The Ministry of Construction proposed that the Government set up centresto take care of lonely old people in 10 provinces and cities.
About 1.15 per cent of Vietnam 's elderly, or 100,000 people,are unable to take care of themselves, according to the ministry.However, only 3,500 live in social centres.
Minister of Construction Trinh Dinh Dung said that there were notenough such centres to house the entire nation's old people. While thereare more than 400 nationwide, only 180 take care of the elderly; theothers house disabled people and orphans.
Moreover, Dung added, these centres look after old people's livingconditions but do not pay enough attention to their spiritual lives andmental health.
Under the proposal,each province and city will set up one centre that can take care ofabout 50 old people. The centres will be built under state, non-state orcommunity models.
State centres,funded by the state budget, care for old people who contributed to theresistance wars or are poor and cannot take care of themselves.
Non-state centres enjoy priority policies related to land, capitaland taxes but look after old people who can pay for check-up andtreatment services.
Community-based centres are supported by external organisations and individuals.
Each centre will cost about 12 billion VND (571,400 USD) to build,which will come from a combination of local budget and funds for socialservices and includes 10 billion VND (476,190 USD) for construction and 2billion VND (95,200 USD) for equipment.
The centres will be piloted in the northern provinces of Cao Bang andTuyen Quang, the central provinces of Thanh Hoa and Nghe An and thesouthern provinces of Tra Vinh and Dong Thap.
They are expected to open by July 2015.
Meanwhile, associate professor Luong Ngoc Khue, director of theMinistry of Health (MoH)'s Medical Service Administration, suggestedsetting up specialised geriatrics hospitals or geriatrics wards withinestablished hospitals.
According to aplan approved by MoH, National Geriatrics Hospital 2 with 500 sick bedswill be built in 2015 and two geriatrics hospitals will be built in HoChi Minh City and the central city of Da Nang .
Khue also suggested daytime hospitals, which would provide servicesduring the day so patients could go home in the evening.
Doctors and medical workers should be trained to specialise ingeriatrics, he said, and supporting services at home for the elderly,including cleaning, cooking, physical therapy and health consultancy,should be improved.
Professor NguyenCong Khan, director of MoH's Science, Technology and TrainingDepartment, added that a steering committee for geriatric health carewould be set up by MoH and the National Assembly's Social AffairsCommittee by the beginning of next year.
By the end of next year, the committee expects to build an overall plan for taking care of the elderly./.
Hanoi , December 2 (VNA) – The Ministry of Construction proposedthat the Government set up centres to take care of lonely old people in10 provinces and cities.
About 1.15per cent of Vietnam 's elderly, or 100,000 people, are unable to takecare of themselves, according to the ministry. However, only 3,500 livein social centres.
Minister ofConstruction Trinh Dinh Dung said that there were not enough suchcentres to house the entire nation's old people. While there are morethan 400 nationwide, only 180 take care of the elderly; the others housedisabled people and orphans.
Moreover, Dung added, these centres look after old people's livingconditions but do not pay enough attention to their spiritual lives andmental health.
Under the proposal,each province and city will set up one centre that can take care ofabout 50 old people. The centres will be built under state, non-state orcommunity models.
State centres,funded by the state budget, care for old people who contributed to theresistance wars or are poor and cannot take care of themselves.
Non-state centres enjoy priority policies related to land, capitaland taxes but look after old people who can pay for check-up andtreatment services.
Community-based centres are supported by external organisations and individuals.
Each centre will cost about 12 billion VND (571,400 USD) to build,which will come from a combination of local budget and funds for socialservices and includes 10 billion VND (476,190 USD) for construction and 2billion VND (95,200 USD) for equipment.
The centres will be piloted in the northern provinces of Cao Bang andTuyen Quang, the central provinces of Thanh Hoa and Nghe An and thesouthern provinces of Tra Vinh and Dong Thap.
They are expected to open by July 2015.
Meanwhile, associate professor Luong Ngoc Khue, director of theMinistry of Health (MoH)'s Medical Service Administration, suggestedsetting up specialised geriatrics hospitals or geriatrics wards withinestablished hospitals.
According to aplan approved by MoH, National Geriatrics Hospital 2 with 500 sick bedswill be built in 2015 and two geriatrics hospitals will be built in HoChi Minh City and the central city of Da Nang .
Khue also suggested daytime hospitals, which would provide servicesduring the day so patients could go home in the evening.
Doctors and medical workers should be trained to specialise ingeriatrics, he said, and supporting services at home for the elderly,including cleaning, cooking, physical therapy and health consultancy,should be improved.
Professor NguyenCong Khan, director of MoH's Science, Technology and TrainingDepartment, added that a steering committee for geriatric health carewould be set up by MoH and the National Assembly's Social AffairsCommittee by the beginning of next year.
