However, there are still concerns as to the safety of families when hiring unskilled housekeepers, management agencies, or ideological concerns when bringing their parents into a nursing home.
"Mother like old tree like banana ..."
For a few months, Nguyen Thi Giang (Cau Giay - Hanoi) haggard, hả phac because of the health of her mother. She is nearly 90 years old with dozens of diseases, from blood pressure, diabetes to rheumatism, bone degeneration. Her husband went to work far away, so Giang had to work constantly to take her to see the doctor and consult a consultant. Working low, low salary, causing financial pressure on her shoulder.
Many people complain about not being able to find caregivers for their parents
Leaving VND5 million per month to help with the care of Papa's father, Pham Bich Dao (Thanh Tri, Hanoi) hopes everything will be resolved. However, she had to change people continuously. "Most help with housework, cooking, not skilled care for the elderly, or instructing the practice."
Sister shared a sigh.
The worry of taking care of elderly parents is not the same for Giang or Dao when in late March, the World Bank published a report on population aging in East Asia - Thailand. Binh Duong. Accordingly, Vietnam is becoming one of the fastest growing countries in the world.
According to data from the Ministry of Health Vietnam, the elderly now account for 10.5% of the population in the country. It is worth mentioning that the life expectancy of Vietnamese people has increased but the number of years of healthy life is quite low. Only about 5% of the elderly in the country have good health, the remaining 95% are unhealthy and bring in many things such as hypertension, arthritis, lung disease - chronic obstructive bronchitis diarrhea, diarrhea, dementia ... Most elderly people in our country have no routine medical examination, so when the disease is often diagnosed late, the treatment is difficult.
Elderly people need good care
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ho Ba Do, Director of the Institute for Nursing and Rehabilitation, said: "Not only the weak but the healthy old people are living unsafe lives. The house is wide open, but all the time the left locked inside while the children go to work, missed fire or accident happens no one knows. Having a family to spend 4-5 million per month to help but finding out that the house is often stolen, and the parents are treated unfairly, do not take good care, not to mention help often do not have health examination Should bring in many infectious diseases such as Hepatitis B, tuberculosis ... ". Another alarm is that according to data from the National Committee for the Elderly in Vietnam, the National Survey on Aging 2011, 33% of elderly people do not know how to share fun and sad with anyone. They are lonely right in their homes because their children are busy from dawn to dusk. Depression, boredom makes them lack of energy against the disease of old age.
"The old mother like a banana tree", at any time can leave the branch, so at this point they need to be loved, care the most. However, caring for the right way is always a question that makes young families headache.
The pressure of work and life causes them not to spend much time caring for their loved ones. Taking a parent into a nursing home is very expensive and does not fit the fine traditions of the Vietnamese, and hiring housekeepers at home is risky and expensive too.
"Old" in love
A number of studies have shown that the needs of older people are centered around health care and are associated with descendants. So, what is the perfect solution to solve this problem?
Japan is the most elderly country in the world. The Japanese government has been paying attention to the nuclear family trend, socializing the elderly, in which "family nursing staff" play an important role in supporting older people. In Vietnam today, this issue is also being considered by many specialized agencies.
"With a continuous" one-patient "home care regime, instead of having to go to a hospital or health facility, there is also a regular monthly monitoring, supervision and care regime. Doctors will make you feel more comfortable, safer when being cared for in your own home, be with your children, enjoy the fun meal and often chat, chat. In addition, the amount of money a family spends to register the service is no higher than the amount of hiring maids in a month "- Associate Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Hong, deputy. Director of the Institute of Nursing Science and Rehabilitation Analytical.
He also said that the Institute of Nursing and Rehabilitation Sciences is studying the topic of building a family nursing model, which has been developed in countries with aging population such as Japan and Germany. Accordingly, for the elderly health is good, focus on the health care with traditional medicine to maintain the state of massage, acupressure, bath medication, etc. also for the sick In case of severe illness, take care according to each type of disease, eat according to the regimen, take medicine on time ... according to the instructions of the doctor. This monitoring system must be very scientific based on six factors that affect the health of the elderly, such as: Sleep, Eat, Drink, and Treatments for People with Disease, Workout and Spirituality.
All nurses are graduated and granted nursing degrees at medical schools, recruited and trained by the Institute of Nursing and Rehabilitation Sciences for the care of sick and elderly people. Behind the family nursing team is a system of industry experts who are always on hand to support, analyze and provide the necessary elements, the best care for each object and each disease to each other. The elderly have a sense of joy, peace and "grow old" in love.
