Text/Photo Jinyang.com reporter Gan Yunyi Interns Wu Yongyan, Huang KomiksLiKomiksXia, Cai Fan
Yiyuan Canteen, weekend extra meals, buffets, university canteens… It turns out that the elders canteen has so many new “flowers”. At present, there are 958 elderly canteens in Guangzhou, covering almost 100% of the entire city’s communities. Every day, many elderly people are active in the canteens for different elders. The price reduction is not reduced, which gives them more sense of reality. The innovative methods also give them a lot of freshness.
Coordinates: Baiyun
The best buffet for elders canteens is not the only way to prevent “satisfaction”. Since this year, many elders canteens in Guangzhou have made new ideas and launched many innovative services. The most eye-catching thing is the self-service cookbook of elders canteens in Baiyun District. Since May this year, the Tongde Social Work Service Club in Baiyun District has launched a vegetarian buffet experience activity in one of the elders’ canteens, and the effect is quite good.
Hundreds of private Cantonese cuisine and dim sum are added to the Elderly Canteen to make the vegetarian Babaylan buffet is both novel and healthy. In terms of price, it has been reduced from the original 20 yuan per 1 to 12 yuan per 1. It is reported that for elderly people with limited mobility, volunteers will also be organized to provide loving home services. “It turns out that the buffets that young people like are like are like this. They are all fresh and each needs are needed. They are frugal.” An old man said.
Babaylan
Baiyun District Elderly Canteen
However, not every elderly canteen on Tongde Street currently has a buffet. There is no other elder cafeteria hosted by Tongde Social Work Service Co., Ltd., but the rich dishes and monthly menu also make the elderly praise it.
At around 11 noon on the 7th, several elderly people over 60 came to the elders’ canteen on Tongde Street. Some of them read newspapers, some chatted, and everyone was waiting for lunch. At 11:30, with the sound of “Food is here!” a red insulated box was carried in, and the volunteersWe took away the meal we were going to deliver to our door in turn. The gray-haired elder followed the volunteer to pick up the meal. Aunt Li from the social work service club took the meal tickets from the old neighbors while carefully taking notes on the table.
Baiyun District Elderly Canteen
There are not many elders eating on site, there are only two that day. Aunt Li said that in the past, there were probably 4-5 elders eating at the scene. Most elders choose to take them home. “It’s even better to have a buffet, it doesn’t matter if you don’t have one. The food here is different every day. Today is fried with chicken with ginger and scallions and shredded pork with black fungus beans. It’s delicious!” Mr. Yang was satisfied with the meal.
Coordinates: Liwan & Zengcheng
Meals are reduced in price and foods are not reduced in quality. Some do not have household registration restrictions.
The elders canteen in Lingnan Street, Liwan District was officially opened in October last year. “Starting from July 23 this year, due to the corresponding subsidies provided by the streets, different categories of elderly people will have different degrees of price reductions, while the “three-no staff” will be reduced to a minimum of 1 yuan per meal.” said Ge Fangfang, the canteen manager.
Liwan District Elderly Canteen
She also said that in the Elderly Canteen, they will adjust the taste of the meal according to the different needs of the elderly, such as white rice. One is soft and the other is hard, suitable for different elderly people. “The social workers here are very familiar with the elderly. As long as they meet the elderly, they will know what kind of food the elderly like to eat and which ones they are afraid of.” She said: “As for whether the 1 yuan meal is of quality assurance, that is of course. As far as I have seen with my own eyes, fresh meat and vegetables will be transported back from the vegetable market at around 8 o’clock every morning. Each one is in compliance with the standards and will be accompanied by invoices and other credentials.”
Liwan District Elderly Canteen
Aunt Liu, a social worker in the elders’ canteen, said: “At present, in our elders’ canteen, there are three elderly people who deliver meals to their homes and enjoy one-yuan dining benefits.” Grandpa Zhang, who enjoys one-yuan dining, comes to eat at noon every Monday to Friday. “When I heard that I had a one-dollar meal, I was quite happy. I could have lunch for one dollar. It was very good for my living conditions. The food here was also delicious and I was very satisfied.”
Grandpa Zhang’s meals for one yuan are understood to be understood. After adjustments, as long as people aged 60 or above who are registered in Guangzhou, regardless of whether they are in Lingnan Street, they can apply for Lingnan Street Elderly Canteen dining service and enjoy discounts.
