Home is everyone's most nostalgic warm harbor, when you are old and frail, if you don't have to leave home to get professional and high-quality elderly care, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds? In Fangsong Street, Songjiang District, such a beautiful vision is shining into reality, and on the occasion of the Chung Yeung Festival, Fangsong Street has become one of the first pilot towns in Shanghai for "home care beds".
The "Home Care Bed" project is operated by the professional team of Fangsong Street Nursing Home, which includes a variety of flexible care methods, extends professional elderly care to elderly families, and provides personalized and professional home care for the elderly who are handicapped or in need of long-term care, effectively reducing the care burden of family members.
24-hour door-to-door care
Retirement with peace of mind without leaving home
"Old man, curl up your legs and give you a massage, it's more comfortable......" At Wu Nianming's house in Zidong Xinyuan Community, the caregiver Chu Mingzhong was massaging the elderly.
84-year-old Wu Nianming and 83-year-old Zhu Damei are a pure old family, although both elderly people have underlying diseases, but compared to nursing in a nursing home, the old couple prefer to support each other in home care. However, last month, Wu Nianming accidentally fell and upset the balance. "After my wife fell, her body was not as good as before, and she needed help to stand and walk, and I really couldn't take care of it." Zhu Damei said frankly.
In fact, for elderly people like Wu Nianming who choose to care at home but are in special need of care, the "home care beds" in Fangsong Street provide practical solutions, especially for those who have been bedridden for a long time and have serious loss of physical function.
After applying, Zhu Damei and her wife received 8,000 yuan per month for institutional long-term care services. Today, caregiver Chu Mingzhong's bed is placed next to Wu Nianming's bed, providing 24-hour intensive care services. "From three meals a day to daily life, the old man has diabetes, and his blood pressure and blood sugar must be monitored every day to ensure that he takes his medication on time. Every day, I will push a wheelchair to take the elderly to the community square. Chu Mingzhong shared the details of his care.
Li Xiaoxia, director of Fangsong Street Nursing Home, told reporters that the project provides round-the-clock professional care, and the service is handled by a multidisciplinary team, including caregivers, nurses, rehabilitation therapists, psychological counselors and nutritionists, to ensure that the elderly can receive safe and comfortable care in a familiar home environment. "The service covers life care, clinical nursing, rehabilitation training, psychological counseling and other aspects." Li Xiaoxia said. In addition, the nursing home has also launched a "special care package" service specially designed for the elderly with limited mobility and need round-the-clock care, and the caregivers are stationed at the homes of the elderly 24 hours a day, 6 days a week, to provide uninterrupted care and life support for the elderly.
Personalized timekeeping
Flexibly accompany the elderly in their daily life
At 11 o'clock in the morning on a Wednesday, the smell of food wafted from Chen Jiwen's house in Tianle Community. "Steamed sea bass, braised eggplant and cabbage carrots, less oily and softly cooked, very much to our taste." Chen Jiwen kept praising the delicious meal, but it was not his or his family's craft. It turns out that in addition to round-the-clock care services, "Home Care Beds" has also launched a variety of personalized services in the form of "time packages" to help the elderly at home solve specific needs in their daily lives.
"Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, we enjoy the meals for the elderly in the community canteen, and on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, we make an appointment for the one-hour timed package service of Fangsong Nursing Home, and the caregivers will help us buy food, cook, and clean up by the way." Chen Jiwen told reporters that the price of 40 yuan per hour is more affordable.
Haircuts, foot cutting, cooking, laundry, rehabilitation...... Compared with the "special care package", the "time package" service form is more diverse. "The timed package is charged according to the service duration and service content, and currently covers 71 services in six categories: body care, medical care, health management, customized home services, life care and value-added and characteristic services." Li Xiaoxia introduced that at present, there are also elderly people who propose personalized services such as accompanying them for walks and helping to walk their dogs, and they will appropriately increase relevant agency services according to the actual situation in the future.
"Two beds in one" into the family
Combination of medical care and health care
The "home care beds" in Fangsong Street also provide a variety of options such as institutional long-term care, phased special care, institutional facility sharing services, and home care empowerment services. The service team is equipped with nursing staff, elderly care consultants, nurses, rehabilitation therapists, psychological counselors, dietitians and other professionals, who can provide flexible and rich personalized care services in the form of teams. So far, 32 households have signed contracts.
"One of the major features of the 'home care bed' is that it has realized the linkage with the family hospital bed, forming a service model of 'medical care and elderly care'. Through service referral, information exchange and resource sharing, the elderly can not only enjoy nursing services in the process of home care, but also receive support from medical institutions, truly realizing the integration of 'medical care and health care'. Jiang Jing, a staff member of the Fangsong Street Community Service Office, said.
Text and pictures: Han Haifeng
Editor: Zhou Yuwei