For example, the elderly canteen:
Because the children are not around, two people or one person cooking at home is a vegan without nutrition, all meat, which is not healthy enough. Too much waste and not enough to eat. It's more troublesome to buy one or two dishes at the food market, so the demand for the commissary near the community is increasing.
In response to the demands of residents, many streets or towns have invested in the construction of canteens for the elderly. The ideal is full, but the reality is very skinny. The requirement of the dining hall for the elderly is higher than that of the ordinary dining hall, which should not only meet certain sanitary standards, but also meet certain area requirements. Operators must get certain subsidies to meet the number of elderly people eating, and so on.
In the first few days of operation, there are still many old people coming to the canteen to eat, which may be fresh, to join in the fun. A little longer, everyone's requirements will be different.
Well, the food needs to be changed.
Oh, a little oily. I don't eat spicy food. Alas, it's too salty. ...
Hey, I can't eat sweet, hey, I don't eat viscera, hey, I don't eat coriander, I don't eat onions. ...
There are too many personalized needs, so it is impossible for the chef in the canteen to prepare dishes for one person all the time. If he only serves the elderly, his business will soon lose money. ...
So, what I saw was that the dining hall for the elderly opened excitedly and then closed quietly. There are few successful canteens for the elderly, or the relevant government departments spend money to earn money and help maintain the facade.
Of course, we also see that there are indeed successful pension canteens. However, most of the successful pension canteens are operated by multiple parties, or there are such food alliances nearby that can be used. For communities with relatively poor surrounding resources, the pension canteen can only be an armchair strategist, and the communities here dare not do it if they want to.
For example, day care centers:
I absolutely affirm and support this model. It is unrealistic that so many old people are supported by institutions now. There are not so many nursing homes. At present, many elderly people can't afford to live in nursing homes. Traditionally, many elderly people refused to go to nursing homes. They felt that they were abandoned by their families. All the children at home have gone to work, so it's not easy to leave them alone at home during the day. Community day care centers provide services for them.
At present, the better day care centers are mainly at the street and township level, because the funds, venues and professional service personnel are relatively concentrated and there are many activities, which are very popular. The day care center at the street level can only benefit the surrounding or relatively young elderly, and the elderly who are not good at it cannot enjoy related services. As for the day care center at the community level, the venue is generally guaranteed, and the general fitness equipment can also be guaranteed. However, there is a shortage of medical and health professionals. What the community can guarantee is to take blood pressure and only provide routine convenience services. In the past, comprehensive convenience services were held once every six months. In recent years, community health centers have arranged family doctors to serve in the community, but only one and a half days a week.
At present, most day care centers at the community level are chess rooms, table tennis rooms, or some recreational activities. It's good for the old man to come and have a chat.
? In the community, many needs of the elderly are personalized and can be solved, and community workers can try their best to solve them. The community that can't be solved can't find the answer after consulting a variety of policies. More often, it can only be companionship and comfort. Then there are all kinds of chicken feathers, which cure headaches and pains, but the heart is willing but unable to do so.
In recent years, the state and society have paid more and more attention to the elderly, and various policies and practical projects are trying to benefit the elderly, and community services are getting better and better.
What I want to say is that people are old, and caring for the elderly is actually caring for our tomorrow.
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