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Written by: Lu Nuojun
2021-06-12 16:36
Last update date: 2021-06-12 16:43
As the new crown pneumonia epidemic continues, homes for the elderly and homes for the disabled can still only be visited at most. The visits of family members and volunteers have been suspended for a long time, and the lives and emotions of the residents need to be paid attention to.
In view of this, since the early stage of the epidemic, the Road to the Disabled Persons’ Association has arranged for wheelchair volunteers to call the wheelchair users in the care institutions regularly. In addition to "meeting new friends" with each other, there are volunteers who say that they can communicate with each other at every turn. Clock", it is easy to pass the time.
Although they couldn't meet through the microphone, the two sides had similar experiences and feelings, and they could still convey care through voices inside and outside the home.
Man Wah pointed out that the residents who are arranged to call are different each time, but because they have common experiences, there is no need to worry about topics.
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Patient sitting in a wheelchair due to bone dryness: I'm a disuse
Wheelchair Man Wah suffered from bone dryness in 2013. After undergoing spinal decompression and nerve surgery, she lost consciousness in her lower extremities and gradually needed to sit in a wheelchair. Her upper body was also "not strong enough", and she should not hold things for too long on weekdays.
Regardless of her fulfilling life in boccia and dubbing classes, she once experienced a period of discouragement when she suddenly had to be in a wheelchair.
Min Wah recalled that in the early days after the operation, he was admitted to two hospitals. He admitted that all the details of life at that time, from how to dress and move from bed to wheelchair, etc., had to be learned from the beginning. The regulation and the second and the second had to be resolved in bed, and she lost her autonomy and privacy. She couldn't help but ask herself: "I am a microphone, really abandon it?"
"Everyone who has an accident the day after tomorrow will have to go through a fear and stress threshold, but it's not all of them." On the same day that Min Wah had surgery, his father and sister happened to be undergoing major surgery, and the family was unable to take care of her. On the contrary, It made her stronger. In the second transitional home, she realized that a group of like-minded fellow travellers had also received assistance from the direction staff due to the death of an electric wheelchair. She decided to join the volunteer team and her mentality gradually became positive. I hope to use my own experience to help others.
Volunteer: It takes a few minutes to hit the phone
In the past, volunteer teams would conduct visits from time to time, but they were unable to do so under the epidemic. A method of "calling instead of visits" was derived. The people in the housing company found out again that Qu Wei (a homestay member) was really bored and wanted to know that something serious happened, so I wanted to bring the information with me, as if my friend would be pessimistic if I confided in it."
She pointed out that the residents who were arranged to call are different each time, but because they have common experiences, there is no need to worry about topics. She said with a smile that "there is a lot of pain in the net."
She also said that the longest conversation lasted for more than two hours and the line was not closed. "Sometimes she will call back and share the page. I think it is not so-called, if you meet a friend, this call is actually an interaction." She will again. Tell the residents that "you will meet after the epidemic," and even make an appointment to go out together at that time, to give the residents some hope and expectation.
The new crown pneumonia epidemic continues, and homes for the elderly and homes for the disabled can still only be visited at most with limited visits.
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Residents: Looking forward to being taken off the street by her husband to watch the sunset after the epidemic
On this day, Min Wah called Zheng Ru for the first time, who was staying in the hospital for more than a year. The two sides had never met, but they were not cold.
In his early years, Zheng Ru had to use a wheelchair due to the sequelae of cervical spine surgery. Now that he is getting older, he is worried that his husband will not be able to continue to take care of him in the long term, so he decides to live in an institution.
She said that on weekdays, most people read books, surf the Internet, and do cross stitch, but sometimes they feel lonely in the homes. "Sometimes the homes don’t have enough staff to take care of them, and sometimes it’s as if they don’t have their own homeowners. 、Friends can talk to me and feel unhappy.” She also hopes that there will be volunteers to make electrolysis boring.
At present, Zheng Ru’s husband will come twice a week to bring supplies and take out for her to eat. “He will knock me off when he is too busy, and I will go to the door and wait.” They can only see one side through the glass. "The phone at home is very convenient. Some people talk on the phone and talk to me on the phone. Compared to the people in the house, I have already calculated it." Zheng Ruzhi, the home is located on the mountain, and you can overlook most of it when you go out. Kowloon East, so she most expects that after the epidemic, when her husband arrives, she can take her down the street to watch the sunset.
The visits have been suspended for a long time, and the lives and emotions of the residents need to be paid attention to. This day, Min Wah called Zheng Ru, who has been in the home for more than a year, for the first time.
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