The staff of Yaogou Township went to the house to understand the living conditions of the elderly
Volunteers regularly help the elderly living in the Mutual Aid Happiness Home to get haircuts and baths
Old people sit around and eat together
With the increasing proportion of the elderly in rural areas who stay behind, live alone, and empty nests, the family-based intergenerational pension model is gradually disintegrating and replacing it with mutual pension. In recent years, the Mutual Aid and Happiness House in Yaogou Village, Qingshuihe County has been recognized by the villagers. In the eyes of the elderly, after all, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, living in a mutual aid and happiness home, not leaving the village, not only live happily for themselves, but also reassure their children.
Never leave the village, the Mutual Aid and Happiness Home was recognized
Lighting the walls and adding security equipment for the village's Mutual Aid and Happiness House is a heart-warming thing recently done in Yaogou Village, Yaogou Township, Qingshuihe County. When it was time to eat, Uncle Zhang picked some green peppers and cucumbers from the vegetable field in front of the house, Aunt Li took some eggs, and the master started a fire to cook...... This is the daily life of the Yaogou Village Mutual Aid and Happiness Home.
69-year-old Aunt Li Guoli has been moving in since the opening of the Yaogou Village Mutual Aid and Happiness House in 2017, and it has been 6 years since then. Whenever someone asks how she lives in the Mutual Aid Happiness Home, Aunt Li will become an enthusiastic "commentator", and tell the story of every grass and tree, every house and every scene in the Mutual Aid and Happiness Home: "The township government has paid attention to our Mutual Aid and Happiness Home, and has expanded a row of new houses for us, painted the walls, changed the furniture, and provided wheelchairs and hearing aids." I'm afraid that we usually stay bored, so we also built an activity room, and we don't have to go far for haircuts, baths, and physical examinations, and doctors from the village clinic come to provide door-to-door service. ”
However, 6 years ago, Aunt Li just heard that the village had built a mutual aid and happiness home, but she did not agree when she could move in, and the old man's idea was: "The golden nest and the silver nest are not as good as my small broken nest." It wasn't until one night, when Aunt Li, who suddenly fell ill, didn't even have the strength to pick up her mobile phone to call her children who were working far away from home, that she had the idea of living in a mutual aid and happiness home.
"The days at the Mutual Aid Happiness House are truly happy! Eat well, live well, and more importantly, so many familiar elderly people in the same village live together and take care of each other, and their children can work with peace of mind. From any point of view, it is much better than the days when I ate and lived alone and sat under the wall to bask in the sun! On the first day of staying, Aunt Li completely changed her original view of the Mutual Aid and Happiness Home.
Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors Mutual Aid Happiness House is very popular
In the interview, the reporter learned that the Yaogou Village Mutual Aid and Happiness House covers a total area of 600 square meters, and a total of 18 households have been built in the first phase, each with an area of more than 32 square meters, equipped with a kitchen and a separate toilet, 24-hour central heating in winter, and an electric ondol, which is fully equipped, warm and convenient. The happy life in the Mutual Aid Happiness Home has been passed on by word of mouth, and more and more elderly people who are not with their children are applying to the village to move in. In order to meet the application needs of more elderly people, not long ago, Yaogou Village continued to renovate and expand a total of 12 houses in the second phase, with activity rooms, medical rooms, and baths.
"We are all the same age, we have a common language, we usually watch a movie and play chess together. Every morning, I have to go to the square to move my old arms and legs. "The rich and colorful cultural life makes Zhang Zhu, a septuagenarian who lives here, feel a sense of belonging.
The Mutual Aid and Happiness House regularly holds Yangko performances, and in the cultural activity room, you can play chess, poker, rehearsals, and musical instruments...... The elderly care model of the Mutual Aid and Happiness Home has not changed much in the living environment and social circle of the elderly. Although he left home, he did not leave the village, which is more in line with the pension psychology and pension needs of the elderly.
At present, there are 21 elderly people living in 16 households in Yaogou Village Mutual Aid and Happiness Home. As the saying goes, "Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors." "The elderly take care of each other in a familiar environment and live together, and everyone feels the care and warmth of family." Lao Zhang has good eyes and ingenuity, so she almost contracted all the needlework in the Mutual Aid Happiness House, and when her clothes were torn and the buttons were off, Lao Zhang could always help repair them. There are also the youngest elderly people in our Mutual Aid and Happiness Home, who grow some fruits and vegetables in the yard in their spare time, and cook for us from time to time to change the taste. The most commended, the diligent Wang Shufen, washing clothes, cleaning, never talking about hardship, not shouting tired......" In the face of the reporter's interview, the old people of the Mutual Aid Happiness Home praised each other.
Here, the old people are more like a family, each doing their best, working hard for their common happy life, and truly realizing that the old have a place to live, the old have support, the old have dependence, and the old have fun.
Mutual assistance for the elderly, so that the elderly in rural areas can enjoy their old age
In recent years, Yaogou Township, Qingshuihe County, has actively responded to the increasingly serious situation of rural aging, insisted on solving the problem of elderly care living alone as a major event, and actively explored sustainable pension and elderly assistance in line with the principle of allowing the elderly who really need to obtain happier and high-quality life in old age. Accommodation is free of charge, and water and electricity bills are charged according to the price of water and electricity for rural residents. The government will also provide certain subsidies to five-guarantee households and low-income households.
In recent years, the Mutual Aid and Happiness Home has also successively built a new service canteen, barber room and activity room for the elderly, which basically meet the living needs of residents. This year, there are plans to build a new public bathhouse and renovate the existing facilities.
"By concentrating the left-behind elderly in mutual aid and happiness homes, their children can work and do business outside the country with peace of mind, promote urban expansion and industrial development, and help promote economic and social development. In the next step, the Yaogou Village Mutual Aid and Happiness Home will give full play to its resource advantages, radiate the service radius from the whole village to the surrounding villages, and actively provide day care services for the elderly, meal assistance, visits and other home-based services. At the same time, we will continue to strive to improve the level of service for the elderly, pay attention to every detail of the elderly's life, and strive to solve the 'small things around the elderly', so as to provide them with more warm and considerate services. Let the 'sunset' become more gorgeous, exuding a warm and warm light. Qiao Jianbin, Secretary of the Party Committee of Yaogou Township, said.
Text/Picture Hohhot Evening News reporter Anna