What is the significance of amending the Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly?

The revision of the Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly has further improved the legal system for providing for the aged, which is a new milestone in the development history of China's aging cause. The virtue of respecting, supporting and helping the elderly of the Chinese nation, enhancing the sense of responsibility of the whole society, improving various conditions for safeguarding the rights and interests of the elderly, and realizing the old people's sense of security, medical care, health care, learning and happiness will certainly play a great role in promoting and safeguarding.

with the acceleration of social aging, the protection of the rights and interests of the elderly has become the focus of social attention. Altay region attaches great importance to the implementation of the Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly, and has established a comprehensive leadership mechanism with government-led, coordination of working institutions for the elderly, cooperation of relevant departments and extensive participation of all sectors of society.

I. Basic information

Altay has jurisdiction over six counties, one city, 38 townships, 17 towns, 3 sub-district offices and 3 state-owned farms. There are the 1th Agricultural Division of the Corps and its 1 regiments, autonomous regional units and troops stationed in Afghanistan. According to the statistics of the cause of aging in 215, the total population of the whole region at the end of the year was 668, (including Corps), including 74,2 elderly people over 6 years old, accounting for 11.11% of the total population. The county (city) has a total population of 67,, including 64,6 elderly people over 6 years old, accounting for 1.64% of the total population; There are 43,5 elderly people over 65 years old, accounting for 67.34% of the elderly population; 5632 elderly people over 8 years old; There are 26 people over 1 years old.

according to the prevailing international standards (the proportion of people over 6 years old in a country or region exceeds 1% or the proportion of people over 65 years old in the total population reaches 7%), Altay region has entered an aging society.

The growth rate of the elderly population in the whole region is higher than that of the total population, and the population is aging at a faster pace, with empty nesters, "four seniors" and retirees increasing year by year.

ii. main methods and effects of implementing "one law and one regulation"

in recent years, prefectural and administrative offices have attached great importance to the study and publicity of "one law and one regulation", actively organized and implemented it, and made certain achievements in safeguarding the rights and interests of the elderly according to law, which has promoted the development of the cause of aging in the whole region.

first, the party Committee and government attach importance to it, and the regional aging work shows a good development trend. Prefectural committees and administrative offices attach great importance to the work of aging as an important part of solving people's livelihood problems. Combining with the actual situation in the region, they have strengthened investigation and research, successively issued a series of policies and measures to protect the rights and interests of the elderly, and successively formulated the "Twelfth Five-Year Development Plan" for the cause of aging in the region and the "Implementation Opinions on Further Accelerating the Construction of Social Pension Service System", which promoted the development of the cause of aging in the region. Give full play to the role of the Regional Working Committee on Ageing. After continuous adjustment and enrichment, the number of member units has increased from the initial 23 to the current 34, basically covering all the old departments involved in the region.

In p>215, according to the needs of the aging work situation, the Implementation Opinions on Further Strengthening Grassroots Aging Work was formulated, and the Work Responsibilities of Member Units of Altay Working Committee on Ageing was revised again, further clarifying the work tasks of each member unit, and gradually forming a large-scale aging work pattern with strong horizontal coordination and timely vertical guidance. Focusing on the construction of a four-level network system of aging work at prefecture, county, township and village (neighborhood) committees, we will comprehensively sort out the aging organizations in the whole region, focusing on solving the problems of imperfect aging organizations, weak role, weakness and laxity.

actively find ways to gradually implement the treatment of grassroots aged cadres and mobilize their work enthusiasm. At present, there are 8 aging institutions in prefectures and counties, 58 township streets, and 54 township streets with aging committees, accounting for 93.1%; There are 557 villages and neighborhood committees, and 362 villages and neighborhood committees have established leading groups for aging work, accounting for 65%; There are 366 associations for the elderly, an increase of 74 over the previous year, with 12,2 members. A network of organizations for the elderly at the prefecture, county, township and village (residential) levels has basically been formed, and its comprehensive coordination function has been well exerted.

