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Dad said they were going to a far, far away place to take a bathThe water of the sacred lake cleanses not only the body, but also the mind....”
The film "Bath", produced by Xi'an Film Studio, won multiple awards such as the Asian Best Film Award at the 21st Academy Awards in 2002.
Among them, Jiang Wuyin's character Er Ming is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and is well-known at home and abroad, and is known as "China's version of Forrest Gump".
Coincidentally, it is also in Xi'an, where a special bathing assistant for the elderly with limited mobility has recently emerged to help with bathing services.
Zhang Hua (pseudonym), a 59-year-old female bathing assistant, is also one of them.
In our country, there are 40 million disabled or partially disabled elderly people, they are not able to bathe alone, whenever their children talk about helping the elderly bathe, there is no worry.
Today, with the increasing problem of aging, the problem of "bathing the elderly" is becoming more and more severeWhat's more, 90% of the elderly are reluctant to go to nursing homes, believing that their home is the real home.
In the era of "home care", it is particularly important to help the elderly in their daily lives.
These bathing assistants are not alone, they are a professional team that develops different bathing services for different elderly people.
So, how did Zhang Hua, who is over half a hundred years old, think of itWhat about working as a bathing assistant?
In fact, before that, Zhang Hua had done many different jobs, including cleaners, shopping mall salesmen, hotel waiters...But it didn't last long.
On the one hand, the work is unstable and the turnover is large, on the other hand, the boss dislikes Zhang Hua's age, and he is afraid that he will be responsible for any problems if he does not pay attention to them at work. Therefore, it didn't take long for Zhang Hua to be fired.
Zhang Hua ran around, wandering around the city, being kicked around like a ball, and making ends meet with his meager salary.
Originally, this salary was enough for daily life, but it was not easy for my son to be admitted to a prestigious universityIf you want to study abroad, this is not a small expense.
Not to mention the cost of accommodation and daily living expenses in foreign apartments, the cost of signing up for IELTS and going abroad agents alone made Zhang Hua's family worried, and the roadblocks stood in the way they were about to take the first step.
Zhang Hua's husband has retired, and the monthly pension is still a big gap from the funds that his son can go abroad, and the burden is once again on Zhang Hua.
By chance, when Zhang Hua was aimlessly looking for a job on the street, he saw a job advertisement recruiting bathing assistants, not only Zhang Hua, but most people should have recognized this industry for the first time.
Zhang Hua didn't want to apply for the job at first, because he didn't know what the job was about.
But I saw an advertisement saying that the bathing assistant came to help the elderly take a bath to achieve financial freedom, and sometimes one dayWhen he was able to take an order, Zhang Hua was moved.
For my son's study abroad expenses, she wants to give this job a try.
Most of the elderly are not only slow to move due to physical reasons, but also their hearing and vision are not very good, and they may be irritable when dealing with others, which repels many people who want to try the profession of bathing assistant.
During Zhang Hua's induction training, the person in charge emphasized that there is a large gap in the market for this work, so there is a shortage of manpower. At the same time, because it is a special group of people, it is especially necessary to be patient and meticulous, and there can be no sloppiness.
There are generally five people in a team, and there are two types of bathtubs for home bathing, one is a split bathtub with a steel frame, and the other is a portable inflatable bath, which can also be placed on the bed.
Zhang Hua first studied with the team for a few days, and the first old man he went to was a patient who had been lying on the bed all year round.
They will do a routine check-up of the elderly person's whole body before the official start to avoid accidents, and if there are no problems, they will sign a consent contract with the family.
But what I didn't expect was that the old man did not meet the conditions for bathingFear of life-threatening conditions.
Originally, the team of bathing assistants wanted to refuse this bath, but at this time, the family choked up and said that her mother had been sick for many years and had been lying at home, and a few days ago she said with tears in her eyes: "I would love to be able to take a hot bath before leaving." ”
After signing the agreement, the cleaning of the elderly began. Because of the space in their home, they chose to use a portable inflatable bath, and the first layer of the tub was plastic sheetingThe second layer is a sponge pad and the third layer is a waterproof pad.
The sponge pad has a good thermal insulation effect, and it can also make the elderly lie down more comfortably, and the best and most comfortable ones should be carefully selected in terms of quality.
Among the elderly people Zhang Hua came into contact with, the longest one had not taken a bath for eight years, and his children rarely even had daily wiping.
The average young person may take a bath every two days, but for the elderly, a comfortable bath seems to be a luxury. themAre you really so resistant to taking a bath?
In fact, no, most of the elderly have difficulty moving their knee joints, and it is extremely difficult to take a bath and other daily actionsFeelings of embarrassment and embarrassment are important reasons why they refuse to take a bath.
In order to minimize the embarrassment of the enemy's elderly, there are both boys and girls in the team of bathing assistants, and the same sex serves the same sex, and when taking a bath, people of different genders will avoid it.
Zhang Hua studied with the team several timesThere is also a deeper understanding of the profession of bathing assistant, many old peopleThey have been strong all their lives, and they are unwilling to trouble others to help them take a bath, they are not bathing, they are dignified.
She thinks that this job is very meaningful, and she is determined to take every home bathing seriously, so that every elderly person can live a life of care while bathing.
As soon as they went to the old man's house, a pungent smell greeted themA layer of masks is difficult to hide the smell in the air, and even the living room and bedroom are full of cockroaches crawling.
Many elderly people have not taken a bath for a long time, and it is inevitable that they will be a little nervous when they experience something different for the first time after such a long time.
When bathing the elderly, the most important thing is to be meticulous, and Zhang Hua's team spent forty minutes on the preliminary preparations.
When the old man was lying down, his hands would tremble due to nervousness, Zhang Hua held his hands from time to time to comfort the old man, telling him to relax, not to be nervous, and to chat with him a lot.
At the same time, they soaked the limbs of the elderly in water to facilitate blood circulation and relax the body.
I found out when bathing this old man who hadn't bathed for eight years,Since the old man's hair has not been soaked in water for a long time, it has formed a hard lump. You can't comb with a comb.
His hands, feet and even his whole body will fall white ** crumbs, and a lot of them can be rubbed out with a light rub, and even the water has turned into yellow water, and he can't tell whether it is incontinence urine or dirty things washed out, and the bathtub has become the same as the sewer.
After taking a bath, Zhang Hua and his entourage helped the old man cut his nails and measure his blood pressure, and worked back and forth for more than an hour.
From the perspective of outsiders, I think that the bathing assistant industry has a lot of income and is a good way to make quick money easily.
Because the cost of a bath for the elderly is 499 yuan, the salary of employees is also considerable.
But there is a lot of knowledge in it, patience, technique, environment, ability to work under pressure, etcIt may be that many people go to one and then can't hold on.
In the movie "Bath", we see the ritual sense of bathing that the father's generation has in mind, mixed with pleasure and anticipation.
The bathing assistant is not only doing a simple bath, but also a spiritual and spiritual comfort for the elderly.
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