Five yuan a meal, the elderly here are like "down the restaurant" every day

When you are old

My hair is white

The happiest thing is

The family gathered together to share the joy of heaven

However, with the rapid development of urbanization

Most rural young people go out to work

The size of the elderly in the empty nest is increasingly larger

The problem of pension has become a lot of people's livelihood issues that have attracted much attention

to this end

Active exploration of Mai Town, Jingzhou District

New model of community home care for the elderly

In Miduo Temple community in MMC

Pilot to create a "happy cafeteria"

Old people say

I feel the feeling of "home" here

At 11:00 noon, the elderly in the Midoro Temple community came to the happy cafeteria for lunch one after another.

Zheng Qidong, who was in his 70s, came to two guests at home today. He invited the guests to try it at the happy cafeteria.

Stir -fried cucumber, oily eggplant, braised catfish, leeks fried lean meat, tomato egg soup, simple and simple dishes, guests are comfortable and satisfied.

"It is more economical than the library here. In the restaurant, the three of us have no 200 yuan. Here, thirty or forty dollars can eat well."

Happy cafeteria offers three meals a day a day. Many people, like Zheng Qidong, have dinner every day. For them, whether they entertain guests or usually eat themselves. With a happy cafeteria, three meals a day become easier.

Xiao Wenping, a resident of the Mituo Temple community, said: "The child is not at home, just I am alone, and sometimes I do it at home. When I am not good, I will come here and eat it at any time."

Many old people who dine said that eating here is more homeless, the environment is clean and tidy, and the kitchen uses a bright kitchen and bright stove, which will be accepted at any time. The interest came, and friends came here to come here to get together. It was particularly happy.

"The vegetables are okay, the vegetarian and vegetable match, the colors are still well done, we have eaten here for a long time."

"Today is lean stir -fried leeks, tomorrow is lean meat fried celery, the day after tomorrow is lean meat fried pepper, and the dishes are updated every day."

"Happy Canteen" is a transformation of Mai City Town's use of the "old dry activity center" idle place. It started operation in late May 2021 and adopted the operating model of "community -led, market -oriented operation, and jointly run".

While the normal operation of the general public, the "Happy Canteen" uses venue leasing fees and community Huimin project funds as a source of funds, and implements middle and dinner subsidies for elderly groups. At least 5 yuan for the elderly, you can eat a meal with a meal with a full meal in the happy cafeteria. Huang Huazhen, Secretary of the Party Committee of Mihuo Temple, Mianshi Town, Jingzhou District, introduced: "People from 60 to 70 years old are recognized according to the face of the age. It's free. "

There are nearly 2,000 residents of the Midoro Temple community. The "Happy Canteen" not only solves the problem of dining difficulties of the elderly and left -behind elderly people in the community, but also provides employment positions to facilitate the care of the elderly and children.

At the same time, in order to make the elderly who are inconvenient and inconvenient to move, they can also enjoy the happiness of the "happy cafeteria", and the Mai City Town also combines the construction of the civilized practice station in the new era to organize the arrangement of volunteers to provide free delivery to the elderly in the community. Services allow them to feel the convenience and happiness brought by social development without leaving home.

In addition to satisfying the stomach of the elderly, the happy cafeteria also transformed the second and third floors of the cafeteria into a venue for the elderly and children.

There are happy home, children's parent -child connection rooms, fitness places, elderly universities, dance teams, etc., which meets the needs of the elderly for the elderly in the community.

The 71 -year -old Hao Kezhen is a frequent visitor to the "Happy Canteen" of the Mituo Temple community. Her daughter is working abroad. She is usually only at home with her husband. She is very old and is difficult to cook. With a happy cafeteria, life becomes a lot of happiness.

"Eating in the" Happy Cafeteria "is not only convenient and affordable, but also can dance and practice with good sisters in the happy home of the elderly children on the cafeteria. I come now every day."

In the next step, Mai City Town, Jingzhou District will also combine the construction of the happy home of the elderly and the new era civilization practice station to gradually extend the "happy cafeteria" to the conditional villages to cope It is difficult to stay in the elderly for meals.

Source: Xu Xueqing and Liu Chang, reporters from Jingzhou Radio and TV Station Rong Media News Center

Editor: Chen Xu/Editor: Tang Jie Xie Chun/Editor: Qiu Zhijun Tang Wanquan

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