By Lu Ren
Recently, it is frequently hot in Shanghai. In order to care for the elderly in the community, especially special elderly groups such as the aged living alone and the elderly above 80 years old, the sub-districts and civil affairs departments in the district have launched various cooling and caring measures, including setting up a rest station, sending cool items, and setting up emergency repair hotlines for the elderly, so as to ensure that the elderly spend the summer safely.
Jinyuan Residential Community in Liangcheng Xincun Sub-district is a large residential area with more than 3,000 households, including more than 150 elderly people over 80 years old living alone. "Grandma Ye, don't go out these two days when it's 40 degrees Celsius outside. Please call the neighborhood committee if you need something." These days, the cadres of Jinyuan Neighborhood Committee carried out a visit to remind the elderly to pay attention to heatstroke prevention, try not to go out during the day, and send mung beans, rock sugar, Florida water and other summer relief items to the elderly who live alone.
Huang Huijun, head of Jinyuan Neighborhood Committee, told us that in order to help the elderly without air conditioning at home, they set up a rest station in the residents' activity room to enable the elderly to spend the summer here under the condition of strict pandemic prevention measures.
Ouyang Road Sub-district, in order to ensure that the elderly there can spend the summer in a cool place, cares about the daily life of the elderly and reminds the elderly to pay attention to heatstroke prevention and electricity safety by pairing the volunteers in the same building with the elderly who need special attention, such as the elderly who live alone. At the same time, the Sub-district has installed intelligent circuit breakers for 58 elderly people who are in need and live alone to monitor the power consumption of the elderly, and call the police in time in case of abnormalities.
For the elderly who need meals, the Sub-district provides cheap and good meals every day. In addition, the Sub-district has also set up a hotline with the name of "Ouyang Help You" to take the initiative to deliver the services urgently needed by the elderly, such as purchasing vegetables and dispensing drugs.
North Sichuan Road Sub-district gives full play to the strength of elderly care consultants, cadres in residential areas, "Old Partner Program" volunteers, home-based elderly care nurses of long-term care insurance, elderly meal distributors and other forces to visit the elderly in the area.
Through chatting with the elderly, they can learn more about the health and daily life of the elderly during the high temperature period. At the same time, they urge the aged to pay more attention to the safety of diet in summer, not to eat overnight meals, pay attention to safety when going out, and beware of heatstroke. In the process of door-to-door visits, the paired volunteers also check the water, electricity, gas and other facilities in the elderly's homes, and timely help the elderly troubleshoot various potential safety hazards.
In addition, the elderly service hotline in Hongkou is quite busy in the hot weather, and many old people call and say that they need electrical maintenance. Therefore, the elderly service department contacted relevant service providers to provide various maintenance services for the elderly in time to help the elderly spend the summer safely.