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1 Key issues and technology in Long Term Care System for the Elderly Jianan Li, MD Honorary President of Zhongshan College Dean, College of Rehab Medicine, Nanjing Medical University President of International Society of Physical and Rehab Med

2 Background Zhongshan Long Term Care System for the Elderly Five in-one Model Technology and Human Resources

3 Background Zhongshan Long Term Care System for the Elderly Five in-one Model Technology and Human Resources

4 Background of the Zhongshan Long Term Care System for the Elderly

5 The increasing needs of the ageing society in China Support of Chinese government policies Zhongshan Long Term Care System for the Elderly

6 Growth of Ageing Population in China, Number of old people aged over 60 (In ten Ratio of old people over 60 years thousand) Source: Ministry of Health, Chinese Center of Value Index

7 Projected Increase in Chinese Ageing Population in 2040 Population aged 65 years and over constitutes more than 20% of the total Population aged 80 years and over stands at 74 million Source: Chinese Center of Value Index

8 Market Demands for Medical Rehabilitation of Patients with Chronic Diseases & Trends 260 million people with chronic disease Mortality Rate: 85% Burden of Disease: 70% Source: Work plan for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control in China (from 2012 to 2015), Chinese Center of Value Index

9 Prevalence of Chronic Diseases in China 290 million 270 million 200 million Cardiaccerebral Vascular Disease Hypertension 90 million Diabetes Obesity & overweight Source: Report on Cardiovascular Disease in China (2013), Statistics in 2011 by IDF (International Diabetes Federation), 2013 AHA/ACC/TOS Guideline for the Management of Overweight and Obesity in Adults, Chinese Center of Value Index

10 Government strategy and policies The State Council's Several Opinions on Accelerating the Development of Pension Services ([2013] No. 35) - Promoting the integration of health care and pension services - Improving the health care mechanism - An enormous potential market (amounting to 8,000 billion) The State Council s Several Opinions on Promoting Health Services Development (No. 40, 2013) - Encouraging private capital investment - Emphasizing rehabilitation and nursing as the key parts of health care services Notice on Accelerating the Construction of Health and Pension Services (No. 2091, 2014, NDRC) - Enhancing comprehensive and sustainable health and pension services - Strengthening the construction of health system

11 Background Zhongshan Long Term Care System for the Elderly Five in-one Model Technology and Human Resources

12 Five in-one Construction of the Zhongshan Long Term Care System for the Elderly Community service center College of Allied Health and Rehab Nursing Home Elderly Home Rehabilitation Hospital

13 Zhongshan Long Term Care System for the Elderly The elderly home: 1,500 unites Rehab Hospital: 450 beds Skilled Nursing Home: 300 beds Zhongshan College: 10,000 students Community Service: cover 1 million local residents

14 Full service Scope for the elderly Government support Qualified medical service Rehab Hospital Multi-source investment Happy independent life Home for the Elderly Long term Elderly Care System Skilled Nursing Home Respected dependent life Seamless Community service Community Service Center College Professional training

15 Background Zhongshan Long Term Care System for the Elderly Five in-one Model Technology and Human Resources

16 Home for the Elderly Construction size: 150,000m2 Technical Features: One-stop Elderly Services Intelligent Ageing Technology Energy-saving and Environment-friendly Construction Humanized Design

17 One-stop Elderly Services Accessibility Happy living Environment Medical Care Nursing Care Barrier Free Physical and Social Environment Independent Health conditions Dependent Full coverage of health conditions Healthy Living Functioning Nursing Home Full coverage of life span Quality Living Recovery Hospice

18 IOT-based Intelligent Ageing System: monitoring and guidance system based on the technology of Internet of Things

19 Green energy design Geothermal pumps Capillary radiation cooling and heating Substitution ventilation External sunlight shielding Intelligent joint control Central vacuum cleaning Wall drainage system

20 Appearance of the Elderly Home

21 Indoor ring-shaped route facilitating wheelchair access

22 Model Houses of the Elderly Home

23 Zhongshan Rehabilitation Hospital 450 beds, cooperated with Jiangsu Province Hospital Strong medical rehab and comprehensive medicine Strong expert team Advanced equipment, facilities and management

24 Appearance of the Rehabilitation Hospital

25 Advanced Rehabilitation Equipment

26 Skilled Nursing Home To serve for the dependent elderly To provide comprehensive nursing care To assure respected life to the end

27 Community Services Center

28 Zhongshan College of Allied Health and Rehabilitation Diploma courses Postgraduate course cooperated with Nanjing Medical University Certificate training courses

29 Zhongshan College of Allied Health and Rehabilitation Diploma courses Elderly service and management Rehabilitation therapists Rehabilitation nurses Rehabilitation engineering Community rehabilitation Environmental engineering for the elderly Information technology for the elderly service Economics for the elderly services Fine art and design for the elderly services

30 Zhongshan College of Allied Health and Rehabilitation Postgraduate course cooperated with Nanjing Medical University Master course for Physical therapy Master course for occupational therapy

31 Zhongshan College of Allied Health and Rehabilitation Certificate training courses Management for the elderly service Rehabilitation care givers training Community service for the elderly Rehabilitation nursing Assistive devices

32 Training Programs on Rehabilitation

33 International Training Programs on Elderly Care Services

34 Sunset is glory Sunset is brilliant Sunset Stakeholders is a life of the Zhongshan Long Term Care Sunset creates hope System for tomorrow for the Elderly Government Education Investors Five-in- One Production Hospital Research

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