On January 1, the comprehensive demonstration platform for community home-based elderly care services in Guangzhou (hereinafter referred to as the demonstration platform) was officially opened to the public. The 16 full care beds and 5 day care beds here are designed for the elderly with cognitive disorders to receive care and rehabilitation training services. It is worth mentioning that this is also a harbor for the elderly. Regular group activities and support enable the family members to gain breathing, but also self empower with their peers and learn to be a smart caregiver.

The mutual aid association has supported more than 40 elderly care families

The demonstration platform is located next to Xicun subway station, Liwan District, Guangzhou. It is jointly built by Guangzhou Civil Affairs Bureau and Xiaoci social work service center, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou. In order to promote the construction of cognitive family support network and the construction of cognitive friendly community, the demonstration platform has specially planned to hold "cognitive friendly mutual aid association" since last year. So far, 8 activities have been carried out to serve the families and other caregivers of more than 40 cognitive elderly.

Miss Zhang, who lives in Xicun street, participated in four cognitive society activities and thought the activity design was novel and interesting. Miss Zhang is a "post-90s". For many years, she has worked with her mother to take care of her grandfather with cognitive disorder. In the past, Miss Zhang's grandfather was hospitalized in major hospitals in turn. The mother and daughter lived a "two points and one line" life at home and the hospital, and were too tired to breathe. "Later, I heard a friend say that there was a cognitive Society for the elderly in Guangzhou, which benefited a lot from participating." Miss Zhang said that what impressed her was the ice breaking ceremony when she participated in the activity for the first time. "The host asked everyone to participate in the game of 'I say you draw'. Once you are familiar, you are willing to share the pain and joy of taking care of the elderly".

Today, Miss Zhang provides spiritual and technical support for her mother by learning professional care and psychological counseling knowledge. "In the past, we didn't dare to tell outsiders that Grandpa suffered from cognitive disorder. We were afraid that others would think he was neurotic. We had to carry all the pain and fatigue by ourselves. At the same time, we also felt very low self-esteem, but now my mother and I are relieved because we found an organization and can face it positively."

Play games, learn skills and maintain a good attitude

"After 60" Aunt Li is Miss Zhang's little partner in the Mutual Aid Association. In order to better take care of the family mother with cognitive disorder, Aunt Li and three close relatives attended the meeting.

Aunt Li and Miss Zhang believe that the psychological support obtained in the mutual aid association helps to maintain a good attitude and take care of the sick elderly. At the same time, they have also learned a lot of "dry goods". In the eighth public welfare venture capital project "still remember love - cognitive disease popular science activity and the second super brain King health talent competition" implemented by Xiaoci Social Work Service Center recently, we obtained new skills in the game.

Senior citizens participate in the "Super Brain king" competition

"Poker memory, Sudoku games... By playing these games, the elderly can understand their weak links in memory, attention, reasoning ability, observation, logical thinking ability and visual motor coordination ability." Miss Zhang said that small games can play a big role. She will "teach" these small games to her family and play with them.

The old people are under pressure. Come to the vent area to shout and fight

The reporter saw that the third floor of the demonstration platform is a special area for cognitive care, which carries out characteristic services for cognitive professional care, and can provide life care, meal assistance, medical care, rehabilitation care, psychological comfort and other services for the elderly. The demonstration platform also has special areas such as nostalgic leisure area, cognitive training area, sensory garden and old film museum. Among them, in the old film museum, the elderly do not worry about finding old films. Ju Liping, director general of Xiaoci social work service center, said: "the demonstration platform will regularly broadcast nostalgic films to help the elderly remember the past and recall the history of Weishui."

Young people have life pressure to vent, and the pressure of protecting the elderly also needs to be relieved. The reporter saw in the vent area of the demonstration platform that it is equipped with "vent props" such as sandbags and boxers, surrounded by sound-absorbing sponges. Those in need can wear boxers, beat sandbags and shout here to reduce pressure in a variety of ways and avoid disturbing others.

Vent area in demonstration platform

Ju Liping said: "when the cognitive impairment of the elderly is not serious, many families don't pay much attention to it. They think it's just memory decline. In fact, it's not. If we intervene early, it will help to delay the deterioration of cognitive impairment and its complications." It is reported that the demonstration platform can provide professional cognitive care and rehabilitation training, both full care services and door-to-door care. "During the Spring Festival, the demonstration platform service does not close, which can provide breathing services for families and help families alleviate the pressure of care during the festival".

Source: the elderly