1. Capacity Building and Training in China
Du Peng
Renmin University of China
IFA 11th Globe Conference on Ageing, May 29,2012

2. Content
The changing needs
Capacity building and training

3. I. The changing needs
By the end of 2011, 185 million aged 60+,account for %; 123 million aged 65+,9.1%.

4. Population ageing,

6. Trend of older persons with ADL problem

7. Key data by 2015 220 million older persons aged 60+
15 million need daily care
6 million beds available in institutions

8. Changing living arrangements
Shrinking family size
Increasing migration from rural areas
More older persons living alone
Lacking of institutional care
Changing care tradition and lacking of relevant skills.

9. Changing government role
To provide basic public service
Social care service system: aging-in-place, community based care services, and institutional care
To purchase service instead of providing services directly by the government
Family-centered development strategy

10. Lacking of professional care givers
More than 10 million older persons need daily care.
Less than 300,000 professional care givers.
Less than 100,000 are certified care givers.
In some provinces, such as Guangdong, among 7,700 professional care givers, only 5% are certified.

11. II. Capacity building and training
Policy makers
Service providers
Researchers

12. Policy makers
National plan on establish the social service system to the older persons( )
To double the institutional beds.
To accommodate 3% older persons.
Priorities on social security, medical care, productive ageing, lifelong learning and quality of life.

13. Service providers To bridge the gap in community
To develop institutions with specialized services.
Capacity building on services management.

14. Provincial plan Beijing: 9064 plan and action
Shanghai:9073 plan and action
Different models on service providing:
Beijing: coupon for older persons 80+
Shanghai: care needs test

15. Researchers Gerontology education development
Education and training network
Curriculum and textbooks
International collaborations

16. Thanks for your attention