The new national standard divides the ability of the elderly into four levels, as follows:
Level 1: Life is completely self-care, including having complete self-care ability and relaxing basic logical thinking and expression ability.
Level 2: Life needs help, including some cognitive difficulties, but not to the extent of dementia. Daily life needs help from others, such as shopping, cooking and cleaning.
Level 3: Life needs help, including obvious cognitive difficulties, but not to the extent of dementia, and needs help from others to complete daily life, such as dressing, eating and bathing.
In addition, the new national standard comprehensively evaluates the cognition, perception, spirit and social participation of the elderly, and comprehensively measures their ability to be cautious and hungry. This standard puts more emphasis on the quality of life and social participation of the elderly, and is not limited to self-care ability.
At the same time, the new national standard is more in line with the reality of China's current social development and aging process, and provides a more comprehensive and scientific evaluation system for the elderly.
The ability evaluation of the elderly is to provide the elderly in need with the measurement and evaluation of their health status such as life activities, cognitive ability and mental state, and to judge their physical ability level according to the evaluation results.
According to the "Seventh-Year Plan" data, the permanent population of Nantong is close to 7.726 million, among which the permanent elderly population over 60 years old reaches 23 1.87 million, accounting for 30.0 1% of the total permanent population.
"In the face of the growing elderly population and complex and diverse needs for the elderly, the ability assessment of the elderly, as a basic work, can scientifically divide the ability level of the elderly, consolidate the fine service foundation, and promote the healthy and sustainable development of the city's aged care service industry."
Yu Hao, director of the Pension Service Department of the Civil Affairs Bureau, said that since 20 16, Nantong has taken the lead in exploring and evaluating the ability of the elderly in China, scientifically determining the service type, nursing level and pension service subsidy qualification of the elderly, better grasping the pension needs of the elderly and accurately formulating service policies.