second, the policy provisions have been implemented, and the social security system for the elderly has been basically established. Focusing on providing the elderly with a sense of security and medical care, we will gradually establish an old-age security mechanism that meets the requirements of the socialist market economic system to ensure the basic needs of the elderly in life and medical care. After years of exploration, a relatively perfect old-age insurance system has been established with basic old-age insurance, basic medical insurance, social relief, social welfare and social mutual assistance as the main contents.

the coverage rate of basic old-age insurance for employees of urban enterprises in the region is 1%, and the participation rate of new-type old-age insurance is over 8%, and the basic pension for workers over 6 years old in cities and towns has been implemented. The elderly whose actual income is lower than the minimum living security line in the region will be included in the minimum living security range, and the medical security policies for retirees and the relief and assistance systems for the elderly in rural areas will be fully implemented. The medical assistance policies and measures in the whole region have been put in place, and the amount of assistance has been greatly improved, effectively solving the problems of the elderly who are difficult to see a doctor.

The living allowance and free medical examination system for the elderly over 8 years old have been improved, which has benefited the elderly of all ethnic groups in general. Party committees and governments in counties (cities) also attach great importance to the work of aging. Jimunai County allocated funds from the county finance to express condolences to veteran cadres, poor old people and "four old people". Qing he issued the "gold for the elderly" payment regulations, and all elderly people over 75 years old can receive the basic living allowance of 5 yuan every month, which is 5 years lower than the regulations of the autonomous region. In 215, Fuyun County raised the living allowance for centenarians again, raising the 3 yuan per person per month to 5 yuan per person per month, and included the allowance in the fiscal budget, which effectively benefited the elderly.

third, increase financial investment, and accelerate the pace of infrastructure construction and service for the elderly. With the government leading, the family as the mainstay and the society as the supplement, a new service system for the aged has been initially established, which is based on "home-based care for the aged, supported by community services and supplemented by institutional care for the aged". The region specially issued the "Implementation Opinions on Further Accelerating the Construction of Social Old-age Service System" to promote the construction of old-age service facilities, explore the establishment of a long-term care security system for the elderly, and improve the policy and service network of combining medical care with nursing care.

support counties and cities to establish and improve systems such as government purchasing pension services, subsidies for the aged and disabled elderly, and liability insurance for pension institutions. While continuously consolidating the basic position of family support for the aged, we should strengthen the high-level construction of community services for the aged < P >. At present, a total of 32,313 elderly people in the region have signed a "family support agreement" with their children; Village-level activities of "caring for the elderly" are widely carried out, and various forms of assistance mechanisms including spiritual comfort are established; The community has set up a "day care station for the elderly" to gradually standardize family pension. On the basis of the old-age care institutions such as urban nursing homes and social welfare homes, Fuhai County has established the Yinling Home Care Day Care Center and the Beilei Social Work Service Station of Huancheng West Road Community in Fuhai Town to form a volunteer team to actively develop home care for the elderly. At the same time, explore the establishment of rural "mutual support for the elderly" model.

adopting the method of "appropriate subsidies from the county finance, idle facilities provided by the village collectives and bearing the daily expenses such as water, electricity and heating, and children bearing the expenses such as clothing, food and medical care", and according to the principle of applying for occupancy, the elderly living alone in the pilot village who have reached the age of 6 and can take care of themselves will be arranged in a "happy home" for the elderly. This model not only effectively solves the problem of unattended elderly living alone, but also conforms to the traditional characteristics of home-based care for the elderly, which is very popular among the elderly and their children. Since 213, Fuhai County has established rural mutual happiness homes in 14 villages in 3 townships, 2 towns, with a total investment of 1.4 million yuan, of which 9 village happiness homes have been put into use.

Habahe county has actively expanded the socialized service of home-based care for the aged, established the door-to-door service system of community service agencies for the elderly, and designed service cases according to the different needs of each elderly person. The service agencies provide door-to-door service and configure combined service packages for the elderly, and 21 caregivers purchase services from the government, providing 1-2 hours of free nursing services for the needy and widowed elderly people in the community, which is welcomed by the elderly. ?

fourth, judicial protection and legal services have been strengthened, and the legitimate rights and interests of the elderly have been effectively safeguarded. Adhere to the law and strengthen the institutionalization, standardization and standardization of aging work.

