The aging trend is becoming increasingly obvious, and the elderly’s demand for long-term care continues to rise. This is not only a severe test for the social welfare system, but also breeds new employment opportunities and has become a focus of much attention.

Current research shows that welfare needs are mainly related to three main areas: life, health and spirituality.

When it comes to the daily life of the elderly, eating is a basic need. According to statistics from many places, many elderly people have special dietary needs, such as specific requirements for the softness and hardness of food.

In the field of health, many examples show that the elderly have high needs for the management of chronic diseases, but there are relatively few existing services.

In terms of spiritual aspects, such as psychological cognition, there is also a lack of sufficient service attention.

These many demands reflect that current care needs are not yet fully met.

Whether at home or in an institution, elderly people generally encounter the problem that their needs are not fully met.

The vast majority of services are still focused on healthy and young elderly people.

According to some institutional surveys, service design only remains at the level of healthy elderly groups.

Middle-aged and elderly people with limited mobility are the main service targets. However, existing services do not fully meet their needs.

The service projects are not comprehensive enough and the professional capabilities of the personnel team need to be improved. These problems exist in many aspects.

The city's community elderly service facilities have acceptable facilities, but they lack a professional service team and the types of services they can provide are extremely limited.

Long-term care of the elderly is not the responsibility of a specific group of people; in fact, many people may be involved in the process.

From the perspective of those in need of employment, we are able to push boundaries and recruit different types of people into the long-term care service team.

Some cities have begun training unemployed people and are also considering recruiting relevant people from social groups to devote themselves to long-term care for the elderly.

Some communities try to gather residents who are idle at home, and after brief training, provide basic daily care services to the surrounding elderly people.

Our country is committed to building a long-term care system for the elderly, such as establishing an insurance system. This provides policy support for long-term care services for the elderly and strengthens safeguards.

In many places, finance is gradually tilted toward long-term care for the elderly.

Some provinces have specifically increased financial support for nursing homes in their latest budget reports. Such measures will help improve the hardware conditions of nursing homes.

Welfare pluralism advocates that the government is not the only provider of welfare, and the providers of social welfare can be diversified.

In terms of long-term care for the elderly, this not only improves efficiency but also enriches the types of services.

In terms of implementation methods, the government can take the lead in introducing non-governmental forces.

Some local governments have joined hands with private capital to build large-scale nursing homes, effectively solving the housing and care problems of many elderly people.

Private forces should increase the development of long-term care service projects for the elderly.

On the one hand, in many elderly service institutions, the way of caring for the elderly is often relatively single; for example, most institutions mainly focus on the daily care of the elderly.

In addition, it is necessary to provide corresponding care services according to the actual needs of the elderly. To this end, private institutions should be promoted to participate in this field.

The establishment of specialized palliative care facilities can help supplement the shortcomings in the field of end-of-life care.

There are various indications that long-term care for the elderly will definitely provide more employment opportunities for society.

The long-term care system for the elderly is still in the process of development and there are many potential jobs.

The increased participation of private forces will create a large number of jobs in fields such as health management of the elderly and community care.

Community care is becoming increasingly popular, with a care center offering a range of positions from basic services to management.

So are you optimistic that long-term care for the elderly will create more job opportunities in the future?