How to take care of the disabled elderly is a problem!

As the saying goes, there is no dutiful son in front of the hospital bed, which shows that since ancient times, everyone has been helpless about this kind of thing!

My friend's mother, Aunt Li, who is in her fifties in Beiguan District, goes to her parents' home on Angang East Road in Yindu District every Friday after work. This is the day when she is on duty to take care of her mother. Aunt Li has six brothers and sisters. She ranks fifth and her eldest brother is over 60 years old.

Aunt Li's mother is 87 years old this year. The fracture the year before last left her bedridden. Last year, she had a sudden cerebral infarction and became a disabled old man. She can't look after herself. Several children take turns to look after her and arrange one person a day. Although a nanny was hired, the old man's bad mood recurred. The nanny was unwilling to take care of the old man day and night, and only a few brothers and sisters could take care of him.

When my old mother was discharged from the hospital last year, the doctor told me that at home, first, we should use the medicine prescribed by the competent doctor on time to prevent the recurrence of head disease; Secondly, we should pay more attention to patients' personal hygiene, such as washing hair and feet, and cleaning urine and urine in time. , but also need to turn over frequently to prevent the occurrence of bedsores; Thirdly, let patients sit up and communicate with patients frequently to avoid depression caused by lying flat for a long time. After all, the psychology of paralyzed patients is very fragile; Fourth,

After a long time, several children can't support themselves. In order to take care of their mother at home, Aunt Li's second brother asked her son to buy a nursing bed from the Internet, which was really convenient to use, but it was useless to buy it back for a few days. Either this place is broken or that place is broken, which is not enough. Later, I simply didn't need it. They are all over 50 years old. They usually have work to do. In order to take care of their mother at night, they have to get up every two hours. They didn't have a good rest at all, especially Aunt Li's second brother, who had to go home to take care of her little grandson. The body really can't stand it. The nanny hired at home is not a full-time nurse for 24 hours, and the salary of 8 hours a day is not lost to white-collar workers. Just need to take care of the elderly at home during the day. For such a long time, the nanny can't stand it, and she has to give extra red envelopes on holidays. In this case, brothers and sisters are afraid that the treatment provided to the nanny is not good enough to keep others. It is too difficult to find a nanny for the disabled elderly now. ...

In this family situation, how many families face the same problem?

So how serious is the nursing problem of the disabled elderly in China at present?

According to the analysis of internationally accepted standards, one or two of the six indicators of eating, dressing, bunk bed, going to the toilet, walking indoors and bathing are defined as mild disabilities, three or four are defined as moderate disabilities, and five or six are defined as severe disabilities.

Disability assessment has not been widely carried out in China, and there are no official statistics on the number of disabled people. The widely quoted data is the report of the fourth sampling survey on the living conditions of the elderly in urban and rural areas in 20 16. In 20 16, there were about 40.63 million disabled and semi-disabled elderly people in China, accounting for18.3% of the elderly population.

One person is disabled and the whole family is unbalanced. This sentence is becoming a reality in more and more families. Specifically, there are two reasons:

First, long-term nursing beds are hard to find.

Going to a nursing home is the first thought of most families with disabilities, but it is difficult to realize in reality.

According to the statistical results of 20 17, at least100000 disabled elderly people in China need long-term care beds. The most conservative estimate is that the number of beds in service is 5.65 million, but at present it is less than 1.3 million.

Second, it is difficult to find nursing staff.

Instead of sending disabled elderly people to nursing homes, only nurses can be invited, which is even more difficult to achieve.

According to international practice, every three elderly people need 1 nursing staff. Based on the 40 million disabled elderly people in China, the demand for nursing staff is about100000. At present, there is a shortage of nursing service personnel, and the certificates of nursing staff for the aged are less than 10%. In reality, apart from the problem that it is difficult for ordinary families to find nursing staff, it is difficult for even professional institutions to find nursing staff! According to the 20 15 survey conducted by Shanghai Survey Corps of Statistics Bureau, 92% of private nursing homes in Shanghai have encountered recruitment difficulties.

As a difficult problem in providing for the aged, the care of the disabled elderly has become a complex problem involving multiple factors such as human nature, financial resources and ability. With the extension of the average age, some concepts in China traditional culture are facing unprecedented difficulties. There is an old saying in China that "raising children to guard against old age", but when a son who is nearly seventy years old has to take care of a 90-year-old disabled old man day and night for a long time, people can't help worrying about it: it is really not easy to take care of the elderly.

To solve the biggest pain point of the old-age care problem, the word "policy" is indispensable first!