How to face the memory gradually disappears but is powerless to do anything about it? If the loved one can no longer recognize what we look like, how can our love continue? When aging, illness, disability, and dementia make life and family into imbalance or even chaos, where is dignity, happiness, and even a sense of gain and value? This Mid-Autumn Festival, the movie "Mom! 》Using the moving stories between a mother and daughter, these sharp questions once again lead to real thoughts.
Use a long "forgotten" to tell the unforgettable love and memories in family affection. Movie "Mom! 》 tells the story of an elderly 85-year-old mother taking care of her 65-year-old daughter suffering from Alzheimer's disease alone. It was the age when my daughter was filial to her mother, but because she suddenly suffered from Alzheimer's disease, the mother-daughter relationship returned to her "original appearance" - the daughter seemed to be a child, unable to travel, live alone, and even had her emotions out of control. The 80-year-old mother once again "becomes a mother" to take care of her daughter whose memory is gradually declining. In an unbalanced life, she set up a protective umbrella with love and tolerance to protect her last dignity and hope.
"Mom! 》The mother and daughter hugged each other. Picture source: Douban "Mom! 》Official stills
Behind the moving warmth, there is also a very realistic and heavy background. Because once Alzheimer's disease is diagnosed, it will have a huge impact on the elderly and the family, and it will not even have time to respond, and it will lack the corresponding professional knowledge and care ability. In the video, the daughter marked many prompts at home in advance, taught her mother to use electrical appliances, contact nursing homes, etc., but with the sudden cognitive difficulties and frequent hallucinations, the originally peaceful and decent life was indecisive. The mother blamed herself for "I was careless" and the daughter's "I wasn't ready either", which is also the inner voice of countless families.
The disease and dilemma may come suddenly, and "I'm not ready" can indeed be avoided as much as possible. It is estimated that by 2050, 35% of China's population will be over 60 years old. At present, Chinese society has gone from mild aging to moderate aging. It is obvious that it is a necessary forward-looking measure to make parents and achieve a high-quality and long-lived life for themselves in the era of longevity.
With the aging population and the development of miniaturization of family structure, the traditional "four generations living together" family life model is disappearing, the number of "empty nest elderly" and elderly people living alone has increased sharply, and the previous family elderly care function has been greatly weakened. At the same time, in the context of the rapid development of science and technology and the post-epidemic era, the elderly’s lives and medical treatment are also facing many inconveniences. The uncertainties in various life have increased difficulties in the lives of the elderly, and the traditional elderly care model is increasingly difficult to meet the increasingly diversified elderly care needs. A multi-level and diversified elderly care system is being formed, and professional elderly care institutions are gradually becoming an important pillar in the future elderly care system.
In order to further accelerate the construction of a new model of future elderly care, Taikang has created a "Chinese sample" of the solution to the longevity era through the construction of three closed loops of "longevity, health, and prosperity". By mastering the general trend, building the "insurance + medical care" model, and implementing the Taikang Home Elderly Care Community in many cities across the country, we will deal with major population problems.
Taikang Home takes "vibrant elderly care, cultural elderly care, healthy elderly care, smart elderly care " as its core features to create a healthy way to enjoy the old and new ways, so that the elders can "have medical treatment, have something to do, have something to learn, and have something to enjoy"; break the traditional layout of nursing homes, create an activity center that won the International Construction Gold Award, and introduces the US CCRC continuous care model to provide the elderly with four different degrees of life care and professional nursing services, including independent living, assisted life, memory care, and professional care, to better meet the care needs of the elderly at different degrees, and realize a one-stop smart medical and nursing community.
Taikang Home ·Daqing Valley Picture source: Taikang Home Daqing Valley WeChat official account
For cognitive elderly people, Taikang Home provides "Home Direction" memory care service projects, and uses professional "non-drug therapy" to greatly improve the quality of life of the elderly and their families, so that semi-self-care, disabled, and cognitive elderly people can live in a comfortable and aging-friendly environment. In addition, at Taikang Home, there is a professional "1+N" service team that organizes leisure activities, healing activities and customized activities for the elderly. There is a "Lotte Academy" specially opened for the elderly, which includes 270 high-quality courses and 236 senior lecturers, including music, culture, handicrafts, poetry appreciation, dance, etc., aiming to create a vibrant "open university", while solving the elders' needs for medical and life services, and shaping them an environment that can continue to create value and realize the meaning of life.
"Lotai College" study site Picture source: Taikang Home Guiyuan WeChat official account
In the video, after learning that she was sick, her daughter found a nursing home and planned the future in the shortest time. However, the speed of the condition deterioration was unexpected. In real life, we cannot predict the future, but it is certain that getting old is a problem that each of us must face. Our parents are getting older, and we will also get older. Properly arrange our parents' elderly life and plan our future elderly care life is forward-looking and even more responsible in the current era.
(edit Feng Xiang)
