Six Experiences of Going to a Home for the Elderly

This social practice gave me a good opportunity to experience social life, so that I saw the old veterans of the old life and their victory in the war of resistance could not be suppressed the pride of the feelings. This activity enhanced my sense of social responsibility. At the same time, accompanying the veterans this time also let me taste the fun of caring for others. I hope there will be more such opportunities in the future. Respecting the elderly has always been a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation. However, in today's era of increasing material abundance, the middle-aged generation is increasingly busy with work and has no time to take care of their parents. Therefore, nowadays there are a lot of lonely and unsupported elderly people in our society.

We, as new age college students and young volunteers, are obliged to take up this social responsibility and continue to carry forward this traditional virtue that has lasted for thousands of years. Through our own efforts, we can bring love, joy and warmth to the elderly, set an example, create a good culture of respect for the elderly and love for the elderly in the whole society, and cultivate and enhance the social awareness of citizens.

This social practice activity in the old people's home makes me very fulfilled, it makes me understand the life of the old people and enhances my sense of social responsibility. I hope there will be more opportunities for this kind of practice in the future.

Part III Experience of Going to the Elderly Home

In this sunny weather, taking advantage of the May Day holiday, we spontaneously organized a volunteer activity to visit and care for the elderly in the old people's home. This line of the old people's home has a lot of emotions.

When we arrived at the destination, we didn't have a gorgeous courtyard as we had imagined, it was just an old building with a long history, and the silent courtyard was plain. However, I am glad we came, we want to bring joy to the elderly here. We began to divide up the work, helping them wash their hair, mopping the floor, talking with them for a while, playing chess, playing cards... In the company of the grandparents I saw how much they missed their children and how lonely they felt in the old people's home. We just went to the so a while, the old people's faces appeared happy smile, simply say a few words of family life to warm up, I can feel they are very happy because of our arrival.

As the saying goes: "There is an old man in the family, there is a treasure". But today, most of the children because of busy work, do not have time to take care of the elderly, they will send the elderly to the home for the elderly, have time to go to see a glance. In fact, we know that what the elderly lack is not material help, but inner spiritual companionship. There are so many empty nesters in the world, and the number of old people in old people's homes is growing every year. What we can do is very little, we can't go to every old people's home and take care of every old person, but we can do our best to take care of the old people we see in front of our eyes, and call on the young people in society to care more about their own parents, and to take time to go home to see them more often. What the elderly are looking forward to is not the children go home to help them do how much, all they want is for the children to come back to visit more often and talk with them, even if it is just for a few minutes, I think they will be very happy.

I was so touched by this volunteer activity that I rushed to call my own family to talk to them after the event. I hope that we can all contribute our own little efforts to care for the elderly, so as not to let them in their remaining years full of loneliness and regret.

Part IV Experience of Going to an Elderly Home

Dedicate time, reap the rewards of fulfillment; dedicate time, reap the rewards of value; dedicate love, reap the rewards of moving. Respect for the elderly and love for children is a traditional virtue of our Chinese nation. It is a valuable spiritual wealth inherited from our forefathers. In our long history and profound traditional culture, we attach importance to human morality, family harmony is the essence of our cultural traditions, but also the Chinese nation's strong cohesion and affinity for the specific embodiment. Everyone has old times, but respect for the old and love for the young is everyone's duty.

Early in the morning, all the officers of the Youth Volunteer Association of our college, under the leadership of the captain of the old people honoring team, gathered at the office of the Youth Association downstairs with love materials, and went to the old people's home "Lao Lai Fu" in Huaxi District, Guiyang City. Each of us will go through the process from child to youth, from youth to old age, through life and death, we are still in the youth stage, the future also has a long period of time, how to go on, I think, everyone should have a number in mind, perhaps when we finish our life journey, the rest, whether it is also want to spend their twilight years as the old people of the old people's home?

Into the home, the face of strangers to the elderly, at first I seemed very cautious, do not know what to talk to the elderly, but also afraid to talk about their sad things. But all of this was changed by a grandfather, in the process of conversation, the grandfather told me about his former life, in that old society, although the grandfather is an orphan, but society has not abandoned him, he also became an honorable **** production party members, the grandfather also told me about their daily life, one of the things that I think they are too poor, every day can only be in the small courtyard, the door is also locked. activities, the door is also locked. The dean did this to ensure their safety, but I feel that their old age is very miserable, every day living a "copier" type of life. I don't want the old people outside to accompany their grandchildren, and in their spare time they can go to the square to dance, play chess, and chat with other old people. But the old people in the home did not feel, and we talked to more of the former young things.

On the way back, the old grandfather followed us to the bus place, always reluctant to part. I have mixed feelings, the old people in their own work in the silent dedication of a lifetime, and now the children are not around, but still preserved an optimistic and strong mentality. In the life of the old, then as the younger generation, we should be able to help them, care about their old age.

I have learned a lot through this activity. For my parents, I told myself that my parents will be old one day, and I have to do my best to take good care of them and keep them by my side, no matter how slow their actions become, no matter how difficult it is for them to think. Because I know, sheep have the grace of kneeling, crows have to feed the father, as young volunteers we should be more to care for them, they are not lonely, life is not so bleak, so that they can be more of a can talk about the object.

Part V of the experience of going to the elderly home

The elderly, is our society's vulnerable groups, the old as well as the old, as well as the young, respect for the elderly and love for the young is the traditional virtues of the Chinese people.

