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| 中新网2月11日电 据民政部网站消息，民政部今日发布的《社会养老服务体系建设“十二五”规划》(征求意见稿)指出，到2015年，基本建设形成制度完善、组织健全、规模适度、运营良好、服务优良、监管到位、可持续发展的社会养老服务体系。意见稿指出，自1999年中国步入老龄化社会以来，人口老龄化加速发展，并日益呈现老年人口基数大、增长快，高龄化、空巢化趋势明显，需要照料的失能、半失能老人数量剧增等态势。截至2009年底，我国60岁及以上老年人口已达1.67亿，占总人口的12.5%，80岁及以上的高龄老人1899万，占老年人口的11.4%。加强社会养老服务体系建设的任务十分繁重。 Continue reading |
近年来，随着社会人口老龄化程度的日趋加剧，使传统的家庭养老功能面临着严峻的挑战。谁来养老？怎样养老？如何建立完善 的社会化养老服务体系？这些问题已引起了各级党委、政府的高度重视。目前，国家大力提倡各地建立居家养老服务体系，各级政府把全面推进居家养老服务社会化 工作纳入到构建和谐社会的重要工作来抓，积极探索以居家养老为基础，以社区服务为依托，以社会福利机构为补充，以老年人需求为重点的居家养老新模式。Continue
The Huffington Post Dean Praetorius First Posted: 2/2/11 01:56 PM ET Updated: 5/25/11 07:30 PM ET
China’s taking a new approach to elderly care.
Visit your parents… or else.
An early draft of amendments to China’s already in place elderly care laws proposed requiring adultchildren to visit their parents, or face the possibility of being sued. The proposal was submitted Monday by the Civil Affairs Ministry to China’s State Council, according to the Charlotte Observer.
The National People’s Congress, China’s government-appointed legislature, could consider the changes when it convenes in March.
The new legislation is the result of a changing social climate in China, according to AOL News. While in the past (for centuries) children were expected to care for their aging parents, this no longer the case for many Chinese.
The reason for the change, according to AOL, is largely related to China’s one-child policy, which has left many parents with only one child to care for them. When these children move to big cities and industrial centers in order to find work, they must leave their parents to care for themselves.
The change seeks to address the growing issue of elderly care while China’s older population grows.
