報告顯示 我國每天上千老年人走失

More than 1,370 people aged 60 or over go missing every day in China, according to a new report.

一份最新報告稱，我國每天都有超過1370名年齡在60歲及以上的老人走失。

The White Paper on the Lost Elderly, released last Sunday, states that Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia are a major cause of such disappearances.

於上週日發佈的《老年人走失狀況白皮書》稱，阿爾茨海默症以及其他類型的癡呆症是老人走失的一個主要原因。

72% of senior citizens reported missing have trouble with their memory, while 25% have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, according to Xiong Guibin, co-author of the report, which was jointly issued by Zhongmin Social Assistance Institute and online content aggregator Toutiao.

這項由民社會救助研究院與在線內容聚合平臺今日頭條共同發佈的報告，其合著者熊貴彬介紹稱，被報走失的老年人中，72%存在記憶方面的障礙，25%被診斷出阿爾茨海默症。

What is compounding the problem in China is the large number of elderly people living alone in less-developed rural areas, whose relatives have migrated to cities to find better-paying jobs. These people are at greater risk, the report warned.

報告警告稱，目前在我國欠發達農村地區，許多老人因爲親人移居到城市尋找薪酬更好的工作而處於獨居狀態，這些老人走失的風險更大，加劇了這一問題的嚴重性。

The report calls for the establishment of a national network to record and find missing people, and recommends that aid centers arrange specialist personnel to look for missing persons.

這一調查呼籲建立一個全國性的網絡來記錄和發現失蹤人口，並建議援助中心安排專業人員尋找失蹤人口。

It also suggests that local governments in areas with large population outflows cooperate with social groups to assess the living conditions of seniors citizens left at home, and explore effective methods to prevent such citizens from going missing.

該報告還建議，大量人口外流的地區的當地政府，應與社會團體合作，以評估留守家中的老年人的生活條件，並一起探索有效的方法來防止這些人口失蹤。