The new profession meets individual needs. Caregivers born in the 1990s and 2000s have gradually become the backbone of Shanghai Songjiang Nursing Home.
How to strengthen the construction of the elderly care service talent team, attract more energetic and higher-quality young people to join, and continuously inject new vitality into the development of the industry? Recently, the Songjiang District Civil Affairs Bureau has implemented a package of policies to ensure the construction of a professional talent team, providing subsidies to caregivers with certificates, and exploring the inclusion of medical staff engaged in front-line work in nursing homes into the scope of settlement, so that the younger generation of elderly care caregivers "are willing to come, Stay and do a good job.”
The increasingly diversified needs of the elderly have put forward higher competency requirements for practitioners in the elderly care industry. More and more young people with professional abilities have become "elderly bath assistants", "elderly attendants" and "health nurses" Waiting for a new career.
In the Taikang Home Shenyuan Senior Care Community located in Guangfulin Street, as the only senior care community in Shanghai with more than 1,000 people, a group of post-90s and post-00s caregivers have gradually become the main force, as well as a group of social workers with master's degrees in social work. Become a nutritionist, music therapist, or hospice nurse to customize plans based on the individual needs of the elderly.
Xu Mengyu, born in 1995, is a nutritionist at Taikang Home Shenyuan Senior Care Community. She graduated from the University of Leeds in the UK with a master's degree and entered the senior care industry by coincidence.
"I will customize plans based on the individual needs of the elderly, such as diabetes meals and other disease diets, diets with different textures and structures, such as soft food, semi-liquid food, liquid food, swallowing meals, etc., as well as the formulation of some tube feeding diets." Xu Mengyu He told reporters that the team is mainly responsible for nutritional assessment, making nutritional plans and providing personalized nutritional treatment and intervention.
The nutritionists at Taikang Home·Shenyuan Senior Care Community customize dietary plans according to the individual needs of the elderly.
As a nutritionist, Xu Mengyu's work includes two parts: dietary nutrition and clinical nutrition, following the "screening-evaluation-diagnosis-treatment" nutrition intervention process. A daily day also starts with screening and assessment, combining medical treatment, nursing, case studies, and catering to develop a personalized nutrition plan, and then screening for less than 60% of the food intake within two or three days, underweight, malnutrition, swallowing dysfunction, Special attention should be paid to residents with abnormal blood sugar, blood lipids and uric acid, whose weight loss is greater than 5% in one month and three months, and whose weight loss is greater than 10% in six months.
Xu Mengyu said that he will participate in the "1N" multidisciplinary family meeting according to the needs of individual cases and adjust the nutritional plan for the elderly in a timely manner. “On the one hand, if the elderly suffer from underlying diseases, such as diabetes and high blood pressure, which limit their dietary choices; on the other hand, the elderly suffering from these diseases need balanced nutritional supplements, which requires the scientific intervention of nutritionists. "
A high-quality social work team is an important indicator of the maturity of a retirement community. In Songjiang Social Welfare Institute, Gong Xiaoye, a caregiver born in the 1990s, took on the role of e-housekeeper in the "Retirement Home Internet Hospital" project to promote the use of intelligent elderly care equipment.
Initially, it was difficult to promote the “Internet Hospital for Nursing Homes” project. Many elderly people and their family members said, “Can I see a doctor accurately online?” “Is the medicine sent online legal?” “Would it be possible to pay for online medical treatment via mobile phone?” "Being cheated" and other concerns.
Gong Xiaoye took the trouble to explain the safety of the "Internet Hospital" to the elderly and their families over and over again, and helped the elderly experience the entire process of the Internet Hospital, breaking the ice of the project.
"Before the consultation, I will sort out the medical history of the elderly. During the consultation process, I will help the elderly explain their condition to the doctor, and finally deliver the medicines expressly delivered to Songjiang Social Welfare Institute to the elderly." Gong Xiaoye said that the new channel It makes the elderly feel convenient and safe, and their families feel relieved.
Through word of mouth, many elderly people and their family members who are waiting have also expressed their intention to join the Internet hospital. Today, Gong Xiaoye has helped the elderly complete more than 400 online consultations. Under this circumstance, Songjiang Social Welfare Institute added a "family doctor studio" to the hospital, forming a new 1X model of integrating medical care and nursing care with "in-house medical institutions", "Internet hospitals" and "family doctor studios".
New guarantee: powerful policies promote the construction of professional teams
At present, more and more "post-90s" and even "post-00s" have become the backbone of the elderly care industry in Songjiang District.
In order to encourage more young people to join the elderly care industry, Songjiang District has improved policy guarantees for the construction of a professional talent team. He Huihui, section chief of the Elderly Care Service Section of the Songjiang District Civil Affairs Bureau, told reporters that in response to the common problems among nursing staff such as older age, overall low wages, and low social and professional recognition, policies will be introduced to attract more young employment groups and provide support for the elderly. The service talent team is continuously empowered.
At present, there are 3,547 caregivers in Songjiang District, including 125 caregivers born in the 1990s, including 42 caregivers who hold the National Vocational Skills Certificate for Elderly Care Workers Level 5/Junior Level and above and the city’s skill level evaluation certificate. According to the "Songjiang District Elderly Care Service Facilities Construction and Service Operation Support Measures", the nursing worker certificate subsidy is for those who sign a labor contract with the elderly care service institution in the district in accordance with the law and pay social insurance premiums in the unit, "4050" personnel or labor dispatch personnel in the unit. Personnel who are engaged in specific nursing work in the district’s elderly care service institutions and hold front-line positions with junior certificates, intermediate certificates, senior certificates and above shall be paid 5% and 10% of the average monthly social salary of employees in this city in the previous year respectively. , 15% standard reward will be given.
Songjiang is also working hard to cultivate talents. He Huihui said that daily care, basic care, common disease care, etc. have become essential skills for caregivers, and nursing is becoming more and more professional. “We hold vocational skills competitions for elderly care workers, carry out empowerment training for nursing staff in elderly care service institutions, and establish district-level training bases for elderly care workers. The overall professionalism of the team.”
According to the "Shanghai Elderly Care Service Institutions' Implementation Measures for "Replacing Subsidy with Awards", the award for recruiting certified personnel includes the award for recruiting certified elderly care workers and the award for recruiting specialized personnel. Specialized personnel are those with professional qualification certificates in medical care, rehabilitation, social work, etc.
Recently, Shi Xiaochen, a medical rehabilitation doctor at Songjiang Social Welfare Institute, settled in Shanghai through the talent policy in the elderly care field. In 2017, Shi Xiaochen started working in elderly care. Over the years, he has undertaken trivial tasks such as daily ward rounds, disease diagnosis and treatment, establishment of health files, and communication with the families of the elderly residents of the hospital.
"Originally, I needed to pay social security for seven years and obtain a professional mid-level employment before I could settle in Shanghai. However, with the concern of the Songjiang District Civil Affairs Bureau and other units, I completed the settlement early," Shi Xiaochen said.
It is reported that Shanghai's "Implementation Opinions on Further Promoting the High-Quality Development of Service Talent Teams in Elderly Care Institutions" includes support in many aspects such as talent settlement, housing security, job subsidies, certification awards and subsidies, and education and training.
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