Social portrait of employed elderly people in Nam Tu Liem District, Hanoi City - 24


For the State

In the context of international integration, inclusive growth and sustainable development, the social policy system for the elderly needs to continue to be supplemented and improved in the direction of maximizing the position, role and great potential of the elderly with jobs, contributing to promoting economic growth and sustainable social development. Integrating social policies for the elderly in the development and implementation of other related policies and laws. It is necessary to change the mindset of " the elderly need to rest " to the mindset of " the elderly need to promote their capacity ", considering the elderly as a resource with important contributions to the socio-economic development of the country in the context of population aging that is taking place strongly as it is today.

At the same time, it is necessary to continue to implement measures to commend typical elderly people in maintaining a cultural family life, elderly people who have made positive contributions to the development of the movement of polite and proper behavior in the family, at the same time creating opportunities and encouraging the elderly to fully participate in community and social activities to expand the social relationships of the elderly, promote and make good use of life capital, experience as well as noble values ​​in the elderly. Strengthen the operational capacity of the system of organizations of the Elderly Association from the central, provincial, district, commune and village levels that have been formed in mobilizing the participation of the elderly in community activities.

At the same time, it is necessary to continue to support, facilitate and strengthen the role of political and social organizations for the elderly in order to promote the advantages of these organizations in attracting employed elderly people to participate in activities to protect personal rights and interests, community support activities, local cultural, social and spiritual activities, and at the same time, it is necessary to carry out propaganda activities more frequently, mobilizing employed elderly people to participate in social organizations in order to promote their advantages in developing cultural, social and spiritual life in a positive direction, as well as continue to focus on implementing measures to commend districts, communes and wards that do a good job in social work with the elderly.

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Research and develop policies to meet the employment needs of the elderly based on amending and supplementing the Law on Employment, the Law on the Elderly and related laws for the elderly who are still able to work, especially for the 60-70 age group, to resolve the imbalance between labor supply and demand, minimize the difference and conflict between the


Social portrait of employed elderly people in Nam Tu Liem District, Hanoi City - 24

generation.

Research and develop policies to support consulting, training, and create conditions for elderly workers to have the opportunity to change careers suitable for their age and develop vocational skills (secondary jobs) to prepare for career change when they reach the legal working age. Develop economic activities suitable for the elderly, especially household-level business and service activities suitable for female elderly.

It is necessary to develop and perfect a specific labor market development strategy with preferential treatment for the elderly to attract this social labor force to work without reducing job positions for young people, and at the same time, it is necessary to continue to establish and perfect the mechanism to promote the development of the formal labor market to gradually attract the elderly labor force from the informal sector. As well as continue to study and synchronously implement policies to promote economic development with social policies for the elderly to ensure employment and improve income for this population group.

It is necessary to flexibly implement many forms of exercise, encourage the elderly to continue working when their health still allows, and promote and explain to help the elderly understand that this gives them the opportunity to continue to communicate with society, continue to feel the meaning of life, make reasonable use of life, avoid dependence and create a burden for their children/grandchildren, and at the same time eliminate the risk of facing a lonely life and depression in old age.

The study aims to universalize social allowances/social pensions for the elderly to ensure that everyone aged 60 and over receives at least one type of allowance, while studying the implementation of social policies for the elderly in special circumstances to reduce the pressure of finding a job due to work motivation due to economic difficulties. Researching a roadmap to reduce the age of receiving social allowances for the elderly from the current age of 80 to 75 and then to 65.

For the government of Nam Tu Liem District, Hanoi city

Seriously and periodically carry out propaganda work on the viewpoints, guidelines and policies of the Party and State related to the elderly to raise awareness,


The responsibility of society and households in caring for and promoting the capacity of the elderly, at the same time continuing to implement propaganda measures, setting examples of exemplary elderly people in labor, production, and participation in social activities, thereby raising the level of respect society has for them.

Create conditions for the elderly with jobs to continue to contribute, impart knowledge of culture, society, science and technology, and professional skills to the younger generation, encourage and motivate them to take on exemplary leading roles and become the core of local social movements. Organize activities to receive opinions, aspirations, and recommendations of the elderly with jobs with public agencies and organizations, encourage and support them to participate in implementing community development initiatives.

It is necessary to continue researching and building a lifestyle and a culturally appropriate behavioral environment for the employed elderly in the family, in public places and regularly organizing cultural, social, spiritual, physical, sports, entertainment and recreational activities suitable for them, as well as supporting the employed elderly to actively participate in cultural and sports activities to improve their mental health, while supporting and strengthening the connection between the employed elderly and the community and society.

Continue to implement measures to support local economic development, attract and encourage the establishment of many new production and business establishments, prioritize support for households to expand economic activities to create suitable jobs for the elderly. Fully implement measures to support production and business development, support production means, technology transfer, product consumption, preferential loans from the Social Policy Bank to develop production for the elderly according to policies and laws.

For households in Nam Tu Liem District, Hanoi City

Encourage the elderly to have jobs, visit friends, relatives, neighbors, and actively participate in social activities to maintain a happy and healthy spiritual life.

It is necessary to respect the way of thinking, working, lifestyle and living habits of the employed elderly by putting yourself in their position to consider, think and act.

It is necessary to continue to support the need for the elderly to participate in the labor market, considering it one of the solid foundations to help them have an active, sociable, and healthy life in old age.


For the elderly who have jobs in Nam Tu Liem District, Hanoi City, actively participate in maintaining a cultural family lifestyle, in social activities, as well as in creating and promoting a useful and joyful atmosphere.

friendly, sociable with other family members and in the community.

Continue to participate in the TTLĐ while still capable of working to continue contributing to social development, while at the same time imparting and enhancing the spirit of enthusiasm for work to the next generations./.


LIST OF AUTHOR'S SCIENTIFIC WORKS RELATED TO THE THESIS

1. Nguyen Trung Hai (2019), “ Identify challenges in the family life of the elderly people through research in Nam Tu Liem District – Hanoi”, Proceedings of the international scientific conference on Social work in Vietnam – Theoretical and practical issues, Ho Chi Minh City National University Publishing House , pp. 358 - 363.

2. Nguyen Trung Hai (2019), “The need to participate in the labor market of the elderly in Nam Tu Liem District - Hanoi from the perspective of work motivation theory”, Journal of Education (special issue), pp. 105 - 109.

3. Nguyen Trung Hai and Nguyen Thi Vinh Ha (2019), “Orientation of social policy to promote elderly resources to contribute to socio-economic development”, Journal of State Management (286), pp. 47 – 50.


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