Spring Festival is a festival of reunion for thousands of families, but every year there is such a group of people, who stick to ordinary posts and show the strength of every guardianship with actions.
The guardianship of elderly care workers: being needed is also a kind of happiness
Changing diapers, feeding, talking to the elderly... Yang Yuchan, 26, a senior caregiver at the First Loving Care Home in Xi'an's Lianhu District, carefully repeats these tasks every day during the Spring Festival holidays.
At 7 o'clock in the morning of February 6, Yang Yuchan sharply tied the bib to the old man, picked up the rice bowl, gently called the old man, and fed a spoonful of food into the old man's population, although the old man almost did not speak, but the long-term relationship has long been very tacit understanding, the old man a look, she can guess the intention.
"My family and many friends have asked me why I chose the 'dirty work' of elderly care workers, but I have experienced the feeling of being needed and I can't bear to let go." Yang Yuchan, a native of Yan'an who joined the nursing profession after graduating from medical school, said when asked why she didn't work as a nurse.
Xi'an Lianhu District First Love Nursing Home is a comprehensive medical and nursing care institution integrating medical treatment, pension, rehabilitation, chronic disease management and palliative care, mainly providing services for long-term bedridden patients, semi-disabled, disabled and dementia. Elderly care workers are generally middle-aged people in their forties and fifties, and there are very few young people like Yang Yuchan.
When she first started caring for the elderly, Yang Yuchan was also busy, and she also had psychological barriers in the face of such dirty work as end-of-shit and urine. "Although I was mentally prepared for such a scene, I still had a great impact after experiencing it myself." In the face of work challenges, Yang Yuchan kept learning, asking for advice from her predecessors, and her work became more and more handy.
"At present, I am responsible for the care of 4 elderly people, of which 3 are disabled elderly people, 1 is a semi-disabled elderly person, according to the different physical conditions of the elderly, there is a lot of work to be done, and some also require professional skills." Yang Yuchan said that as a result, many elderly people cannot take good care of their families after returning home, and can only stay in nursing homes.
Yang Yuchan introduced that although some of the elderly suffer from Alzheimer's disease, the joyful Spring Festival and exquisite blessing characters on the door of the room also seem to arouse the memories of the elderly, plus the family members have called video calls, the mental state of the elderly is obviously better, and some elderly people whose consciousness has occasionally returned to normal have also sent New Year blessings, which also makes everyone very moved.
"Old age is an important part of life, and it also requires a decent life, a response to needs, a value that is reflected, and equal respect and love." In Yang Yuchan's view, people will eventually have an old age, as a pension care worker not only need enthusiasm, patience, and care, but also master a certain psychological comfort, humanistic care and communication skills, not to mention that it is very fulfilling to be with the grandparents here, and it is also a kind of happiness to be needed.
The protection of community workers: to ensure that residents have a safe and peaceful Spring Festival
The Spring Festival is the expectation of returning home and the reunion of relatives and friends. But for community workers, the community is the first line of defense for epidemic prevention and control, and the Spring Festival means busyness, responsibility and dedication. During this year's Spring Festival, workers in the Labor Yifang community in Lianhu District, Xi'an City, stuck to their community epidemic prevention and control work posts, sacrificing their small homes and taking care of everyone, just to ensure that the residents of the jurisdiction had a safe and peaceful Spring Festival.
On February 5, the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, at 8:00 a.m., at the north gate of the Labor One Fang community, community worker Zhao Yu came to the epidemic prevention and control post at the door on time and began a new day of busyness.
"Hello, where did you come from?" Please scan the health code, itinerary code, and then temperature measurement and registration... "For each resident who enters the community, Zhao Yu must carefully check the information of the other party, for the residents who visit relatives and friends from outside, she will pay special attention to the other party's itinerary code, and do a good job of registration and filing, and dare not have a sloppy touch.
At 10:00 a.m., when Mr. Li, a resident, returned to the community with a courier after going out, Zhao Yu immediately picked up the alcohol spraying can and killed the outer packaging bag of the package. "You wear red armbands to this station, we have a lot of solid hearts, thank you for the New Year, hard work!" Mr. Lee said.
