"Hey, hello, are you Mrs. Xie's son? Wait a minute, we will come to your house and give your mother a free health check-up......" The family doctor said to the disabled elderly Mrs. Xie's son on the phone. During the May Day holiday, the Health Center of Youzhen Town, Shadi Town, Ganxian District, combined with the national basic public health services, actively carried out the "Health Knocking and Warm Heart Service Action" for the disabled elderly.
Door-to-door service by the health service team of Youzhen Health Center, Shadi Town (photo by Gong Qinghua)
The health service team of Youzhen Health Center in Shadi Town is doing an electrocardiogram for the disabled elderly (photo by Gong Qinghua)
85-year-old Xie Damiang of Xishan Village, Shadi Town, has been bedridden for nearly a year due to hypertension and sequelae of cerebral infarction. "Auntie, during this time, if you are uncomfortable, you can tell us. "Auntie, lie down, we will give you a health check-up now." At Mrs. Xie's house, the "Knock on the Door" service team measured her blood pressure, blood sugar, heart rate, did a series of health examinations such as electrocardiogram, B-ultrasound and psychological care, and carefully inquired about her daily life, diet and medication, recorded her condition in detail, and popularized the rehabilitation and nursing precautions for the sequelae of cerebral infarction to Mrs. Xie's family.
The "knock on the door" carried out the "four ones" free health services for the disabled elderly in the jurisdiction, namely: carrying out a door-to-door health management, providing a set of door-to-door health services, opening a health consultation hotline, and helping to solve a facility for the elderly.
Nantang Town Central Health Center held a training course for health service teams (photo by Wang Guiqing)
The health service team of Nantang Town Central Health Center is checking blood sugar for the disabled elderly (photo by Wang Guiqing)
In order to further accurately connect and meet the health service needs of the disabled elderly in the jurisdiction, and focus on the "urgent, difficult, and longing" problems of the elderly in the field of health and health, since the beginning of this year, Ganxian District has formulated the "Implementation Plan for Carrying out the "Health Knocking and Warm Heart Service Action" for the Disabled Elderly" and a list of service items. The "Knock on the Door" door-to-door health management includes health status assessment, physical examination, TCM constitution identification and health care guidance, etc., and the establishment of a file for the disabled elderly who are moderately dependent on their self-care ability and unable to take care of themselves. Door-to-door health services include nutrition and rehabilitation nursing guidance, integration of medical care and elderly care, psychological comfort, oral health, medical referral suggestions, emergency assistance and other health services. The health consultation hotline is a family doctor who regularly takes the initiative to contact the disabled elderly or their guardians through telephone, WeChat groups, and the issuance of warm-hearted service contact cards, etc., to understand the health status and health service needs of the disabled elderly, push targeted health information free of charge, and answer the health consultation raised by the disabled elderly or their guardians in a timely manner. So far, the inspection team of the District Health Commission has carried out patrol supervision and guidance to 24 township health centers, held a total of 25 training courses for health service teams, carried out door-knocking and warm-hearted services for 1,653 people, and issued 1,210 warm-hearted service contact cards and 5,620 sets of health education leaflets.
The health service team of Hanfang Town Central Health Center is doing a health assessment for the disabled elderly (photo by Wang Yan)
The inspection team of the District Health Commission conducted supervision and guidance in Wuyun Town Health Center (photo by Xie Baolan)
Through the "Knock on the Door" operation, the family doctor team can have zero contact with the disabled elderly, understand their physical condition in real time, and facilitate the assessment of their condition. The person in charge said that in the "fine" deployment, "strong" security, "wide" publicity, "quasi" object, "excellent" service and other five aspects of comprehensive efforts, disability assessment, health services and guidance, health examination and traditional Chinese medicine identification, etc., for the assessment of the disabled elderly to set up a card, provide free door-to-door health services, continue to improve the sense of security, happiness and gain of the disabled elderly, so that more residents can enjoy high-quality, efficient and convenient medical services at home. (Correspondents: Zhong Zhaolin, Xiao Duosheng)