By the end of next year, the committee expects to build an overall plan for taking care of the elderly.-VNA
About 1.15 per cent of Vietnam 's elderly, or 100,000 people,are unable to take care of themselves, according to the ministry.However, only 3,500 live in social centres.
Minister of Construction Trinh Dinh Dung said that there were notenough such centres to house the entire nation's old people. While thereare more than 400 nationwide, only 180 take care of the elderly; theothers house disabled people and orphans.
Moreover, Dung added, these centres look after old people's livingconditions but do not pay enough attention to their spiritual lives andmental health.
Under the proposal,each province and city will set up one centre that can take care ofabout 50 old people. The centres will be built under state, non-state orcommunity models.
State centres,funded by the state budget, care for old people who contributed to theresistance wars or are poor and cannot take care of themselves.
Non-state centres enjoy priority policies related to land, capitaland taxes but look after old people who can pay for check-up andtreatment services.
Community-based centres are supported by external organisations and individuals.
Each centre will cost about 12 billion VND (571,400 USD) to build,which will come from a combination of local budget and funds for socialservices and includes 10 billion VND (476,190 USD) for construction and 2billion VND (95,200 USD) for equipment.
The centres will be piloted in the northern provinces of Cao Bang andTuyen Quang, the central provinces of Thanh Hoa and Nghe An and thesouthern provinces of Tra Vinh and Dong Thap.
They are expected to open by July 2015.
Meanwhile, associate professor Luong Ngoc Khue, director of theMinistry of Health (MoH)'s Medical Service Administration, suggestedsetting up specialised geriatrics hospitals or geriatrics wards withinestablished hospitals.
According to aplan approved by MoH, National Geriatrics Hospital 2 with 500 sick bedswill be built in 2015 and two geriatrics hospitals will be built in HoChi Minh City and the central city of Da Nang .
Khue also suggested daytime hospitals, which would provide servicesduring the day so patients could go home in the evening.
Doctors and medical workers should be trained to specialise ingeriatrics, he said, and supporting services at home for the elderly,including cleaning, cooking, physical therapy and health consultancy,should be improved.
Professor NguyenCong Khan, director of MoH's Science, Technology and TrainingDepartment, added that a steering committee for geriatric health carewould be set up by MoH and the National Assembly's Social AffairsCommittee by the beginning of next year.
By the end of next year, the committee expects to build an overall plan for taking care of the elderly./.
Hanoi , December 2 (VNA) – The Ministry of Construction proposedthat the Government set up centres to take care of lonely old people in10 provinces and cities.
About 1.15per cent of Vietnam 's elderly, or 100,000 people, are unable to takecare of themselves, according to the ministry. However, only 3,500 livein social centres.
Minister ofConstruction Trinh Dinh Dung said that there were not enough suchcentres to house the entire nation's old people. While there are morethan 400 nationwide, only 180 take care of the elderly; the others housedisabled people and orphans.
Moreover, Dung added, these centres look after old people's livingconditions but do not pay enough attention to their spiritual lives andmental health.
Under the proposal,each province and city will set up one centre that can take care ofabout 50 old people. The centres will be built under state, non-state orcommunity models.
State centres,funded by the state budget, care for old people who contributed to theresistance wars or are poor and cannot take care of themselves.
Non-state centres enjoy priority policies related to land, capitaland taxes but look after old people who can pay for check-up andtreatment services.
Community-based centres are supported by external organisations and individuals.
Each centre will cost about 12 billion VND (571,400 USD) to build,which will come from a combination of local budget and funds for socialservices and includes 10 billion VND (476,190 USD) for construction and 2billion VND (95,200 USD) for equipment.
The centres will be piloted in the northern provinces of Cao Bang andTuyen Quang, the central provinces of Thanh Hoa and Nghe An and thesouthern provinces of Tra Vinh and Dong Thap.
They are expected to open by July 2015.
Meanwhile, associate professor Luong Ngoc Khue, director of theMinistry of Health (MoH)'s Medical Service Administration, suggestedsetting up specialised geriatrics hospitals or geriatrics wards withinestablished hospitals.
According to aplan approved by MoH, National Geriatrics Hospital 2 with 500 sick bedswill be built in 2015 and two geriatrics hospitals will be built in HoChi Minh City and the central city of Da Nang .
Khue also suggested daytime hospitals, which would provide servicesduring the day so patients could go home in the evening.
Doctors and medical workers should be trained to specialise ingeriatrics, he said, and supporting services at home for the elderly,including cleaning, cooking, physical therapy and health consultancy,should be improved.
Professor NguyenCong Khan, director of MoH's Science, Technology and TrainingDepartment, added that a steering committee for geriatric health carewould be set up by MoH and the National Assembly's Social AffairsCommittee by the beginning of next year.
By the end of next year, the committee expects to build an overall plan for taking care of the elderly.-VNA
