"This is a skewer red that I made by myself, and you don't think it's good." On April 10, the 83-year-old Hu Yumei triumphantly held up her freshly made silk flowers with a smile on her face, which is a monthly "handicraft workshop" activity held by Heshengyuan Pension Apartment. Some of the 10 or so elderly people who participated in the activity cut window paper and some made silk flowers, and they were very busy, and the scene was happy and harmonious.
Before the start of the activity, the staff "cameoed" as a handicraft teacher, patiently and carefully explained the composition and basic production methods of handmade products such as window flowers, silk flowers, and silk mesh flowers for the elderly, and distributed the required materials to each elderly person, while explaining the folding, painting and cutting techniques to everyone, while demonstrating on the spot.
The scene of the event.
The old people were very interested, listened carefully, studied carefully, and moved their hands one after another. Some old people are skillful and skilled, and in a short while a beautiful window flower or a lifelike silk flower is completed; some old people have poor vision, their fingers are not flexible enough, and the completion is slower, and the staff will patiently and teach them hand in hand.
The old man carefully cut paper to make silk flowers.
With the company and help of the staff, the elderly people successfully completed their own works, watching the exquisite works born from their hands, each elderly person was full of a sense of accomplishment, everyone showed each other's works, and a happy and satisfied smile appeared on their faces.
The old man is making silk flowers "string red".
"The elderly often move their fingers, can practice the coordination of wrists and fingers, can also play a preventive role in Alzheimer's disease, and do handicrafts can relax the body and mind of the elderly, promote communication and friendship." Heshengyuan Pension Apartment staff said that in order to give full play to the imagination and creativity of the elderly, enrich the spiritual and cultural life of the elderly, and realize the enjoyment of the elderly, they organize handicraft workshop activities at least once a month, and in order to encourage them to actively practice, the staff will also frame the works of the elderly into decorations as gifts to their relatives and friends, and the works of the elderly will be displayed in a concentrated manner for the family members who come to visit the elderly to enjoy. "Although the works are not too exquisite, some are still very rough, but each work is integrated into the feelings of the elderly, and the elderly are willing to carry out such activities."
The finished silk mesh flowers made by the old people.
The finished silk flower made by the old man is "string red".
According to the staff, the materials such as silk mesh, soft steel wire, silk paper and other materials used by the elderly to make silk flowers, screen flowers, window flowers, etc. are provided to the elderly free of charge after online shopping by the staff. In addition to carrying out handicraft activities, starting from 2019, the pension apartment has also opened a lot of elderly interest groups, such as calligraphy and painting, song and dance, instrumental music, recitation, handicraft, balls, etc. Among them, the handicraft workshop is quite popular with the elderly, at present, there are more than 20 fixed "iron powder" in the handicraft workshop.
The staff taught the elderly to make silk mesh flowers hand in hand.
"In the future, we will also mobilize social workers and some family members to participate in handicraft activities, teach the elderly to make pottery, and make the old people's old age life more colorful, healthy and fulfilling." ( Changde Daily reporter: Zeng Ni )