积极应对人口老龄化战略下养老服务的均衡发展

Balanced Development of Elderly Care Services under the Strategy for Actively Responding to Population Aging

党的二十大将实现养老服务均衡发展摆在了突出位置。在以均衡治理原则助推高质量发展的格局下,老龄化国家战略再次升级了养老服务在格局、空间、模式、性质、内容五个方面的均衡关系。然而,由于多重原因,目前我国养老服务均衡发展中存在保障对象收入差异的起点非均衡、准入条件欠缺灵活的过程非均衡、运作机制维持困境的结构非均衡问题。在积极应对人口老龄化战略背景下,亟需实现养老服务的结构优化、功能提升、内容提质,并需重点关注:一是基本养老服务均衡化的基础环境已初步形成;二是科学把握城乡区域人口老龄化分布格局趋势;三是改变现有基本养老服务制度建设的基本理念;四是区域一体化是基本养老服务均衡化的重要步伐;五是坚持基本养老服务制度全国统筹的基本思路;六是建立新型的基本养老服务事权格局。

The 20th National Congress of the Party has placed great emphasis on achieving balanced development in elderly care services.Under the high-quality development pattern driven by the principle of balanced governance,the national strategy for aging has once again elevated the significance of achieving balance infive aspects:pattern,spatial distribution,mode,nature,and content of elderly care services.However,various imbalances currently exist in China's elderly care services,such as income disparities among the targeted beneficiaries,inflexible access criteria,and difficulties in maintaining operational mechanisms.In the proactive strategy to address population aging,it is imperative to achieve structural optimization,functional enhancement,and quality improvement of elderly care services,with a focus on the following key points:First,the foundational environment for the balanced development of basic elderly care services has been preliminarily established.Second,a scientific grasp of the trends in the distribution of aging populations in urban and rural areas is essential.Third,a change in the fundamental concepts of the current construction of the basic elderly care service system is necessary.Fourth,regional integration is an important step towards the balanced development of basic elderly care services.Fifth,adhering to the basic idea of national coordination in the basic elderly care service system is fundamental.Sixth,establishing a new pattern of authority for basic elderly care services is imperative.