Deputy to the National People's Congress, Chief Yu Yang, Fourth Ward of the Department of Neurology of the First Affiliated Hospital of Qiqihar Medical College in Heilongjiang Province
The suggestion was written into the **work report, and I am very happy".
When I saw that this year's work report clearly proposed for the first time to "promote the establishment of a long-term care insurance system", Yu Yang, a deputy to the National People's Congress and the head of the fourth ward of the Department of Neurology of the First Affiliated Hospital of Qiqihar Medical College in Heilongjiang Province, was deeply gratified.
As a nursing worker, Representative Yu Yang has worked with a patient in his 50s in clinical work. "He was born with dementia. On the eve of my participation in the National People's Congress and the National People's Congress, he suffered a sudden cerebral hemorrhage and was admitted to the hospital. Because the patient was not covered by long-term care insurance, his elderly mother had to take care of him every day. Deputy Yu Yang told reporters.
Based on the pain points of people's livelihood found in his work, Representative Yu Yang has been paying attention to and working hard to promote the establishment of a long-term care insurance system in recent years, and his suggestions for two consecutive years have also focused on this. "I am very happy to see that my concerns and suggestions have been written into the ** work report. Representative Yu Yang's joy was beyond words. She believes that providing basic life care for the disabled and semi-disabled elderly is an important measure to cope with the aging of society.
At present, the long-term care insurance system has covered 49 cities in the pilot, 19 cities have extended the coverage to people with moderate disabilities, and 9 cities have covered people with dementia. Deputy Yu Yang told reporters that the practice of the system in various pilot areas is quite different. To this end, she suggested the formulation of a special long-term care insurance law, clarifying the legal positioning, implementation subject, financing mechanism, coverage and regulatory responsibilities of long-term care insurance, so as to provide a legal basis for promoting the establishment of a long-term care insurance system.
Deputy Yu Yang also suggested that the national long-term care insurance coverage, financing mechanism, treatment guarantee, disability and dementia assessment standards, nursing standards, service standards, etc., should be clarified as soon as possible, and the policy coverage should be further expanded, and all urban and rural residents should be gradually included in the scope of insurance, and at the same time, the insurance rights and interests of special groups such as new business employees, flexible employment personnel, and migrant workers should be safeguarded.
The future demand for long-term care insurance may be relatively large, and the difficulty lies in the improvement of the professional ability of the service side. "It is recommended to take effective measures to encourage technical secondary schools, vocational colleges, and colleges and universities to open geriatric nursing majors and related nursing courses, strengthen cooperation between schools and medical care institutions and pension institutions, and carry out 'order-based' talent training according to the needs of employment, and expand the scale of training of senior service talents. Deputy Yu Yang said.
*:Procuratorate** Special Issue of the Rule of Law of China's Two Sessions Reporter: Shi Zhaokun, Han Bing, Trainee Reporter: Gao Ke, **Liu Ping, Li Ze, Liu Yangdongqing).