From April 6th,I had started my service at Sijiqing nursing
home.There,I met many friends in common and lots of lovely old
people.Thanks to my experience of looking after my elder parents,I could
easily go into the role.My first one-to-one service person is Grandpa
Li.Actually,when we were distributed at first,I expressed my wish to
attend to Aunt Wang,who was paralyzed and bed-bounded.I though
companying her would be more interesting because she had a higher
cultural layer and was fond of music.However,I wasn’t come for my
interest,thus to know more new old people and start more services are
also what I’d like to do.Therefore,I told my group leader:“I will obey
your arrangement and accept anyone you give me.” As a result,I have been
severing Grandpa Li since the very beginning of my third-time
service.Grandpa Li was a 5 protect door without a lot of knowledge and
children,I’d never contacted this kind of people before.Though my first
service,I found out the problems:very few topics to talk about,his
lacking of passion for the life,which I found later was actually a
common problem among old people.I brought these problems to the group
discussion after the service and put it in our group’s blog as
well.After serving for several times,I gradually found a solution:Avoid
talking about issues of life and death; tell him more new things or
goods he had never seen before.Take my cellphone for example,he was
confused when I heard the ring of the cellphone but did not answer
it.Therefore,I told him about short message and let him know it could
save money.It was really amazing to communicate with people without any
telephone wire in his eyes.Sometimes I may also recall things he was
familiar with,such as mending shoes.And then let him identify whether my
shoes and bag were made by real leather.Besides,the tone is very
important.As he is my elder,the best way is to treat him is the same
like the children to their elder father.Now,he would like me to be his
niece,which maybe the best award for a volunteer.Aunt Wang was my second
service recipient,though we had only met four times and spent a very
short time together.She passed away quite in a sudden and it brought me
great sorrow.I chose her voluntarily after I read her material.She was
an Overseas Chinese,which made me feel intimate,for my parents were also
Overseas Chinese.The moment I saw her,I feel surer that my choice was
right.Her figure and a