District 18 News
Written by: Lu Nuojun
2020-11-26 19:56
Last update date: 2020-11-26 19:56
Many elderly people are accustomed to drinking tea in restaurants every day, but under the new crown pneumonia epidemic, this "designated action" also needs to be suspended.
Upon seeing the elderly day care center, the dining room in the center was transformed into a tea house. It also made a nostalgic dim sum cart, providing dim sum such as milk emperor buns, guinea fowl, siu mai, and shrimp dumplings for the elderly to choose from, and even the staff would imitate the dim sum sister to sell .
Such a thoughtful move broke the stereotyped image of the general elderly organizations and won praise from netizens.
According to the person in charge of the center, the elders in the venue are very involved, and the cognitively impaired patients who are more reluctant to speak, finally speak rarely to communicate with the staff under the role play.
The Neighbourhood Counselling Association posted a photo on its Facebook page today (26th), stating that in order to allow the elderly caretakers to continue to enjoy the familiar community life, colleagues from the organization have made a dim sum cart.
The environment of the photo looks like a teahouse at a glance. There are decorative panels with dragons and phoenixes and double happiness. "Sister Dim Sum" also wears aprons and pushes the silver dim sum cart, while the elderly sit at a long round table with transparent plastic panels and maintain a four-person one. But as long as you look carefully at the chairs and floor, you will find that it is different from ordinary teahouses.
Many netizens expressed their appreciation for the center’s willingness to create such a realistic teahouse environment. They praised the center’s staff for being “thinking” and “really good for the elderly”; some also said that this action would enable the elderly to “sigh for tea and snacks” despite the epidemic. It feels very heartwarming.
The Neighbourhood Counselling Association posted a photo on its Facebook page today, stating that colleagues of the organization have created a snack cart, hoping that the elderly under care can continue to enjoy the familiar community life.
(Facebook picture of the Neighbourhood Advice)
It is understood that the center is a day care center for the elderly of Mrs. Ruby Lin, located in Xin Tin Village, Tuen Mun.
The reporter contacted Ms. Huang, the director of the center. She said that she hopes to put community things as much as possible throughout the center. For example, the dining room is themed with a Chinese restaurant, and the red and yellow dragon and phoenix background on the wall was added before the center was renovated.
Ms. Huang pointed out that there are also activities such as taking the elderly out to drink tea and birthday parties on weekdays, but the risk of eating out under the epidemic is higher. Therefore, the dining cart was converted into a snack cart with tin foil and other materials earlier to allow the elderly to continue to experience that they are in the community life.
Elderly engage in role-playing and actively talk to patients with cognitive impairment
Although the centre can only serve frozen dim sum that has been heated, the taste may not be as good as restaurant dim sum. However, Miss Huang pointed out that the first appearance of the dim sum cart yesterday was very popular with the elderly, and a group of elderly people are also very dedicated to role-playing.
She said that some elders in the center suffer from cognitive impairment, and under the epidemic, the elders are less going out and are prone to unhappy emotions. In addition to wishing to make the elderly feel happy in suffering, they also hope that the "restaurant" can be regarded as a reality Oriented training creates a familiar environment for the elderly to stimulate them.
Ms. Huang also pointed out that there are elderly people with cognitive impairment who do not talk much on weekdays. During the event, they also open their mouths to tell the staff that they want to eat chicken buns. However, she said that imitating tea at the center always feels different from drinking tea outside. Will resume taking the elderly out as usual.
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