Chao News client reporter Shi Wen correspondent Yao Pingping Du Yulian.
Because she made clothes when she was young, Zhou Xiaomei will also help the elderly sew and mend when she does home care services, which is an additional service that she has been working in for nearly ten years.
In the nursing institution where she works, Zhou Xiaomei is serious, meticulous and professional, and everyone affectionately calls her "Sister Xiaomei".
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Every day, Sister Xiaomei has to take care of 5 elderly people at home, 6 a day during peak periods, and she has to serve 40 elderly people at home every week, some of whom are paralyzed in bed all year round.
Sister Xiao said that she was enjoying her life after 30 years.
The son died of depression, and the old man suffered a stroke and was paralyzed in bed
In the mountain village along the mountain in Chongxian Street, Linping, Hangzhou, there is an 80-year-old couple, Anan and Mao, who are in the same village as Zhou Xiaomei.
5 years ago, the old lady Anan was hemiplegic after her first small stroke, and Zhou Xiaomei began to serve her at home, usually helping the elderly wash clothes, clean up, and chat with her.
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When it's cold, the old man can't bend down to wash his feet, and it's very inconvenient to take a bath, even at night, Xiaomei will take the initiative to come to the door to help Ah Mao take care of Anan.
In Hangzhou, home care services for the elderly are free of charge. Yesterday (December 12) morning, Sister Xiao and several sisters from the nursing home brought a heating stove, nursing pads and professional bathing equipment, and came to the door to give Anan, who was paralyzed in bed, a comfortable bath.
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Washing hair, bathing, manicure, everyone was busy for a while, and Anan, who was lying on the bed, kept thanking: "The country is so good!."The country is so nice!”
Two years ago, when Anan's condition was not too serious, Ah Mao felt that he could take care of his wife alone, so he asked Xiaomei not to come to the door, but Xiaomei was always relieved and would often come over to take care of them.
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Xiaomei knew Anan and Ah Mao a long time ago - because the eldest son of the second elder and Xiaomei were classmates at the front and back tables in junior high school.
He is very quiet, he hasn't talked much since he was a child, and his work is very good, but he didn't expect to get this disease. Sister Xiao said.
Three years ago, Anan and Mao's eldest son died of depression, and at that time, Anan, who had already had two small strokes, suffered another stroke after suffering a mental blow, and this time the situation was particularly serious.
Sometimes the elderly are like children, they can't live without people for a moment
Ah Mao, Ah Mao ......As soon as Ah Mao was out of sight, Anan would keep calling him.
In order to take care of his wife, Ah Mao paid a lot, and his weight has decreased from more than 120 pounds 3 years ago to more than 90 pounds.
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Anan's hands and feet are basically unable to move.
Ah Mao has to take care of his wife every step of the way: she has to feed her three meals a day;During the day, Anan had to be carried to a chair to prevent her from lying down with bedsoreswent to the toilet and hugged the toilet, and had to hold her all the time when she went to the toilet, and after being paralyzed, Anan had more and more difficulty in defecation, and it took a long time to sit down.
In the first half of this year, Anan accidentally fell from the bed and broke a bone, and after the operation, his health was even worse.
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Anan is basically inseparable from people around him now, and he has to be guarded all day long, and if he accidentally falls, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Usually, Anan has to go to the hospital in Linping twice a month to dispense the medicine, but now whether he goes out to buy groceries or goes to the hospital to dispense medicine, Ah Mao can't pull out. Sister Xiao takes the initiative to help Anan dispense medicine every month, as long as the old man is a **, she will also help to buy groceries and purchase daily necessities.
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The weather is cold, and it is more inconvenient for Anan to take a bath, but fortunately, this year, Chongxian Street has launched a free bathing service for the disabled elderly, and the door-to-door bathing twice a week has given Sister Xiaomei a few more good helpers.
After helping Anan take a bath, Xiaomei and Ah Mao stood outside the house and chatted in dialect, chatting and chatting, both of their eyes were a little moist.
Over the years, Sister Xiaomei has been a little touched by the door-to-door care of the elderly, "Many times, the elderly are like children who can't do without you, and the older they are, the heavier their dependence." ”
The perception of accompanying the elderly is to enjoy the post-30s themselves
In the past 10 years of elderly care service career, some elderly people have left, and Sister Xiaomei has been with the life companionship of 40 elderly people, which makes her full of emotion about her life.
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With tears in her eyes, she said to the Chao News reporter: "I feel that I am enjoying what kind of life I am after 30 years. I would also like to appeal to everyone to give more care to the elderly, so that they and their families can live more freely, happily and healthily. ”
Chongxian Street has 1More than 40,000 elderly people, Chao News reporter learned from the street public service center that professional elderly care workers like Sister Xiaomei, Chongxian has cultivated more than 20, and linked 3 professional elderly care service institutions, providing 1,752 elderly people with home care services such as bathing, walking, cleaning, and chatting.
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This year, the street also linked up with the charity branch "Sunshine Care Action" to expand the coverage of service objects such as door-to-door bathing.
For the elderly whose children are not at home all the year round and have certain risks in life and travel, the street has also installed fixed alarms, human infrared sensors, door magnetic sensors and other "digital empowerment and guarding" kits to monitor the daily life of the elderly in real time and protect them warmly.
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The manager of the street pension work said, "At present, Chongxian has built 15 home-based elderly care service centers, equipped with 1 centralized distribution meal center, 10 canteens and meal assistance points for the elderly." In the face of the increasing population and complex aging problems, Chongxian Street is promoting the "doorstep" type elderly care space of the village community in the whole area, building a "15-minute elderly care service circle", and passing love to the elderly with "zero-distance companionship".
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