The main goals of psychological care for the elderly include understanding the mental health status and needs of the elderly.
Enhance the mental health awareness of the elderly and improve their mental health status; Improve the mental health service level of grass-roots staff.
From 2022 to 2025, 1 000 urban communities and 1 000 rural administrative villages will be selected nationwide to carry out caring actions. By the end of the Tenth Five-Year Plan, in principle, at least one community or village in every county (city, district) in China has a psychological care point for the elderly. According to the requirements, all localities carry out mental health assessment for the elderly aged 65 and above who live in the psychological care center for the elderly, focusing on the elderly with financial difficulties, empty nests (living alone), staying behind, disability (dementia) and special family planning.
Maintaining the mental health of the elderly is conducive to family happiness and social harmony. The circular requires that all localities should fully understand the significance of psychological care for the elderly from the perspective of promoting the construction of a healthy China and implementing the national strategy of actively responding to the aging population, and strive to set up psychological care points for the elderly in at least 1 community or village by the end of 2025 based on the principle of good mental health services and high enthusiasm. Encourage qualified areas to increase the psychological care points of the elderly in accordance with the requirements of caring actions to benefit more elderly people.
To sum up, the state has put forward a subsidy policy for the elderly, requiring all localities to grant subsidies to the elderly. So, if there are old people at home, don't miss it! The highest monthly salary is 500 yuan.
Legal basis: Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly Article 1 This Law is formulated in accordance with the Constitution in order to protect the legitimate rights and interests of the elderly, develop the cause of the elderly and carry forward the virtues of respecting and helping the elderly of the Chinese nation.
Article 2 The term "old people" as mentioned in this Law refers to citizens over the age of 60.