We will conscientiously implement the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly and the Regulations of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on the Protection of the Legal Rights and Interests of the Elderly, carry out in-depth publicity and education activities on the legal system, and constantly improve the people's awareness of the rule of law and create a strong publicity atmosphere for the rule of law by hanging banners, setting up publicity spots to answer public inquiries on the spot, and distributing publicity materials. Integrate legal service resources, improve the network of rights protection, broaden the channels of legal aid, give full play to the role of grassroots legal service workers and legal service stations, and provide legal services for the elderly on the spot.

At present, the district and county offices for the aged have set up workstations for protecting the rights of the elderly, and legal aid workstations in 6 judicial offices in townships (towns, streets), basically forming a basic framework of "three-level network system" for legal aid work, which has laid a solid organizational guarantee for the effective development of legal aid work for the elderly. The regional judicial departments take the initiative to carry out legal aid and legal consultation activities, and provide on-site services for the elderly who are inconvenient to move and meet the conditions for assistance; The courts at the prefecture and county levels have set up "geriatric courts", and the four-priority system of "priority in filing a case, priority in trial, priority in execution and priority in return visit" has been implemented for the elderly, effectively safeguarding their legitimate rights and interests.

actively implement the opinions of 24 departments, including the national office for aging, on further strengthening preferential treatment for the elderly, and strengthen preferential treatment for the elderly. Strengthen the work of reporting letters and visits by the elderly, handle letters and visits from the elderly in a timely manner, and coordinate relevant departments to accept cases that infringe on the legitimate rights and interests of the elderly.

Fifth, it is to practice the socialist core values, and the propaganda atmosphere of respecting the elderly is increasingly strong. In accordance with the cultivation and practice of socialist core values, we will further strengthen the propaganda work on aging and strengthen the construction of a new filial piety culture. Give full play to the role of the mainstream media, vigorously publicize the personal advanced deeds of "filial piety and respect for the elderly" that have emerged in various counties and cities in recent years, and shoot propaganda films on aging work, creating a social atmosphere of respecting, loving, respecting and helping the elderly.

Three sessions of "Civilization for the Elderly" were launched, and a number of units for respecting and loving the elderly were cultivated, selected and created, which expanded the social influence of "Civilization for the Elderly". Increase the publicity of the newly promulgated Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly and other laws and regulations, and create a sense of respecting the elderly and safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of the elderly in the whole society. The use of micro-movies, SMS and WeChat platforms to distribute publicity information on respecting the elderly, publicize the typical example of "filial piety and respect for the elderly", and issue proposals on filial piety and respect for the elderly, which has improved the enthusiasm of all sectors of society for caring for the elderly. Habahe County actively carried out the "Double Hundred" selection activities for 1 filial sons and daughters-in-law, and the county formed a good atmosphere of respecting and loving the elderly.

VI. Develop education, culture and sports for the elderly, and enrich their spiritual and cultural life. Taking the education for the elderly and scientific and healthy cultural and sports activities as the breakthrough point, we have established universities and village (community) schools for the elderly at the prefecture, county (city) level, often organized scientific, healthy and diverse cultural and sports activities for the elderly, and held two "Golden Mountain Summer" elderly culture and art festivals and the first elderly fitness conference, enriching the spiritual and cultural life of the elderly.

At present, there are more than 3 cultural and sports organizations in the whole region, and more than 7, elderly people participate in various activities. The activities of "Summer in Jinshan" and "Hundred Days Culture" Square have become an important stage for the elderly in the region to show their spiritual outlook. The cultural and sports departments have made great efforts to strengthen the construction of facilities for the elderly, improve the organization network of sports associations for the elderly, and extensively carry out physical fitness activities suitable for the characteristics of the elderly, so that more than 7% of the elderly people often participate in physical fitness activities, and effectively play an exemplary role in enriching the spiritual and cultural life of the elderly.

further strengthen the construction of grassroots associations for the elderly, give full play to the advantages and specialties of the elderly, encourage and support the elderly to participate in economic and social development, engage in activities such as caring for and educating the next generation, imparting scientific and cultural knowledge, conducting consulting services, participating in social welfare undertakings and community building, and create a social environment of "being active in old age".