In addition to Lingnan Street, starting from August 1, 92 elderly canteens in Zengcheng will uniformly implement new price adjustments. After the price adjustment, the out-of-payment expenses for elderly people with registered household registration in Zengcheng in the first, second and third categories are Babaylan, respectively, and Komiks1Babaylan, 3 yuan and 5 yuan, both of which are down 1 yuan from the previous period; the out-of-payment expenses for elderly people with registered household registration across towns and streets in Zengcheng are 6 yuan, which is down 3 yuan from the previous period. After the price reduction, the meal prep standard remains at 12 yuan per meal.
Coordinates: Huanong & Agricultural Reclamation Bureau, etc.
Universities transform into elders’ canteens. There is also integration and mutual understanding.
The elders’ canteen is also located in college canteens. At the Green Rong Garden Canteen of South China Agricultural University, faculty, staff, students and elders can dine together in the canteen, which can be said to be more “youthful” than other elderly canteens.
South China Agricultural University Canteen
Before entering the canteen, the reporter met in the campus passageGo to the signboard of the “Elder’s Canteen”. In the canteen, a special window for caring lunch for retired teachers and teachers of China Agriculture and a Babaylan window for caring lunch for retired teachers and teachers of the elderly are specially set up, with rich dishes. “I live nearby and come here to eat often, mainly because it is very convenient. The government has opened a love window for the elderly to eat for the elderly, so that the elderly can enjoy the benefits. I think it’s great.” Uncle Chen, a retired teacher from Huanong, said happily.
According to reports, when elderly people aged 70 or above who meet the government subsidy conditions and elderly people with special difficulties who are registered in Wushan Street who are 70 years old and above who are registered in special difficulties spend in the canteen, the government will give each person a subsidy of 6 yuan per meal. Elders who meet the conditions can apply for a registration card in the community, and they can go to the canteen to spend lunch with this card. “Every lunch time, about 800-1,000 elderly people come here to spend, and the number of people can be said to be very large.”
South China Agricultural University Canteen
Why does the elderly dining service window open in colleges and universities? The canteen manager said: “In addition to meeting the basic requirements of our school, CNU can withdraw some extra resources to serve the elderly. This can also be considered as sharing resources to help the community share the pressure; at the same time, it also gives love to help some elderly people.” However, due to the limited venue and manpower, there are also many elderly people who eat in the canteen, which has caused some complaints between faculty and staff. He hopes both sides understand more.
At present, the canteen of the Guangdong Provincial Agricultural Reclamation Bureau also has a “Love Dining Window for Elderly” jointly built with the streets, providing more convenience for the elderly. In addition, some restaurants have begun to become elders’ canteens. For example, Taihe Town, Baiyun District, has cooperated with the public restaurant since the end of February this year to build it into one of the town’s home-based elderly care meals.
Mentality: Is it rude to eat at the elders’ canteen?
Some long-timers believe that the elderly canteen is a place where only elderly people who are not cared for will go. Such institutions are similar to rescue stationsOr in the shelter, it is very rude and even embarrassing to eat at the elders’ canteen. The reporter found that this was not the case when he visited. First of all, the software and hardware are more particular, and secondly, the cafeteria is just a happy scene of chatting and eating.
Shegong Liu said that they had conducted a survey and the elderly man who went to the elders’ canteen for dining, the main person is to solve the lunch from Monday to Friday. During the rest of the time, most of the family members were responsible for the catering. Not only do you not feel ashamed, but you also eat with relish.
Grandma Liu, who was dining for 11 yuan, said, “I come here to eat every Monday to Friday, and I am very happy.” Grandma Cai, who was dining for 7 yuan, said, “I have been eating since I opened it, and the food environment here is very good, and the social workers here are also very familiar with me.” Grandpa Tang, who was dining for 9 yuan, said, “The dishes prepared every day are different, I like them very much.”
In addition, the elders’ canteen does indeed bring happiness to the old neighbors. Mr. Zhang, who is “one-yuan dining”, has a monthly retirement salary of 1,600 yuan. He is not only a ‘three-no-person’, but also a disabled and an elderly person. He was unable to move and needed to use crutches, and the “one-yuan dining” really helped him. If he is not an elder’s canteen, he needs to walk to a far-reaching vegetable market and buy dishes for one person, or ask the neighbors to bring him some food along the way, and then cook small pots of food by himself