[Light Mystery + The Challenges of Old Age + An Aging Society with Fewer Children + Elder Care + Episodic Stories]
[Outstanding Work Award, Third Qimao Realistic Fiction Writing Contest]
Shi Qi was about to resign from her job at a housekeeping company when a nanny's murder left her unable to leave.
As she works to uncover the truth, she meets elderly people struggling with all kinds of hardships, along with family members pushed to the brink by caring for them.
Is a long life a blessing or a nightmare?
Should elder care rely on filial devotion or institutions?
Are the elderly becoming eccentric, or are they mentally ill?
What happens when you have no children and fall ill?
Which matters more, dignity or survival?
Can you go bankrupt from illness in old age if you have no health insurance?
These are not just questions the elderly must face. One day, they will become questions all of us must face ourselves.
As Shi Qi helps one elderly person after another find security in their later years, she meets Gu Wei, an emergency room doctor who shares her hopes.
Together, they grow and devote themselves wholeheartedly to elder care.
We will all enter an age of silver hair. May we all have someone to rely on in our old age.
The topic of this book is very novel and realistic. It is a true real-life story. Now that the aging population is serious, we need to pay more attention to the life of middle-aged and elderly people. The author writes very well, and combines the life, humanities and landscape together, and it is not boring to read.
Is the heroine of the story real? It's very difficult! It's easy to be kind once, but hard to be kind all the time. We have too many concerns and the responsibilities and pressures that the real society places on you. Every disabled or semi-disabled elderly person is a difficult problem for a family or 2 or 3 families, but this is an inevitable or high probability of aging. Supporting the young brings constant hope and joy, but raising the elderly brings endless difficulties and sorrows, as well as irreconcilable habits and stubbornness. . . . . . May most people be free from illness and pain, and die in peace and tranquility.
Before writing this book I collected a lot of real events, mostly from around me. The more I think about it, the more uncomfortable I feel. The elderly woman who was domestically abused in the story is still living in panic. She has not met the nosy heroine, no one has helped her, and her daughter-in-law is not as loyal as in the story. She is like a lonely soul, and even taking a bath is a luxury. The bedridden old man in the story could not get rid of hallucinations and insecurities. She still argued with the air all day long and did not wait for spiritual comfort. In the story, there is an old man who wants to go home but cannot. Her son is alive and well and rarely comes to see her. What she talks about most every day is that she wants to go home, completely forgetting that she can no longer take care of herself. She has no home for a long time. In the story, the daughter's family went to Beijing for an old man. They did not come back to pick him up. They had already gone to the United States. The old man lived alone. A few days ago, he went to the hospital alone to see a heart attack. In the story, the old man who suffered from gastric cancer has passed away. This cancer does exist in the genes. The couple almost divorced because of this incident, but now they live for their children. The caregiver in the story breaks down and shouts. In the eyes of others, she just wants to endure it. They did not wait for the heroine to comfort them. Their breakdown lasts until the day the person they cared for dies. There are also some elderly people in the story, such as the one who has never been married and fainted at home. He now lives in a nursing home, which is very good, but the cost is also very high. For example, the "martial madman" who was uncontrollable in the brain hospital could be cured for the rest of her life. For example, the elderly who had their wounds opened by caregivers, or the elderly who developed diabetes after soaking their feet in hot water. The government subsidies in the story for disabled elderly people are true. The cost-effective meal and meal delivery services established in the community for the elderly in the story are also true. The nurse in the story who comes to your door to ask for water without asking for anything in return is also true. It is also true that the German girl in the story particularly loves the sunshine in China. The cruelty and pain in the story are real, and so are the warmth and true feelings. The story is relatively beautiful, and it contains my best wishes. I hope that more people will see the plight of the elderly and that more people will be able to help the elderly within their capabilities. Don't say why, don't ask why, we will all grow old, and their plight is what we will face in the future. May we all have something to rely on and be happy in our old age.
My career is very new, and it's the first time I've seen someone write about a housekeeping company. I wanted to cry halfway through watching it. There were all kinds of old people in trouble, and the details were so real. I'll write a review after reading them all.
Great title! Great introduction! The author compiles it slowly. . . I waited patiently. . . . .
Isn't it nice to urge Cancan to update as soon as it comes up? Cancan, please update quickly.
Here comes the iron fan, chasing after me from Douyue