better unit

security, family peace, health insurance, pension

insurance, nursing insurance and other protection,

and further coordination of rehabilitation, pension

and nursing work, respite service will be therefore

empowered to take precautions and to standardize

care services for the families in Zhejiang Province

and even senior citizens on the Belt and Road with

quality happy aged life .

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

This paper was a particial achievement and

financially supported by the All-China Federation of

Returned Overseas Chinese Project (17DZQK203)

“Zhejiang Stories on the Belt and Road People’s

Connectivity” and the 4th Acadmic Conference

Project for Zhejiang Provincial Federation of Social

Sciences (Sub-forum 201830) “Zhejiang Hub

Construction for the Belt and Road”.

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