Time bank mutual aid pension model

The "Time Bank" mutual-aid elderly care model is based on the idea of ??"saving time at the younger age and exchanging services at the older age", encouraging and guiding volunteers to provide elderly care services for the elderly, and record and store service time according to certain rules. A voluntary mutual-aid elderly care model in which the elderly can withdraw time and redeem services when needed. ?

The advocate of time bank is American Edgar Kahn. In 1980, at the age of 46, Kahn experienced a massive myocardial infarction. This experience gave him a new understanding of life and changed the direction of his life. The so-called time bank means that volunteers deposit the time they participate in public welfare services into the time bank, and when they encounter difficulties, they can withdraw the time they served.

1. Operation method

The operation method of the time bank is very simple: the district invests in hiring one person to be responsible for daily management and coordination tasks. Anyone who is willing to add time bank only needs to register and save their time in the time bank. When they need help, they can contact the time bank and the bank administrator will arrange the contact and use the time stored by other customers to help solve their own problems. Temporary difficulties.

2. Purpose

The purpose of time bank is to use paid time in exchange for help from others, and the bank is a bridge for the circulation of time. Customers who voluntarily join the time bank use their time to exchange services with other members when needed, which not only solves temporary difficulties, but also connects each other emotionally and overcomes the shortcomings of people in modern society who do not communicate with each other.