"With the help of the cadres of the neighborhood committee and the community police, I finally got in touch with my only daughter who had been missing for many years, and I would like to express my heartfelt thanks! Recently, Uncle Zhang, an elderly man who lives alone in Railway New Village, Tianmu West Road, Jing'an District, came to the neighborhood committee and sent a letter of thanks, thanking all parties in the community for helping him find his daughter who had lost contact for more than 20 years in his lifetime.
Wang Wei, secretary of the general party branch of the railway new village residential area, told reporters that there are currently more than 200 elderly people over 80 years old in the entire residential area, including 26 lonely elderly. In the face of this part of the "silent minority", the cadres and volunteers of the neighborhood committee put every elderly person, especially the elderly who live alone, in their hearts, and integrate care into daily life and turn it into details through regular visits, pair assistance, and care, so as to solve problems for the "old babies", so that their old life is not only quality and dignified, but also more happy and healthy.
Multi-party relay to help the elderly realize their wish to find their daughter
It is understood that the above-mentioned Uncle Zhang is an elderly man who lives alone, although he usually does not like to go out and rarely deals with the surrounding neighbors, but the staff of the neighborhood community service office and the cadres of the neighborhood committee still pay great attention to him, and the volunteers of the community "old partner" and the elderly cadre of the neighborhood committee, Xiao Chen, often visit the elderly. "Especially during the previous installation of the 'one-click pager', Xiao Chen often came to the door to care, and gradually became familiar with Uncle Zhang, and the old man gradually opened his heart and exchanged some of his thoughts with Xiao Chen from time to time. According to Wang Wei, through in-depth understanding, the staff of the residential area learned that it turned out that Uncle Zhang had a marriage and had a biological daughter. Later, due to various reasons, Uncle Zhang and his wife divorced and separated, and their only daughter also moved to other places with her mother, and the two parties have never been in touch since.
As he gets older, Uncle Zhang's thoughts about his biological daughter are increasing day by day, and he also takes his daughter more into account in writing personal property distribution, inheritance wills, etc., so he is eager to find his daughter as soon as possible. Knowing Uncle Zhang's appeal, the general party branch of the residential area attached great importance to it. However, the only information that the old man can provide is his daughter's name and a 20-year-old one-child certificate, and the strength of the neighborhood committee cadres alone is undoubtedly "looking for a needle in a haystack".
Therefore, while visiting the neighbors of the elderly, paired community volunteers and other surrounding people to search for clues, the cadres of the residential area contacted the Tianmu West Road Police Station of the Jing'an Public Security Bureau for help. Wang Wei said: "In the process of solving difficulties for residents, we must be good at revitalizing favorable resources, for example, the police station has a greater advantage in finding people's identity information, which quickly helped us make breakthroughs." ”
With the assistance of the police of the Tianmu West Road Police Station, the residential area of Railway New Village contacted the police of the police station where Uncle Zhang's daughter's household registration was located, and the other party immediately verified the household registration information after learning about the situation and helped Uncle Zhang contact other relatives of his daughter. Through the connection of relatives, Uncle Zhang finally got in touch with his daughter who lived abroad, and the two sides excitedly renewed their father-daughter relationship.
Uncle Zhang, who finally found his only daughter after more than 20 years, was very excited, and he was even more grateful for the hard work of the cadres in the residential area, the community police, and the community volunteers for dozens of days.
"Old partners" make the elderly who live alone no longer isolated
In the interview, the reporter learned that in order to care for the elderly residents living alone, the general party branch of the railway new village residential area also mobilized nearly 90 backbone volunteers such as community party member volunteers and building team leaders by continuously promoting the construction of the "old partner" project, and an average of one "old partner" paired with 5 elderly people, and has now achieved full coverage of the "old partner" of the elderly over 80 years old who live alone.
Xu Baomei is a new "old partner" volunteer. Aunt Xu paired up with five elderly people living alone in the community, and often visited or greeted each other on weekdays, and Grandma Cai, who lives in Xinglian Apartment, is one of them. Grandma Cai's husband has been hospitalized, she usually has to go back and forth between home and the hospital, in the early years because of her young health and handy, but as she gets older, she has difficulty moving and going out. After Xu Baomei and Grandma Cai were paired, she often helped her buy some side dishes, or accompanied her to visit her wife in the hospital. Every time there is special weather, Xu Baomei will go to the home of the elderly to confirm whether the water and electricity are normal to ensure the safety of the elderly. During the New Year's holidays, seasonal food will be sent to Grandma Cai, so that the elderly can feel a strong sense of neighborhood.
*: Jing'an, Shanghai.