国内英语资讯:China Focus: Home-based elderly care deepens in rural China
<p><span word="KUNMING">KUNMING</span>, <span word="Feb">Feb</span>. 9-- <span word="Li">Li</span> <span word="Zhengxiang">Zhengxiang</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="bathed">bathed</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 15 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="meeting">meeting</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="worker">worker</span> <span word="Li">Li</span> <span word="Liping">Liping</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> 72-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="man">man</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="troubled">troubled</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="hemiplegia">hemiplegia</span>. <span word="With">With</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="wife">wife</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="children">children</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="lived">lived</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="mother">mother</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Zhazishu">Zhazishu</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="remote">remote</span> <span word="mountain">mountain</span> <span word="village">village</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Shidian">Shidian</span> <span word="county">county</span>, <span word="southwest">southwest</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Yunnan">Yunnan</span> <span word="Province">Province</span>. <span word="His">His</span> <span word="mother">mother</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="siblings">siblings</span> <span word="passed">passed</span> <span word="away">away</span> <span word="several">several</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>.</p><p><span word="When">When</span> <span word="Li">Li</span> <span word="Liping">Liping</span> <span word="lifted">lifted</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="man">man</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="bed">bed</span> <span word="carefully">carefully</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="washed">washed</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="plastic">plastic</span> <span word="bathtub">bathtub</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="nine">nine</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="volunteers">volunteers</span>, <span word="Li">Li</span> <span word="Zhengxiang">Zhengxiang</span> <span word="laughed">laughed</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="child">child</span>.</p><p>"<span word="If">If</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="him">him</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="gotten">gotten</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="spent">spent</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rest">rest</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dark">dark</span>," <span word="the">the</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="man">man</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Li">Li</span> <span word="Zhengxiang">Zhengxiang</span> <span word="gets">gets</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="subsidy">subsidy</span> <span word="of">of</span> 740 <span word="yuan">yuan</span> (110 <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="dollars">dollars</span>) <span word="a">a</span> <span word="month">month</span>, <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="amount">amount</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="county">county</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="rural">rural</span> <span word="disposable">disposable</span> <span word="income">income</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="days">days</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sad">sad</span> <span word="monotony">monotony</span>.</p><p><span word="He">He</span> <span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="alone">alone</span>, <span word="lying">lying</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="bed">bed</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="relying">relying</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="nephew">nephew</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="neighbors">neighbors</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="food">food</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="plastic">plastic</span> <span word="basin">basin</span> <span word="beside">beside</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="bed">bed</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="excretion">excretion</span>.</p><p>"<span word="My">My</span> <span word="spending">spending</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="limited">limited</span>. <span word="I">I</span>'<span word="m">m</span> <span word="poor">poor</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="spirit">spirit</span> <span word="rather">rather</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="materially">materially</span>," <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Since">Since</span> 2017, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="senior">senior</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="better">better</span> <span word="thanks">thanks</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Li">Li</span> <span word="Liping">Liping</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="selected">selected</span> <span word="volunteer">volunteer</span> <span word="by">by</span> "<span word="caring">caring</span> <span word="rural">rural</span> <span word="left">left</span>-<span word="behind">behind</span> <span word="elderly">elderly</span>" <span word="program">program</span> <span word="launched">launched</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="welfare">welfare</span> <span word="foundation">foundation</span> <span word="Changjiang">Changjiang</span> 265, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="defines">defines</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="mission">mission</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="providing">providing</span> <span word="home">home</span>-<span word="based">based</span> <span word="services">services</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="rural">rural</span> <span word="left">left</span>-<span word="behind">behind</span> <span word="live">live</span> <span word="happily">happily</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="age">age</span>.</p><p><span word="To">To</span> <span word="celebrate">celebrate</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Spring">Spring</span> <span word="Festival">Festival</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="fell">fell</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="Li">Li</span> <span word="Liping">Liping</span> <span word="sent">sent</span> <span word="seniors">seniors</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="village">village</span> <span word="couplets">couplets</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="gifts">gifts</span>, <span word="cleaned">cleaned</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="houses">houses</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="cooked">cooked</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="meals">meals</span>.</p>
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