"Chinese New Year Grassroots" visits the happy time in the pension apartment

The nursing staff of Urumqi Kanghui Pension Apartment asked the elderly if they needed to add food. (Photo by reporter Liang Shufang)

Xinjiang Network News (reporter Liang Shufang) "What did you eat at three meals today, and did you have a good appetite?" "Did you take the medicine on time?" "Are you involved in the entertainment?" ...... How her mother, Zhu Cuiying, lived in the elderly apartment was the most concerned thing for 44-year-old Bi Haixia. Calcium tablets to eat, tea leaves to drink, new clothes to wear... On February 9, before departing from her home on Altay Road, after confirming the items again, Bi Haixia came to urumqi Kanghui Pension Apartment according to the appointment time.

On the same day, the reporter followed Bi Haixia to feel the happy time of visiting the elderly.

Visit relatives by appointment in advance

"Please provide an appointment time." "Have you been to high-risk areas recently?" ...... At 10:20, the reporter and Bi Haixia came to the entrance of the pension apartment, and the staff inquired in detail about the recent itinerary and took the temperature test code.

Inside the hall, a staff member was cleaning, holding a disinfectant watering can in her left hand and a rag in her right hand carefully wiping the armrest at the door.

Li Xiangjun, the person in charge of the pension apartment, said that there are currently 173 elderly people living in the apartment, and relatives come to visit, just make an appointment in advance. Under the premise of normalizing epidemic prevention and control measures, arrange for less than 20 elderly people to meet with relatives on the same day to avoid more outsiders entering the apartment at the same time.

Guided by the staff, we took the elevator to the third floor. Only to see some elderly people dancing with music and gymnastics, some elderly people in wheelchairs dancing with fans and safflowers in their hands to cheer up, and laughter came from time to time on the scene.

In the crowd, Bi Haixia recognized her mother at a glance and trotted all the way to her side.

"You're here again, I'm fine!" Zhu Cuiying was disgusted. "Sister, the doll is worried about you." Li Shuzhen, 93, said with a smile.

The two elderly people are roommates in the same room and have lived together for more than 5 years. "Chinese New Year's Eve, picked up my mother and went back to the New Year, after eating she shouted back to the 'cement factory', because Aunt Li did not go home, we had to send her back to the pension apartment on the first day of the New Year." Bi Haixia said.

"I think old sister, this is our home." Zhu Cuiying's "cement factory" is the location of the pension apartment, since the death of his wife, the old man proposed to come to the pension apartment. "Haixia is old and young, and her 3 sons are also quite filial. I live alone, they are not at ease, often come back to see me, I am also worried about their safety on the road. The old man chatted with the reporter about home.

In Zhu Cuiying's view, it is very convenient to eat and live here, and the children do not have to worry, they have a pension to afford, which is the best of both worlds.

Like Zhu Cuiying, Li Shuzhen also took the initiative to choose here. "In the past, the concept was to provide for the elderly at home, and our children and grandchildren went around their knees, but now we elderly people also like to form groups like young people to find fun and find circles." The old man is mentally strong, has a sensitive sense of hearing, and speaks with a full spirit.

"I've lived there for 6 years, I came on crutches, the caregivers took good care of me, and within a few months I threw away my crutches." Li Shuzhen said that there are partners here, and there are many group activities, which are better than at home.

The configuration of professional services is more intimate

Wardrobes, shoe cabinets, televisions... Walking into the old man's room, I saw that the bed was very neat and the floor was clean. The reporter saw that the bedside of each room was equipped with a call button connecting the caregiver to ensure that the elderly could receive timely treatment when they suddenly fell ill. The bathroom is equipped with handrails, railings and non-slip mats to prevent the elderly from falling.

Here, in addition to good food, regular return visits by doctors, regular exercise and other intimate services, Zhu Cuiying enjoys the most with elderly friends in the sun, pulling home cooking, reading books and reading newspapers.

During the conversation, li Yunli, a caregiver, walked in, holding warm water and pills in his hand. "It's time to take the medicine, aunts." The reporter saw that the bedside cards of the two elderly people were written on the nursing care for hypertension and coronary heart disease.

"It's good for us, just like my kids." Li Shuzhen took Li Yunli's hand and said.

"The most important thing about doing this job is responsibility." Li Yunli, who has been working in the pension apartment for 3 years, said that the treatment of the elderly must be patient and careful. "They all say old children, we have to take care of them."

At 12:50, the old people came to the canteen to eat. Just after sitting at the table with his name written on it, the nurses brought handmade noodles, and the old people ate it with relish.

"I'm going to add noodles." Guo Shijian, 92, smiled and handed the bowl, "My hometown of Xi'an likes to eat pasta. ”

"You eat together, and our meal here is delicious." Li Yunli greeted the reporter and Bi Haixia. "Today's noon is handmade cheek noodles, usually lunch and dinner are three dishes and one soup, and after the meal fruit."

Wang Yanrong, head of the social affairs and social welfare section of the Urumqi Civil Affairs Bureau, said that there are currently 39 pension institutions in Urumqi with nearly 6,000 beds. This year, we will comprehensively establish and improve the old-age service system that coordinates home-based community institutions and combines medical and health care, continuously meets the diversified and multi-level old-age service needs of the elderly, and enhances the happiness and sense of gain of the elderly.

Walking out of the canteen and passing the activity room, the reporter saw some old people walking, some old people playing chess and chatting... On the wall, it is written: the old have support, the old have dependence, the old have fun, and the old have peace.