Consulting and providing knowledge on health care for the elderly

On the morning of June 13, the Provincial Department of Population and Family Planning coordinated with the Vinh City Population and Development Committee to organize the program "Consulting and providing knowledge on health care for the elderly" in 2022.

Performance by the Elderly Association of Hung Dung Ward at the media program. Photo: My Ha

This is an annual activity that the Provincial Department of Population and Family Planning has implemented for many years and is part of the Provincial People's Committee's Plan to implement the Program "Health Care for the Elderly in the period 2021 - 2030". This year, the program will be implemented in Vinh, Con Cuong, and Yen Thanh cities with the participation of more than 1,000 members of the Elderly Association.

The purpose of the program is to advise and provide knowledge about health care for the elderly, helping the elderly to recognize their health status and treatment methods; the program also distributes and provides free medicine to some subjects.

Performance by the Elderly Association of Hung Dung Ward at the media program. Photo: My Ha

In addition, through the implementation of consulting activities to contribute to raising the understanding of leaders and people about the policies and laws of the Party and State related to the elderly; the role and contribution of the elderly in all aspects of life; the responsibility of individuals, families and society in improving physical and mental health to contribute to promoting the role of the elderly in the community and improving the quality of life of the elderly.

At the program, Dr. Nguyen Ba Tan - Head of the Provincial Department of Population and Family Planning and representatives of the Department of Communication and Population shared a lot of information on issues of consulting on health care for the elderly such as: Nutrition, reasonable exercise for the elderly, instructions on maintaining health hygiene for the elderly, common diseases in the elderly and how to prevent them.

Ms. Tran Thi Huong - Deputy Head of Communication and Population Department shared about the issue of population aging. Photo: My Ha

One of the important issues discussed in the program is the issue of population aging. According to statistics, Vietnam is a country with a rapidly aging population and the number of elderly people has increased in recent years. Population aging has an increasingly strong impact on socio-economic development in our country in both the short and long term, affecting the structure of the labor force and economic growth and development.

If the population aging rate continues to increase rapidly as it is now, in just a few decades, the elderly in our country will face difficulties in finding housing, increasing pressure on the healthcare system and pension system.

Meanwhile, currently, the number of elderly people in Vietnam without pensions is large and social security policies have only supported and met part of the basic needs of a group of elderly people such as the lonely elderly, homeless elderly, people over 85 years old...

Distributing and providing medicine to the elderly in Vinh city. Photo: My Ha

Currently, the average life expectancy of Nghe An people is 72.9 years old and the population is also aging rapidly. In recent years, the elderly have made many contributions to society, but a part of the elderly in rural areas still have to depend on their children, do not have pensions and that requires solutions to adapt to the aging population and help the elderly have enough conditions for health care, improve their spiritual life and other welfare issues./.