As long as everyone gives a little love, the world will become a better tomorrow, carry forward this traditional virtues, carry forward the traditional virtues of the Chinese people respect for the elderly, respect for the elderly, the Youth Association organized us to carry out this activity, and since childhood in the grandmother under the care of the growth of my now resolutely chose to join the Youth Association, chose to do a volunteer, to do my own efforts to give a little love.

At 7:20 in the morning, the officers of our association and some reporters of the press corps***72 people gathered in the Zhixing Building, and also brought a piece of fruit, some ingredients, after a period of time, we arrived at the home for the elderly, just walked into the yard, we saw some grandparents who woke up early and looked at the kind of kind and amiable face. As if vaguely see the grandmother at home, when we walked into the old man's house, into the old man's body, but hesitate to open the door to open the mouth to them to say the first word, on the contrary, the old people than we have to take the initiative, they with a kind face to follow us these shy people to talk, and from then on to break this quiet picture.

Subsequently, we not only visited the elderly one by one, to give them warmth, where the care of the elderly aunty told us, these aging old people in the past story, told us that they miss their parents and relatives, their own children because of the busy work and always outside, no one at home to accompany their own chat, a person to talk to themselves, rather than alone in the end of the old age, not to come to the home to spend time with their peers, so that they are not the same age, but to the elderly, and the elderly people, and the elderly people, and the elderly people, and the elderly people, and the elderly people, and the elderly people. The children do not know that it is too late to wait until the children want to raise and parents do not wait, when they will understand that these waiting for their parents hope is to see themselves every day.

In the exchange with the elderly, listening to them talk about their youthful bitter past, they told their children's childhood past, everything is their own tireless to teach them a lot of things. They never ask for anything in return, they just want their children to be safe, everything is fine, and when they are old, have you ever done so?

In this activity, we acted as their grandchildren, accompanied them to chat, help them pound their backs, give them tea and water, give them fruits and sweets, holding them for a walk, for them to cook, etc., and they are together with these dribs and drabs, how much I miss, so I thought of an old saying, "old as we are old, as well as the old man", to be treated like their own. "We should treat all the old people in the world as we treat our own old people. Respect for the elderly and love for the young is something we should do.

When we are going to leave the old people's home, the heart has a lot of reluctance, when I was about to step through that iron gate. I was about to step through the iron door. May be associated with the old people at home to think of the sudden deep understanding of it. I hope that through this activity can improve our social practice ability, can enhance our love, and, also let me realize the meaning of love, the meaning of dedication, I hope to participate in this kind of activity again, the traditional virtues continue to pass on.

Part VI Experience of Going to an Elderly Home

Respecting the elderly is a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation. But in today's society, how many people can still do it? Of course there are some old people we dare not to honor, such as:bumper stickers. There are too many such people in society, so many young people have been deceived, which causes everyone to see the elderly will retreat. And there is a group of lovely old people who don't have the company of their families and can't feel the warmth brought by their loved ones. They live in a courtyard, and everyone keeps each other company. And our purpose this time is to go to accompany such a group of lovely but lonely old people to chat and keep them company. I still remember that we set off early in the morning, on the way to the bus, my mood was excited, nervous, afraid of doing a bad job ...... When we arrived at the home for the elderly it was about 8:30, when I saw the home for the elderly that yard, I felt very sad, a small yard, the house is old, the hardware facilities can be said to be very poor. There were a few old people in the yard, scattered. When we stepped into the courtyard, some old people even patted the seats beside themselves and asked us to sit down, which was very touching. Then we were assigned tasks by our schoolmates: some were to chat with the old people; some were to help clean up. When I stepped into the house and saw the grandpa I was going to accompany, I saw him sitting quietly on a chair, not talking, his eyes were dull. It was only when I spoke to him for the first time that he reacted and turned his head towards me. During the two days I stayed with Grandpa, I only learned that his last name was Ma, and that he was already 89 years old this year, and that he couldn't speak very clearly, so I didn't dare to ask him about his family for fear of involving Grandpa Ma's sadness. When asked about his youth, Grandpa Ma came to interest, he said he was young in Chongqing as a soldier, has been to many places, but also told me that, while young, go out more, want to do what you boldly do, or old and then want to do it will not have the opportunity. Grandpa Ma also cared to say, I just came to Guiyang accustomed to, Guiyang cold and so on. He cared about me just like his own grandfather. At that moment I thought of my grandparents. Although they are not as old as Grandpa Ma, they are still old and their legs are not so good anymore. Suddenly I felt unfilial. I hadn't called them once since I arrived in Guiyang, and every time I came home they cared about me and asked me how I was doing. But sometimes I still think they are very nagging. I miss my grandparents, and I want to give them a call to say that I miss them.

The last goodbye is the most sad, would like to stay with them a little longer, even if only a minute, but this short minute is no longer, when we went to say goodbye to Grandpa Ma, he said: "I'm sorry for you, you came to see me, and I have not been able to cook a bowl of noodles for you to eat". When I heard these words, I was so moved that I almost couldn't hold back the tears in my eyes. They really are a kind and lovely bunch of people. I only hope that a little time in their company can make them feel the warmth of this society. Although they were fed and watered in the home for the elderly, they were not happy because of the loneliness they had been experiencing for many years, and they also hoped that someone would come and chat with them. This activity really made me realize the meaning of the word "filial piety".

Although this activity did not give the old people anything valuable, I believe our blessings will bring them a warmth. This experience makes me think that one person's power is insignificant, but if we gather more insignificant power, what kind of power it is. I hope we will never forget the old people living in the corners, and I hope more people will pay attention to them. We all have parents too, and one day we will all grow old. Imagine how we would feel if we were old and had no children around us. In fact, the old people want not much, a little care, a little companionship is enough!