Immediately after the Law on the Elderly and the Government's decisions were issued, the province quickly implemented many specific policies and plans to ensure the rights and comprehensive care for the elderly. These include: Resolution No. 21/2021/NQ-HDND Stipulating social assistance policies for social protection beneficiaries and other disadvantaged groups in Quang Ninh province. Plan No. 31/KH-UBND dated January 26, 2022 implementing the National Action Program on the Elderly in Quang Ninh province for the period 2021-2030...
Counseling programs on nutrition, physical exercise, chronic disease prevention, and mental health care for the elderly are also focused on, gradually raising awareness and self-care skills in the community.
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Many modern medical equipments have also been purchased, put into operation and used to effectively serve the health care of the people in the area. In particular, the Provincial Geriatric - Rehabilitation Hospital was newly built and put into operation from the end of 2022, with a budget of nearly 429 billion VND on an area of 44,020m2 . The leading specialized hospital in geriatrics and rehabilitation, and the first provincial hospital in the country to combine these two specialties. The hospital has 320 beds, equipped with many modern facilities, meeting the medical examination and treatment needs of the people...
In addition, 4 hospitals including: Provincial General Hospital, Bai Chay Hospital, Traditional Medicine Hospital, Cam Pha Regional General Hospital have established separate Geriatric Departments or integrated with other departments. Some public health facilities have paid attention to arranging separate examination tables and priority beds for some groups of subjects, including the elderly. Specifically: The number of examination departments with separate examination rooms or separate examination tables for the elderly is 12 departments. The number of inpatient beds arranged with priority for the elderly (excluding 320 beds of the Provincial Geriatric - Rehabilitation Hospital) is 340 beds.
Mrs. Tran Thi Phuc, 80 years old, living in Hong Gai ward shared: I am very happy that in recent years, the elderly like us have received more attention. From regular health check-ups, nutritional advice, to having a place to live and exercise, all help us live healthier and more optimistically. I hope that there will be more practical activities so that the elderly not only live longer but also live happily and usefully.
Prevention of blindness and eye care for the elderly are also of great concern. Since 2010, APBA and the Department of Health have conducted screening and cataract surgery for over 3,000 elderly people who are blind due to cataracts in the province.
Health services have been improved, enhanced in quality and expanded in coverage, helping the elderly easily access and enjoy quality health care services right at their locality. The number of elderly people in general and elderly people with health insurance cards who are examined and treated at hospitals is always high (over 90% of elderly people use health insurance when going for medical examination and treatment).
Despite many positive results, the health care of the elderly in Quang Ninh still faces some difficulties. The coordination to implement and replicate the intergenerational club model still faces many difficulties. Long-term care for the elderly is still limited, mostly carried out at home and by family members, while most of them have not been trained in knowledge and skills to care for the elderly...
To overcome these difficulties, Quang Ninh is continuing to promote information and propaganda activities to raise awareness among all levels, sectors, families, communities, society and the elderly themselves in activities of caring for and promoting the role of the elderly. Along with that, it continues to set examples of exemplary elderly people and organizations and individuals who operate effectively in the field of protecting, caring for and promoting the role of the elderly.
In particular, strengthening the direction and management of Party committees at all levels, local authorities, the participation of sectors, organizations and units in public health care in general and health care activities for the elderly...
Source: https://baoquangninh.vn/cham-soc-nang-cao-suc-khoe-nguoi-cao-tuoi-3366870.html
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