As for community work, it is difficult to actually do community work for the elderly.

Take the canteen for the elderly for example:

Since the children are not around, two or one person cooks at home. Those that are all vegetarian are not nutritious, and those that are all meat are not healthy enough. Too much is a waste, and too little is not enough to eat. Going to the market to buy just one or two dishes feels cumbersome, so the demand for a canteen nearby in the community is growing.

In response to the demands of residents, many streets or towns have invested in the construction of canteens for the elderly. However, the ideal is full, but the reality is very skinny. The requirements for canteens for the elderly are higher than those of ordinary restaurants. They must not only meet certain requirements Hygiene standards must meet certain area requirements. Operators must obtain certain subsidies and meet a certain number of elderly people dining, etc.

In the first few days of operation, there were quite a few elderly people from the surrounding area coming to the canteen to dine, maybe just to be fresh and join in the fun. After a little longer time, everyone’s requirements will be different.

Well, the dishes need to be changed.

Oh, the vegetable is a bit oily. I don't eat spicy food, hey, it's too salty...

Hey, I can't eat sweet food, hey, I don't eat offal, hey, I don't eat coriander, I don't eat onions...

There are too many personalized needs. It is impossible for the chef in the canteen to prepare dishes for one person all the time. Moreover, if it only serves the elderly, the business will quickly lose money...

So , what I have seen is that canteens for the elderly opened with great enthusiasm, and then closed quietly soon. There are very few successful canteens for the elderly, or the relevant government functional departments spend money to make money and help support the facade. .

Of course, we have also seen that there are indeed successful canteens for the elderly. However, most of the successful canteens for the elderly are operated by multiple parties, or there is such a catering alliance nearby that can be utilized, and for the surrounding areas In communities with relatively poor resources, canteens for the elderly can only be discussed on paper, and the community wants to do it but dare not do it.

For example, day care centers:

I absolutely affirm and support this model. There are so many elderly people now, and they are all institutionalized care. It is unrealistic and there are not so many. Nursing homes, and currently many elderly people cannot afford to live in nursing homes. Traditionally speaking, many elderly people refuse to go to nursing homes. If they feel there, they are people who have been abandoned by their families. At home, the children have gone to work, and it is not safe to leave them alone at home during the day, so the day care center in the community provides services for them.

Welcome, but day care centers at the street level can only benefit the surrounding or relatively young elderly people. If they are further away, the elderly who are unable to walk will not be able to enjoy related services. For day care centers at the community level, the space can generally be guaranteed, and general fitness equipment can also be guaranteed. However, there is a shortage of professional service personnel related to medical and health care. What can be guaranteed for the community is blood pressure measurement. Only regular convenience services can be provided. In the past, comprehensive convenience services were held once every six months. In recent years, community health centers have arranged for family doctors to serve in the community, but only one and a half days a week.

Most day care centers at the community level now have chess and card rooms, table tennis rooms, or some recreational activities. The elderly come to sit and chat, which is pretty good.

?In the community, many of the needs of the elderly are personalized needs. If they can be solved, community staff will try their best to solve them. If they cannot be solved, the community cannot find the answer after consulting a variety of policies. And more When you are alone, you can only accompany and comfort you. Then there are all kinds of trivial matters, just treating the head for a headache, treating the feet for a sore foot, but not enough.

In recent years, the country and society have paid more and more attention to the elderly. Various policies and practical projects are working hard to benefit the elderly, and community services are getting better and better.

What I want to say is that we all grow old at some point. Caring for the elderly is actually caring about our future.

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