Source title: Hujialou Street, Chaoyang District, set up a mobile team to come to the door to vaccinate the elderly once morest the new crown vaccine
“Grandpa, your blood pressure and blood sugar are normal. Today, we will give you a booster shot of the new crown vaccine. With the protection of the vaccine, it will be safer for us elderly people to go out.” On the followingnoon of the 4th, a 90-year-old Mr. Yan from Hujialou Street Staying at home, I enjoyed the door-to-door service of the preventive health care department and the vaccination mobile team of the No. 2 Community Health Service Center of Hujialou. On the same day, this mobile team vaccinated five elderly people over 75 years old with the new crown vaccine. The medical staff said: “In order to serve the elderly well and get the elderly vaccinated as soon as possible, we are willing to run more errands.”
The elderly have relatively low resistance and are the key population for the prevention and control of the new crown epidemic. The Beijing Youth Daily reporter learned that in order to protect the life safety and health of the elderly to the greatest extent, Chaoyang District has continuously optimized vaccination services and established a “fixed point + mobile team” vaccination work model. While Chaoyang District has set up at least one vaccination point in each street and township, 43 streets and townships have set up vaccination mobile teams. Each team is composed of community (village) cadres, medical staff and other personnel. Disabled and semi-disabled elderly people provide door-to-door vaccination services by appointment. At present, 48 fixed vaccination sites and 46 mobile vaccination teams have been set up in the district, and vaccination consultation telephones or door-to-door service appointment telephones for the elderly have been set up in streets, townships, communities, and villages, and special personnel are responsible for vaccination work. Since December 2022, a total of 1,880 doses have been vaccinated for the elderly in Chaoyang District.
Yesterday followingnoon, in the preventive health care department of the second community health service center in Hujialou, there was an endless stream of citizens who came to get vaccinated once morest the new crown vaccine, but clinician Li Xiaofeng and her colleagues were making preparations before going out. “In the followingnoon, we will vaccinate five elderly people with limited mobility. The earlier the vaccination, the earlier the protection.” Before departure, Li Xiaofeng repeatedly checked the low temperature box where the vaccine was stored, the first aid kit and the blood pressure monitor that she carried with her. Wait. “Door-to-door service is the same as on-site vaccination, and there is nothing less to prepare.”
The first person to enter the house that day was Mr. Yan who lives in the Jintaili community. At the age of 90, he had previously completed two shots of the new crown vaccine. “In the morning, I thought regarding calling the community to make an appointment for a third injection, but I didn’t expect the doctor to come to me in the followingnoon.” Mr. Yan’s son said. Before the vaccination, the medical staff of the mobile team inquired in detail regarding the old man’s physical condition and underlying diseases. According to the old man’s situation, he measured his blood sugar and blood pressure on the spot. The attentive doctor also checked the old man’s commonly used medicines. After all indicators were normal and the family members signed the informed consent form, the old man was vaccinated with a booster shot of the new crown vaccine.
According to Liu Ziyan, the person in charge of the vaccine class in Hujialou Street, there are 11 communities in Hujialou Street, and there are more than 14,200 elderly people over 60 years old. The vaccination rate of the first dose of the new crown vaccine for the above-mentioned elderly people has reached more than 80%. Vaccination mobile teams travel to 11 communities every day to provide door-to-door services to elderly people in need. “If the elderly really need to get vaccinated at home, they can make an appointment through three channels. Family members go to the vaccination site to make an appointment; make an appointment directly through the community where they live; make an appointment through their ownfamilyDoctor’s appointment. “Liu Ziyan said that following receiving the request for an appointment, the community doctor will first inquire regarding the physical condition of the elderly, and then give feedback to the street following the assessment. , generally not more than 1 day.
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Huairou District “tailor-made” vaccination services for the elderly
In order to dispel the worries of the elderly who “can’t go out for vaccination” and “dare not go out for vaccination”, Huairou District has further optimized vaccination services, and each town and street has established a door-to-door vaccination team composed of community (village) cadres and medical staff to enter the village (community) , Home to provide vaccination services for the elderly. Some villages and towns also “tailor-made” vaccination services according to the different needs of the elderly.
A reporter from Beiqing Daily learned that Huairou Town combines the monitoring and investigation of key populations with the vaccination of the elderly. While the family medical team conducts home diagnosis and treatment and evaluates the health status of key populations, it also conducts vaccination promotion for the elderly who meet the vaccination requirements. The elderly who agree to be vaccinated are vaccinated in time, forming a service model of “medical delivery + vaccination” at the same time. Qiaozi Town’s village-entry and door-to-door vaccination services are “tailor-made” according to the different needs of the elderly. For the elderly who are mobile and unwilling to enter the household, the vaccination is carried out at the temporary vaccination site of the village committee. For the disabled and semi-disabled elderly who receive household vaccination , The team entered the house to carry out evaluation and vaccination.
In the vaccination of the elderly, the 20 door-to-door vaccination teams established in Huairou District have played an important role. Medical staff go to the village to go to the house, and arrange for the disabled and semi-disabled elderly to be assessed and vaccinated by medical staff, so as to solve the travel problems of the villagers who cannot find a place for vaccination and have inconvenient legs and feet, so as to ensure that they can receive all the services they need. Since December 2022, the vaccination team has provided door-to-door vaccination services for 2,103 elderly people over the age of 60, accounting for 74.55% of the total vaccinations for the elderly.
