养老机构的职能再造:基于社会养老服务体系协调发展的思考

Reengineering of Institutions for Seniors:On the Harmonious Development of Old-age Social Service System

养老机构是社会养老服务体系的重要组成部分。通过梳理相关政府文件和考察社会养老服务体系建设实践发现,长期以来对养老机构的职能作用过于强调其补充地位,以致机构在发展中存在定位不清、结构不合理、入住人员福利反向导向等问题,在社会养老体系中难以发挥应有作用。据此认为,应根据社会现代化的发展要求,清晰定位并再造机构职能,使机构养老服务在承担集中供养及照护服务的同时,对居家养老提供示范和支持,实现机构与家庭、社区的互联互通,从而促进社会养老服务体系的科学发展。

Institutional service for seniors is an important part of the social service system. By reviewing the rele- vant government documents and analyzing the development and maintenance of the institutional service, the pa- per found that in the long past too much emphasis have been put on its supplementary function, which caused such problems as unclear orientation, unreasonable structure, and a reverse direction of the residents^welfare, so it is hard for the institutions to play the proper role in the old - age social service system. The paper hence insists that the orientation be clearly set up, and reengineering of the function be based on the demand of the modern so- ciety. In this way the institutions service can not only provide care in elderly people＇s homes, but also provide references and support for family -based service, so that the institution, family and community can be intercon- nected, and scientific development of old - age social service system can be boosted.