What is the difference between a nursing home and a home for the aged?

The difference between nursing homes and homes for the elderly:

1, different duties

Homes for the elderly, for the elderly old age services of social welfare organizations, respect for the elderly, love and respect for the elderly 7a64e78988e69d8331333431373231, old age embodies the homes for the elderly as a purpose of the welfare services and. Nursing home is mainly for the elderly to provide collective living, and has a relatively complete supporting service facilities.

2, the organizers are different

Nursing homes are usually sponsored by the local government or charitable organizations,; and residential care homes are in the rural areas to implement the "five guarantees" on the basis of the development.

3, receiving different groups

Adoption object of the home for the elderly is mainly the five guarantees for the elderly, the conditions of the home for the elderly, but also to receive the enjoyment of the pension of the self-funded elderly, adhering to the principle of voluntary admission to the hospital, the freedom to leave the hospital; and the old age home is designed for the reception of the elderly or a combination of reception of the self-care of the elderly, the mediator in helping elderly people, the elderly mediator in the old age to spend a peaceful life and the set up of the social pension services.

Expanded Information:

China's rural villages and townships are generally run by the old people's homes; the city streets are also run by the old people's homes. Adoption of elderly homes is mainly for the five guarantees for the elderly, and those that are in a position to do so also accept self-funded elderly people who enjoy pension benefits. They adhere to the principle of voluntary admission and free discharge. Many areas also for the orphanage of the object of the honor and glory home, absorbing the eligible objects into the hospital.

Homes for the aged carry out the principle of collective undertakings to do collectively, the living expenses of the elderly in the hospital, medical expenses, funeral expenses and other supplies, are borne by the collective, the overall solution. In the poor areas of the homes for the elderly, the collective organization of the supply difficulties, the State to give subsidies. The purpose of the homes for the elderly is to honor the elderly and raise them, and to give priority to arranging for their material and cultural lives.

Homes for the aged often organize the elderly to take part in productive work and recreational and sports activities suitable for the characteristics of the elderly. Some townships have turned their homes into activity centers for the elderly, providing welfare services for the elderly in their townships and township communities