At eleven o'clock in the morning, another colleague came to change the guard, and Zhao Yu began to inspect the shops along the street in the community. In a tea show shop, Zhao Yu reminded the operator that it is necessary to scan the code and measure the temperature of each guest, especially not to forget to scan the itinerary code, and then she also checked the disinfection record book in the store. At a snack shop, Zhao Yu instructed the boss to let diners try not to eat as much as possible if they could take it. And remind diners who are eating quickly, do not make noise during the period. At the door of the pharmacy, in addition to reminding the staff to strictly scan the code, measure the temperature, and do a good job of filing and registration of special drugs, Zhao Yu also told the other party that if you encounter difficult problems, you can ask the community for help.
After inspecting more than 30 business shops along the street, Zhao Yu began to turn to the inspection of the courtyard of the community. "There are 46 courtyards in the community, with 3,773 households, so safety during the festival is also crucial." Zhao Yu said that the biggest hidden danger during the New Year is the fire, she should check whether the vehicles in the community are parked in a regular manner, whether there are residents who pull wires to charge electric vehicles privately, whether there are residents who illegally set off fireworks and firecrackers, whether the fire fighting equipment is complete, etc. For some elderly people in the community, she also has to take the initiative to remind the elderly to cook and boil water, remember to turn off natural gas in time.
After more than 3 hours of inspection work, Zhao Yu returned to the epidemic prevention and control post at the entrance of the community, replaced his colleagues, and then continued to stand guard. "Choosing community work means being busy and dedicated to serving the residents." Zhao Yu said.
Volunteer protection: Guarding the home of Xi'an for seriously ill children
On February 6, volunteer Zhao Menghu was busy in the "Heart Feather Love Home" located in West Avenue, Lianhu District, Xi'an City.
This Spring Festival, as usual, he served the children and parents living in the home, understood everyone's needs, allocated materials, and ensured the normal operation of the home. "We don't close for the Spring Festival here, and we guard the home of Xi'an for seriously ill children." Zhao Menghu said.
Zhao Menghu, 36 years old from Weinan City, has been doing public welfare with chang Xiangyang, a caring person, since college, to help rescue children with serious diseases. When Chang Xiangyang set out to establish a loving home, he actively joined.
In September 2017, the "Xinyu Love Home" was founded, and now it has helped 600 families across the country to solve life problems such as food and accommodation in the process of medical treatment in Xi'an, of which more than 400 children have recovered and returned to their hometowns.
For more than 4 years, Zhao Menghu has been running in his homeland, bringing hope to the families of seriously ill children who have come to Xi'an to seek medical treatment. "Families who come to their homes for help are more difficult, and their children are suffering from leukemia, tumors and other diseases, which require high treatment costs, and many parents are in despair." Here, everyone warms up to each other, encourages each other, and tides over the difficulties together. Zhao Menghu said that during the Spring Festival this year, he was on duty in his homeland as in previous years.
"We don't lack a festive atmosphere here, and the daily meal time is the most lively and cheerful time in the homeland, parents prepare meals, children laugh and chat, and enjoy it." Zhao Menghu said that the homeland is like a big family, and everyone welcomes the New Year like a family. I hope that these families of seriously ill children who are going out and are in trouble can spend a warm, loving, happy and peaceful Spring Festival in Xi'an.
"The home brings strength and hope to the families of seriously ill children, although the area is not large, but it is clean enough and very warm, it can accommodate up to 12 families, the kitchen, the bathroom are readily available, and a reading area is set up for the children, and a lot of toys are prepared." The smooth operation of the home is inseparable from the loving dedication of volunteers like Zhao Menghu, and I am very grateful to many volunteers for their support of the homeland. Chang Xiangyang said.
On weekdays, in addition to being on duty at home, Zhao Menghu also led the parent volunteers of the children to the nearest Bailuwan community in Beiyuanmen Street to provide volunteer services such as caring for the widows and the elderly, environmental cleaning, etc., so that the parents of the children could better integrate into the city of Xi'an. (Reporter Li Huiru)