At the national conference to disseminate and implement 4 new resolutions of the Politburo, including Resolution 59 on international integration; Resolution 70 on ensuring national energy security; Resolution 71 on breakthroughs in education and training development and Resolution 72 on breakthroughs in strengthening the protection and care of people's health organized by the Politburo and the Secretariat on September 16, General Secretary To Lam mentioned the need for nursing homes to care for the elderly, welcome them in the morning and take them home in the afternoon.
General Secretary To Lam said he really hopes to have models of health care centers, "antiseptic" for the elderly in their 70s and 80s when their children go to school and work: "The nursing center takes care of the elderly like students, welcomes them in the morning and takes them home in the afternoon. Coming here, they get to meet old friends and colleagues to confide, sports, study music, culture, and arts very well".
In fact, big cities like Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi have many nursing homes.
According to Lao Dong reporters, nursing homes in Hanoi have tens to hundreds of elderly people working there.
Mr. Cuong - director of a care center for the elderly in Hanoi - said that the center is always in a state of "overload", even with dozens of families in the "waiting room". The cost of nursing care at this center is about 7.5 million VND/month.
"Every day, they eat on time, have moderate activities, have friends to exercise and chat with, gradually get better off, and are happy. Depending on their health condition, the elderly are supported by nurses in their daily activities, from eating, personal hygiene to massage, and therapy.
Many elderly people are also visited by their children and grandchildren every day. People who are lonely and have no relatives pay their own pensions, and their pensions are only... 3.5 million VND. We are still happy," Mr. Cuong shared.
The General Statistics Office predicts that by 2038, the number of elderly people in Vietnam will reach about 21 million people, accounting for 20% of the country's population.
From there, the model of a day care center for the elderly becomes a solution to help the elderly who are still in good health be cared for and cared for when their children are busy going to school and work.
Not staying full-time as a nursing home, the elderly will return home in the evening and on the two weekends, still having time to be close to their children and grandchildren.
At a nursing center in the suburbs of Hanoi, many elderly people register in the form of morning and evening. Ms. Minh - a nurse at the center said that the elderly are taken by their children and grandchildren in the morning, have breakfast - lunch and a snack here, and return home in the evening.
Elderly people can make friends, participate in recreational activities to feel less lonely when staying home alone all day.
Ms. Ngoc Anh shared that her family registered her nearly 80-year-old mother to work in a nursing home. At first, she and her family had many concerns, but after her mother lived in a nursing home, the family felt more secure.
Because at a nursing home, she has someone to talk to, not to be alone. When she is left alone at home, if there is a health risk such as falling, sudden stroke... the children will not be able to be there to handle it in time.
According to many families, they also lack the skills to take care of relatives such as nurses in nursing homes or nursing homes. Taking parents to a nursing home or semi-residential facility will have a highly qualified nurse to serve better. The cost at many private nursing homes currently ranges from 20 million VND to 30 million VND/month with many services for the elderly.
