USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
    China
    Home / China / Society

    Aging population sparks dementia concerns

    By Chen Mengwei | China Daily | Updated: 2017-03-08 07:35

    Aging population sparks dementia concerns

    China Daily

    Online alert

    The Toutiao Alert for Missing People, mainly used for locating missing seniors, has been incorporated into the company's signature app, which claims to have access to 78 million active users.

    The tool pushes notifications about information related to a missing person, including photos, name, age and notable details, to every user within a set radius as soon as the alert team verifies a request for assistance. In certain rare cases, the alert can reach every user in a city.

    Zhao Tian, Toutiao's senior vice-president, said it doesn't matter how advanced the technology is, it will never truly make an impact on its own because it is reliant on the real masters of technology-humans-to realize its full potential.

    Last month, Toutiao established a volunteers' alliance dedicated to searching for missing people.

    The online platform joined with groups of security guards, taxi drivers, couriers, street cleaners and semi-professionals, such as Su's squad.

    Celebrities, such as actresses Gao Yuanyuan and Yao Chen, also added their voices to calls for greater public awareness of the problem.

    Zeng Hua, the leader of the alliance, said the team has helped to find more than 1,000 missing seniors since the Toutiao alert came online last year.

    Big data

    Using technology that harnesses modern developments such as big data, location sharing, push notifications and people's growing reliance on smartphones, the team can rapidly conduct and complete searches that once took hundreds or even thousands of manpower hours.

    It has witnessed a surge in its success rate, and a growing number of people, including the police, social workers, volunteers and families are now placing their trust in the service.

    Dang Junwu, deputy director of the China Research Center on Aging, said the problem of dementia can only be resolved through expert intervention:

    "Everybody wants to be a good son and daughter and treat their aged parents well, but mental issues cannot be solved with money, only by professional involvement."

    Last year, 15.3 percent of senior citizens believed they required care, more than double the number in 2000, while 98 percent lived at home and relied on their families to look after them, according to the All-China Women's Federation.

    Zhang Kaiti, vice-chairman of the China Silver Industry Association, an NGO run by academics, businesspeople and former government officials in the elderly-care business, called on the government to provide basic care services for senior citizens with dementia.

    "In the past, the authorities failed to pay enough attention to this group. Given the resources it possesses, the government should offer more help to those in urgent need."

    Contact the writer at chenmengwei@chinadaily.com.cn

     

    Previous Page 1 2 Next Page

    Editor's picks
    Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
    License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

    Registration Number: 130349
    FOLLOW US
     
    在线观看中文字幕码| 精品无码人妻一区二区三区不卡| 狠狠噜天天噜日日噜无码| 婷婷中文娱乐网开心| 国产精品无码久久久久| 精品久久久无码人妻中文字幕| 毛片一区二区三区无码| 日韩免费人妻AV无码专区蜜桃| 一本一道色欲综合网中文字幕| 中文字幕在线观看有码| 精品无人区无码乱码毛片国产 | 日韩精品无码免费视频| 无码人妻久久一区二区三区 | 中文字幕无码播放免费| 亚洲自偷自偷偷色无码中文| 成人无码视频97免费| 无码少妇一区二区三区浪潮AV| 日本无码WWW在线视频观看| 最好看2019高清中文字幕| 中文在线天堂网WWW| 精品无码一级毛片免费视频观看| 国产成人午夜无码电影在线观看| 国产成人无码精品久久久免费| 最近最新中文字幕视频| 国内精品久久久久久中文字幕| 中文无码成人免费视频在线观看| 亚洲AV无码一区二区一二区 | 亚洲.欧美.中文字幕在线观看| 国产网红主播无码精品| 国产自无码视频在线观看| 国产日韩精品中文字无码| AAA级久久久精品无码片| 丰满岳乱妇在线观看中字无码| 国产精品无码午夜福利| 激情无码人妻又粗又大中国人| 乱色精品无码一区二区国产盗| 免费精品无码AV片在线观看| 人妻无码第一区二区三区| 久久精品亚洲中文字幕无码麻豆| 国产成人亚洲综合无码精品| 天堂AV无码AV一区二区三区|