[Media Today/Reporter Li Zudong reported]Kaohsiung City held a commendation meeting for temporary and short-term care services for people with disabilities today (27th). Thank you to the 52 temporary care attendants for their long-term investment and professional care skills, providing support and companionship to people with disabilities, and bringing many physical and mental benefits to them. Families with disabilities gain precious respite from long-term care.
The Kaohsiung City Government’s Social Affairs Bureau entrusts the Xihaner Social Welfare Foundation to provide temporary and short-term care services for people with disabilities. Today at the Lecture Hall of the Women’s Hall of the Social Affairs Bureau of the Kaohsiung City Government, awards were given to outstanding waiters to encourage hard work; the winners this time include: Huang Chunzhen, Chen Tingru, Ji Zhulin, Gong Zonghua, Wu Mingda, Chen Shaoen, Zhu Yingluan, Wang Biyin, Huang Jinxing , Lai Bizhu, Ren Jizhen, Ye Wenling, Huang Shuyuan, Su Sulei and other 14 people.
Outstanding Service Award – Huang Chunzhen joined the ranks of temporary and short-term care services in 1991 and has been working continuously for 22 years. She is always full of energy, greets social workers and stores with service recipients with a warm smile, and increases the interpersonal relationships of service cases. Opportunities for interaction. In the past, we served a very serious child, Xiaoyu, who suffered from cervical spondylosis, cerebral edema, and blindness due to hypoxia during labor. He needed constant and careful care from his family throughout his life. The single mother shouldered the heavy care and medical expenses and went to work in other counties and cities, so she had no choice but to leave Xiaoyu to her grandmother. Because her grandmother was worried that others would not understand Xiaoyu’s living habits, and that Xiaoyu would not be able to adapt to the care of strangers, her grandmother had always done everything herself, and she felt exhausted in the long run. By chance, I met the caretaker Sister Azhen and started trying out the care service.
Although Xiaoyu is blind, has poor cognitive and language skills, and cannot understand and respond to daily conversations, he can always recognize Sister Azhen’s voice and always shows happiness to Sister Azhen during the service process. smile. Sister Azhen’s professional and rich caregiving experience won her grandmother’s trust and allowed her to take advantage of the daycare time to rest and relax. Sister Azhen said that in the process of serving children with disabilities for more than 20 years, she cherished every moment, every bit of progress and growth she spent with these children. When she saw the smiles of the children and their families, she did not feel hard at all, but was filled with joy. of joy and achievement.
Kaohsiung City’s temporary and short-term care services for people with disabilities mainly provide short-term care such as accompanying medical appointments and going out for shopping. They provide family caregivers with respite and assistance in family emergencies to relieve family long-term care pressure and maintain the quality of family life. The service targets are people with disabilities who actually live in Kaohsiung City and have received a disability certificate. Those whose family care manpower is temporarily or short-term unable to take care of them and who are indeed in need after assessment can contact the Xihaner Social Welfare Foundation to apply. Tel: 726-6096 Extension 18, 19, or call the dedicated hotline 727-6093 for consultation. Anyone with lofty ideals is welcome to join the ranks of day care attendants and become the most powerful backing for families with disabilities.
