[Explanation] "One person is demented, and the whole family is out of balance." How to solve the elderly with dementia is a hot social issue.
Butterfly brand sewing machines, black-and-white TV sets, cassette recorders... Previously, a nursing home in Shanghai vacated a building and built an "old Shanghai" to create a "memory home" for the elderly, which aroused widespread concern in the society.
Recently, the reporter walked into this nursing home in Changning District, Shanghai, and saw that the "Memory Home" is located on the east side of the nursing home and is a 6-story single-family building.
In the "Memory Home", the elevator doors on each floor are opened, and different memory scenes come into view, as if going back in time to the old Shanghai streets of the last century.
According to reports, the "memory home" was created for the elderly suffering from dementia to have a more sense of belonging. At the same time, it also helps stabilize the emotions of the elderly and make their memory loss as slow as possible.
[Concurrent] Wang Jie, person in charge of "Memory Home"
The "Memory Home" building is a special area for dementia care that we reconstructed from an old building.
Because an elderly person with dementia has a special trait, he (she) is particularly easy to forget what has just happened, but he/she remembers very clearly what happened long ago.
We create such nostalgic scenes. Each layer is a theme. We create scenes that serve as a delay and memory therapy for the elderly with dementia.
From the first floor to the sixth floor, we are horticultural therapy, play therapy, film therapy, music therapy, nostalgia therapy and calligraphy therapy.
[Explanation] According to reports, six professional therapies for patients with different dementia use nostalgic old objects in the building, such as radios, military kettles, fire oil lamps, Zhonghua brand toothpaste, etc., to rebuild a beautiful home in their memory for the elderly .
The 74-year-old man Shen Yuanren lives in the nursing home of the nursing home, while his wife, 72-year-old grandmother Wu Meiqing, lives in the "memory home" due to dementia.
On weekdays, Mr. Shen often came to accompany his wife.
Mr. Shen said that after living here for a few months, it seemed like he was at home. He felt that his life was very happy now.
[Concurrent] Shanghai old man Shen Yuanren
For the old man, ("Memory Home") definitely stimulated his (her) brain. After I walked in (come), I was very excited and nostalgic to see some (scene).
It has various therapies, movies, and so on. In it, I deeply realize that the environment is really good. It is like home, and I feel warm and warm.
[Explanation] It is understood that in the "Memory Home", in addition to evoking the good memories of the old people in the past, they will also give encouragement to the performance of the old people, so that the old people have a sense of accomplishment.
[Concurrent] Wang Jie, person in charge of "Memory Home"
The building we are now on is 6th floor, which we call "Recalling the Past Building", which means recalling the past.
In this space, it can evoke the good memories of the old people in the past, like ours is showing a good study every day, including the previous mobile red flag.
We are also here to give the elderly a sense of active participation. Whoever performs well may put the mobile red flag on which floor.
In addition, there will be some awards behind us. It is also a blank design. We will also encourage the elderly to participate in some activities. If anyone participates more, his name will be used as a certificate as a kind of commendation. There is a sense of accomplishment.
[Commentary] It is reported that this "Memory Home" has been in business since 2019, with a total of 48 beds and currently has 6 elderly people.
There are still many special care areas for patients with dementia like this in Shanghai.
In Shanghai, the dementia care area has a unified name called "Memory Home".
Since 2018, Shanghai has clearly set up dementia care beds in elderly care service institutions (old care institutions or elderly care homes) to create a family-style housing environment for dementia elderly people and provide daily care for dementia elderly people , Self-care ability training, spiritual support, social communication and other professional and all-round services.
In 2019, Shanghai once again included the "reconstruction of 1,000 dementia care beds" as a practical project of the municipal government, in order to accelerate the establishment of a care service system for the elderly with dementia, and provide professional care and rehabilitation services for the disabled and demented elderly; 2020 In 2010, Shanghai doubled the number of actual items of care for cognitive impairment to 2,000.
Reporter Xu Yin Kang Yuzhan reports from Shanghai
Editor in charge: [Wang Yu]