The automatic doors flashed to both sides, and Tong Lele and Dong Qiangqiang entered.
A white embossed billboard hangs high on the ceiling inside the gate, with five large characters written in green on it: Green Castle Nursing Home.
Dong Qiangqiang was observing the indoor environment. A female nurse in white clothes had already come up to ask the two of them the purpose of coming here.
Tong Lele explained the purpose of her visit in a few words, and at the same time showed the notice from the court. The female nurse motioned for the two of them to follow her to the dean's office.
Walking through the corridor, Dong Qiangqiang looked around curiously. Through the clean and bright windows, Dong Qiangqiang saw various fitness equipment and green plants of different heights and sizes in the courtyard.
Old people in twos and threes move freely in the courtyard. Some people who are obviously caregivers or nurses stand not far or near from them, which not only gives them a certain amount of space, but also can rush to their side as soon as possible. .
Some of these old people were stooped and moving slowly with trembling steps. Some were energetic and striding forward. They played with equipment as if they were chasing the wind and the moon. There were also a few old people who looked very stylish. She was presentable, dancing a soft and soothing ballroom dance with the opposite sex on the stone slab.
Dong Qiangqiang was unconsciously attracted by the actions of the old people. While he was concentrating on admiring them, he suddenly heard Tong Lele scolding from above his head: "Come up quickly."
Dong Qiangqiang woke up from a dream and walked up the stairs three steps at a time.
The dean's office was on the second floor. The female nurse took the two to the door of the dean's office and left on her own.
Tong Lele knocked on the door twice, and a loud mezzo-soprano voice came from the door: "Please come in."
The director was a German aunt who looked to be around fifty years old. She had big orange wavy hair, as if she were holding a pot of blooming roses. Her face was very white and her lips were very red. Dong Qiangqiang immediately thought of the word "flaming red lips".
The combination of her makeup and her position gave people a sense of absurdity, which was very inconsistent. Dong Qiangqiang felt funny, but he still held back his laughter.
"Hello, Dean, we are here to serve as volunteers." Tong Lele said as she handed over the court notice directly.
The dean stood up and shook hands with the two of them respectively. Only then did Dong Qiangqiang realize that the dean was actually 1.8 meters tall, looking both burly and tall.
She took the letter, put on her spectacles and read it carefully for a while before putting it down gently: "I am Barbara Summer, the director of the Greencastle Nursing Home. You can call me Barbara. The letter said that you need to work here for a week, every day. Four hours. I want to ask, have you ever done nursing work in a nursing home before?"
Tong Lele and Dong Qiangqiang both shook their heads.
"Is that so?" Barbara read the letter again and suddenly asked, "Are you Japanese? Korean? Chinese?"
"Of course we are Chinese." Dong Qiangqiang asked with a smile, "Can Japanese and Koreans grow as tall as me?"
"That's great," Barbara happily picked up the phone and said to Dong Qiangqiang while pressing the phone button. "I happen to have a Chinese here. She can help you get familiar with the environment. Ava, ask Ms. Wang to come right away. Come to my office."
"Ms. Wang? Chinese?" Dong Qiangqiang glanced at Tong Lele suspiciously, but Tong Lele didn't look at him at all, staring blankly out of the window.
After a while, the office door opened, and a dark and thin short girl walked in lightly. She looks about the same age as Dong Qiangqiang and the others, with neat short hair, and a European-style wheat complexion that gives people a refreshing and healthy feeling.
"Let me introduce, this is Ms. Wang Shunan," Barbara waved her hand, "She has been working here for more than a year and is very familiar with the work here. You can follow her and ask her if you have any questions. Okay. If she doesn’t know, you can ask me again. But I believe this situation will not happen. "
After speaking, Barbara turned to Wang Shunan and introduced the purpose of Dong Qiangqiang and Tong Lele's trip. The two parties shook hands, exchanged brief greetings and walked out of the dean's office together.
Dong Qiangqiang noticed that Wang Shunan's German pronunciation was very standard.
"I'll take you on a brief tour of this place first, and introduce you to the situation here." Wang Shunan said quickly.
When she wasn't speaking German, her native accent came naturally.
"Southerner?" Dong Qiangqiang asked.
"Sichuan." Wang Shunan showed two rows of white teeth.
No wonder the name has the word "Shu" in it. Dong Qiangqiang thought.
The three of them stood in the corridor on the second floor. Wang Shunan gestured in the air with his hand: "Green Castle has a total of 13 buildings, each with 5 floors, and some buildings with 6 floors. The first floor of each building is The functional area mainly allows the elderly to engage in safe outdoor sports. As you can see, some elderly people can move independently, but some elderly people need the company of caregivers. What you have to do this week is to take care of the elderly here like other caregivers. .”
Following her fingers, Dong Qiangqiang and Tong Lele saw that there were more old people in the courtyard than when they came in just now.
"It seemed like there weren't so many old people just now?" Tong Lele said suddenly.
"Maybe it's because the sun is out. Old people like to bask in the sun." Wang Shunan replied.
"What is the average age of the elderly here?" Dong Qiangqiang asked again.
"Most of them are elderly people over 60 years old, and of course there are many who come here in their 50s. Because of their age, they all have more or less physical and mental illnesses, but I think these are For the elderly, the most painful thing is not the disease."
"What is that?" Dong Qiangqiang's curiosity was aroused by these words, while Tong Lele was very different from his usual behavior. Not only did he talk less, but he also looked depressed.
"Loneliness." A trace of sadness flashed across Wang Shunan's face, "Many of them are said to have very good family backgrounds, with cars, houses, and children, but many of them chose to come here in the end. We only have millions here. There are only 15 rich people living there.”
"Is this place so popular?" Dong Qiangqiang looked around and wondered, "Although the conditions here are indeed good, they shouldn't be that exaggerated, right? Why do rich people come to nursing homes? Is it because their children are unfilial? Or is it because of their family values? light?"
"I thought so at first, but later I found out that it was not the case. Many old people who came here came on their own initiative," said Wang Shunan, a very talkative person. "I have also seen children trying to pick up old people, but the old people cried and shouted. I have to stay here."
"You asked to come here? Are you crying and shouting and just not leaving?" Dong Qiangqiang found it unbelievable. No matter how comfortable a nursing home is, can it be more comfortable than his own home?
Wang Shunan smiled: "You won't understand the situation of nursing homes in Germany at first glance. Public nursing homes can only admit a limited number of people every year, so private nursing homes with good conditions are very popular. Greencastle Nursing Home is a private nursing home in Hannover, both in terms of hardware facilities and medical team. The conditions in the nursing home are among the best, and it is not an exaggeration to say it is a star nursing home. Every year, many elderly people line up to come here. Although the conditions are not as good as those in the homes of rich people, after all, there are people monitoring them 24 hours a day. Having an emergency doctor on call at any time is always safer than living alone at home. Especially for the elderly with high-risk experiences such as high blood pressure, stroke, and myocardial infarction, their risk of living alone is actually very high."
Wang Shunan's words were very reasonable and Dong Qiangqiang couldn't help but nodded.
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