In recent years, Wucheng County has continuously improved the level of home and community elderly care services, improved the elderly care service system, committed to building the "Wuai Sunset" elderly care service brand, and built a number of community (village) "happy canteens" for the elderly.
On May 13, the Happy Canteen of Zhangnan Community in Guangyun Street was officially inaugurated. Guided by the needs of the elderly, the happy canteen adopts the mode of "catering enterprise + canteen for the elderly", as well as the mode of "catering enterprise makes a little profit + individual takes a little less".
"Seniors over 60 years old can enjoy more discounts when they enter the store, and they can also drink porridge for free. Our ingredients are clean dishes that are collectively distributed by the central kitchen, so everyone can eat with peace of mind and rest assured in our place. Liu Fang, general manager of Wan Gengtian Catering Management Company, said.
The canteen offers a variety of vegetarian dishes, pasta dishes and soup porridge, and the elderly can choose to eat in the store or take them away.
"The food is very good, the food here is very good, the taste is very positive, it is more suitable for the taste of the people, this environment is hygienic, clean, very good." Old man Xu Cunhai said.
Since the beginning of this year, the Wucheng County Civil Affairs Bureau has taken a hot meal for the elderly as the goal, and has adopted a variety of models such as pension institutions + happy canteens, resident dining enterprises + happy canteens, and happy canteens led by branches to carry out meal assistance services for the elderly.
"Through the financial support structure of part of government support, part of social donations, part of collective contributions, part of enterprise concessions, and part of the elderly self-funding, we provide services for the elderly in the jurisdiction." Wang Qishuai, chief of the pension service section of the Civil Affairs Bureau, introduced.
Up to now, the county has built 9 canteens for the elderly, through the happy canteen, effectively solve the dining needs of the elderly, and continuously improve the happiness index of the elderly.