The National Health and Health Commission carried out psychological care actions for the elderly

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 20th. On the 20th, reporters learned from the National Health and Health Commission that in order to promote the physical and mental health of the elderly, the National Health and Health Commission recently issued a notice and decided to decide 2022-2025 on the basis of organizing and implementing the psychological care project of the elderly. Extensive psychological care actions in the country.

The main goal of carrying out the psychological care actions of the elderly includes understanding the mental health and needs of the elderly; enhancing the awareness of the elderly's psychological health, improving the mental health of the elderly; and improving the level of psychological health services of grass -roots staff.

How to implement elderly psychological care operation? The notice introduced that from 2022-2025, 1,000 urban communities and 1,000 rural administrative villages were selected nationwide to carry out caring actions. At the end of the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, at least one community or village set up in each county (city, district) nationwide There are elderly psychological care points. All localities have carried out psychological health assessments for the elderly with the elderly in the age of 65 and above in accordance with the requirements of the elderly, focusing on economic difficulties, empty nests (living alone), left -behind, disabled (dementia), and family planning special families.

Maintaining the mental health of the elderly is conducive to family happiness and social harmony. The notice requires that all localities should promote the construction of health China and implement the national strategy of actively responding to the aging of the population, and fully understand the significance of carrying out the actions of elderly psychological care. The principle of good psychological health service work and high enthusiasm, and strive At the end of 2025, at least one community or village in each county (city, district) has an elderly psychological care point. Encourage conditional areas to increase the number of elderly care points in accordance with the requirements of care operations and benefit more elderly people.

[Editor in charge: Wu Yongling]

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