Interviewee: Ms. Huang Yuhua
Many elderly women can't always stay with them and feel helpless. Gradually, their temper becomes bad, and they lose trust in the people who care for them. There is no object to talk about. Over time, they will feel isolated, every day, every day, encounter physical discomfort, it is difficult to open their teeth, and lose the opportunity to treat early.
However, children also have their own families and careers, especially those who have gone abroad to study in the 1960s and 1970s. Many of them have already moved overseas, and it is difficult to return to Hong Kong frequently to take care of the elderly who are now very old. So what other ways can parents get appropriate, caring and continuous spiritual care? An occasional opportunity to meet Ms. Huang Yuhua at the Golden Age Summit, knowing that she is organizing a caring company she has created to arrange caring and professionally trained "angels" to accompany elderly people who lack children or loved ones to expand their lives. Circles, increase motivation and live at home with a positive mood.
"We call them "powered angels". They are young "friends" who have rich life experiences and love and want to give back to the society. We train them to provide spiritual care services and accompany those actions that are inconvenient or have few friends. Old man. Huang Yuhua said.
Ms. Huang has been engaged in technology and internet business for many years. She has traveled between China and Hong Kong. She fully understands that her children are busy with their careers and lack the time to accompany their parents and their families. Therefore, the social enterprise of “Power Angel” has been established to provide appropriate and sustainable. The soul care service.
What is a spiritual care service? Huang Yuhua shares with us "The Eight Steps of Spiritual Care":
(1) Listening attentively
(2) Communicating with each other
(3) Time companionship
(4) Finding and interesting
(5) Learning together
(6) Sharing together
(7) Positive and optimistic
(8) Full investment
Ms. Huang Yuhua added that in order to be able to achieve the above "eight steps", the role of the power angel is very important, so as an "angel", you must know and play. "They need different social backgrounds and different life experiences to understand the requirements of different elders, creating a pleasant environment, building trust, and interacting with the elderly. Through mutual trust and peers, everyone grows together and lives happily. This way, the children are more at ease."
"Companionship Scheme"; launched by Huang Yuhua is to provide the elderly with appropriate spiritual care, to be harmonious and harmonious in the family, to be accepted and affirmed in society, and to be able to live actively and happily in the community. She made me understand that “friends” are one of the important elements that make our elders more meaningful.
"Companionship Scheme"
服務流程 :
登記 ; 探訪 ; 評估 ; 收費 ; 接受用户; 配對 ; 友伴同行 (在家/外出) ; 與家人分享見面情況.
服務內容 :
陪你傾 : 上門 (家居/院舍) 探訪, 陪伴, 談話, 閱讀.
陪你玩 : 外出飲茶, 探訪親友, 參加主題活動, 唱歌, 戶外活動, 散步, 運動, 烹飪分享 , 本地導賞團,電影 /音樂欣賞,慶祝生日,遊戲小組 (Play Group)。
陪你學: 做手工, 繪畫, 寫字, 攝影, 烹飪, 紙藝, DIY飾物等.
按長者的興趣、能力和家庭給予的資源, 提供個人化的心靈關顧. 向長者家人分享探訪或外出情況, 讓家人了解長者狀況,給予更大的支持。
服務對象主要是 :
-
子女 - 為身在海外, 工作忙碌和經常出差, 忙於照顧年幼子女, 未能親自關顧和探望, 想爸媽有身心健康的活動.
-
年青人 - 想關顧摯愛的長者
-
長者想找個“伴”一齊外出、訴心聲、想有個身心健康的活動計劃.
-
為長期照顧者提供一個休息的機會.
Interviewed and written by Francis Ng