决策者｜中国之道 ：“积极”“健康”方为老龄之道

联合国人口基金驻华代表处代表康嘉婷博士（ Dr. Justine Coulson）在接受CGTN采访时表示，她初到北京在朝阳公园跑步时，看到数百名老年人在做运动、跳舞或遛狗。这让她非常震惊，因为她在世界上其他任何地方都没见到过类似的场景。她指出，虽然老年人是需要关怀的群体，但他们本身更是家庭、社区、社会的活跃成员。她认为，中国人口老龄化实际上是近几十年来中国社会经济发展成功的积极结果。在为不断增长的老年人口创造适宜的条件方面，中国也行动得足够快。但同时，也需要认识到机构护理并不是老年人的唯一选择。她认为，还需要更具创新性的护理模式，让老年人保持一定程度的独立性，并按照自己的意愿留在社区中。

Representative in China Dr. Justine Coulson said in an interview with CGTN that when she first came to Beijing and went for a run in Chaoyang Park, she was astounded by the hundreds of elderly people who were doing exercise, dancing or walking their dogs. Dr. Coulson said that elderly people are not just people who need to benefit from care, but they are in their own right active members of communities, societies and families. She believes China's aging population is a positive outcome of successful socioeconomic development, and it needs to be celebrated. China is moving quickly in terms of creating future capacity for its aging population, but there is a need to recognize that institutionalized care is not the only care option that they need, she said. A more innovative care model is needed that could allow elderly people to retain some level of independence and remain in the communities as they wish, she added.

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