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Original title: Adhering to the frontline of elderly care for 9 years, Pu Yu became the most trusted and caring person for the elderly (introduction)

Guard the most beautiful sunset red with the heart of "raw jade" (theme)

Worker's Daily - Li Na, reporter of China Industrial Network, correspondent Xiong Xiaohui, Ling Yifei

Dressing, feeding and defecating the elderly... In the past nine years of elderly care work, Pu Yu, an elderly care nurse at Dachun Elderly Care and Rehabilitation Center in Tongjiang County, Bazhong City, Sichuan Province, got up at 4:00 a.m. every day and went to work, doing repetitive work day after day.

She always devotes herself to these seemingly monotonous jobs, and knows everyone's physical conditions, eating habits, preferences, etc. by heart in her daily life with the elderly, so as to provide more comfortable and considerate services for the elderly.

Guard the most beautiful sunset red with the heart of "rough jade". Recently, Pu Yu has successively won the National May Day Labor Medal and the title of "the most beautiful worker" in 2024. At the highlight of her career, she said she would continue to stick to the frontline of elderly care services and hoped to drive more people to join the elderly care industry through efforts.

"Good daughter" is very "considerate"

Pu Yu is well known in Dachun Elderly Care and Rehabilitation Center. "Good daughter" and "intimate" are common words used by the elderly when they talk about her.

In her work, Pu Yu insists on showing full patience and love. There are 75 elderly people on the first floor in her charge, most of whom are suffering from hypertension, diabetes, cerebral infarction, Alzheimer's disease and other diseases, and some are paralyzed in bed. Pu Yu has a cheerful laugh and a kind smile. The old people love to listen and watch. She said that laughter can deliver warmth and strength to the elderly.

"Noisy voices, silent resistance, and the elderly who do not cooperate with treatment and rehabilitation are often angry." Pu Yu said that the sick elderly are more sensitive to care behavior, and if they do not act properly, it is easy to cause their discomfort. So, from rehabilitation treatment to clothing addition and reduction and helping the elderly, she insists on being conscientious in every aspect. In particular, we should pay more attention to the elderly with mental retardation and consciousness disorder.

Uncle Huang, who lives in Luming Village, Washi Town, has an accident of high paraplegia, and is unable to stretch his hands and feet, so he can't take care of himself. This sudden change has led to his irritability and irritability. Many nursing staff have a headache for Uncle Huang's care. Through careful observation, Pu Yu found that Uncle Huang was a talkative and communicative person. In the later nursing work, she always talked with Uncle Huang about the topics he was interested in, so that Uncle Huang gradually opened his heart, was willing to take the initiative to communicate with Pu Yu, and actively cooperated with rehabilitation treatment. Because of this, many elderly people in Dachun Elderly Care and Rehabilitation Center regard Pu Yu as their "daughter" and are willing to talk with her and share with her.

After years of work experience, Pu Yu believes that nursing should not only take good care of the health of the elderly, but also create a good spiritual life atmosphere for them. As a senior nursing staff, she always tries many ways to enrich everyone's daily life. From the first singing and dancing activities to the later paper-cut, flower arrangement, story telling, etc., she has become a popular project in nursing homes.

Study hard and practice hard to improve nursing skills

Pu Yu, born in the 1970s, grew up in the countryside. Pu Yunian was only 14 years old when her father died. As the eldest daughter, she and her mother supported the whole family together. His father's departure has always been an indelible pain in Pu Yu's heart

Perhaps because of that "obsession", in 2015, Pu Yu gave up her original job, returned to Bazhong, Sichuan, and chose Dachun Elderly Care and Rehabilitation Center, more than 20 kilometers from the county seat, to become an elderly care attendant.

"People will get old. No matter how hard they work, someone will have to do it." Pu Yu told reporters that many relatives and friends did not understand her choice at that time, thinking that the job of nursing staff was dirty and tired, with low pay and disgrace. However, she believes that the elderly need to be cared for and cared for, especially after seeing the elderly in the nursing home who are ill or have trouble moving, she felt very distressed and strengthened her belief in staying.

"It's not easy to do a good job in nursing. In order to quickly adapt to the job requirements, in addition to receiving skill training, I will also check a lot of information and learn from the seniors, so as to better master the basic skills of life care for the elderly, nursing for common diseases and so on." When Pu Yugang started his career, he spent a lot of time studying every day in the face of the various diseases of the elderly. As Puyu's daughter was studying clinical medicine at university, she often asked the "foreign aid" at home for advice.

It is this drive of not knowing how to go to school and not asking questions that makes Pu Yu grow rapidly in her work and become more and more recognized by everyone.

Stick to the original intention to cultivate new talents in the industry

In her 9 years of career, Pu Yu has successively passed the vocational qualification examinations for primary and intermediate aged nursing staff. At first, Pu Yu had prepared for half a year in order to obtain the certificate of primary aged care nurse. Preparing for the exam not only requires learning theoretical knowledge, but also needs to be integrated into practice. "Bedsore is the most common condition for the bedridden elderly. When I first met this situation, I combined theoretical study, inquired about the causes and nursing methods, and recorded them." She has kept this habit until now. Pu Yu has gradually become familiar with some common diseases of the elderly, and can calmly deal with emergencies.

"Being able to bear hardships without fear of tiredness, being patient and caring is the basic quality of elderly care." She said, "Our words and deeds are all technical work, and we can't get around the accumulation of professional knowledge and skills. It's better to take care of an elderly person than to read a hundred times." In the industry, Pu Yu deeply felt that many years of nursing work are getting older, Nurses not only need to adapt to the environment of nursing homes, but also need physical support, and more people need to join the industry. She wants to improve the social awareness and recognition of nursing profession.

"It is difficult to recruit people in the nursing industry, and it is even more difficult to retain people. When there is fresh blood, everyone in the sanatorium will be happy for a long time." Pu Yu said. At present, through her own efforts, she has grown to be the Deputy Director of the Maintenance Department of Otun Elderly Care and Rehabilitation Center. At the same time, as the training teacher of the center, Pu Yu has cultivated more than 300 nurses, and has given them both theoretical knowledge and practical skills.

"Love is a spring that can moisten the dried up heart; love is a flame that can melt the iceberg of the soul. I chose it because of love, and I hope that I can make every old person feel the warmth of the world through my efforts." Pu Yu wrote this sentence on the title page of her work log and told reporters that this is her original intention that she has always adhered to since she started her career.