An unfinished nursing home, banners with fierce words, and a long-standing contradiction made the official WeChat of China News Network have such a title: "Nursing home = a hospital for the dead?" Don’t be old if you dare! 》

It turns out that something unpleasant happened in a residential area in Shanghai these days. The government wants to build a nursing home in the community, but it is strongly opposed by the owners. Some radical owners actually put up banners to protest, which read the words "Get out of the community in the hospital for the dead", which made people shudder.

Recently, banners such as "protesting against the construction of nursing homes in residential areas" can be seen everywhere in Xinyi Yayuan Community, Yangpu District, Shanghai. This year, a company in Shanghai prepared to transform the idle buildings in the community into public and private nursing homes, but it was strongly opposed by the community owners, and some community owners even hung up the "Dead People’s Home" and got out of the community.

Slogans against the construction of nursing homes can be seen everywhere in the community. Manager Lu, the project leader of this company, told the reporter that considering that Shanghai is getting more and more aging, Yangpu District is a traditional old industrial area with concentrated retired workers and a shortage of old-age care institutions, the company considered converting idle buildings into nursing homes last year after market research and communication with its streets. The project is expected to invest 30 million yuan, and the number of old-age beds will be about 291 after completion.

There are two main reasons for the owners’ opposition: first, it lowers the housing price of the community and affects the interests of the owners; Second, there are hospice wards and mortuaries in nursing homes, which affect the living environment and the psychology of owners. Because there is a saying among the owners that there are 1200 beds in this nursing home, there must be a morgue. They said: It is not always comfortable to open the window and see the nursing home. The street said that last year, it was considered to transform idle buildings into nursing homes. After the completion, the actual number of beds for the elderly was about 291.

After reading this news, Xiaoxin’s mind immediately came up with a scene. A high-end restaurant is crowded, but the seat next to the toilet is empty. No one wants to sit near the toilet to eat, but no one protests that the restaurant should not build this toilet, because everyone who eats will inevitably need it.

When people’s livelihood infrastructure conflicts with personal interests, what should we do? Is it true that nursing homes embodying humanistic care have no place in residential areas? If we don’t build a nursing home now, where will we live when we are old? Before answering these questions, let’s take a look at the status quo of nursing homes.

Present situation of nursing homes in China

According to the statistics of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, as of the end of March 2015, there were 31,833 registered pension service institutions in China. The total number of beds for the aged in institutions and communities reached 5.84 million, up 19.7% year-on-year, including 1.973 million beds for residential and day care in communities. At present, there are 27.5 beds for the aged per 1,000 elderly people, up 10.0% year-on-year.

With the accelerated arrival of an aging society, the living conditions, pension rights and security of the elderly have attracted increasing attention from all walks of life. Recently, in some places, cases of injury to the elderly have occurred one after another, or accidents that accidentally lead to the disability and death of the elderly have caused public concern about the security risks of the old-age service institutions.

How to solve the contradiction between the owner and the street?

The main concern of the owners is nothing more than two points:

First, I am afraid that house prices will fall. Imagine that if a residential area is equipped with a nursing home, just like a kindergarten, a vegetable market and a hotel in the residential area, this kind of welfare facilities that are convenient for the people will not let the house prices fall, but will only facilitate the owners, so this kind of worry is superfluous;

Second, the owners are worried that there are 1200 beds in nursing homes, and there will often be dead people, which will affect Feng Shui. The street clearly stated that it planned to build 291 beds, which is a reflection of the poor communication between the owners and the street. The street should have a detailed explanation and discussion with the owners’ committee, put all possible problems on the table and seek common ground while reserving differences. For example, where is the activity area of the old people? Whether the old people will disturb the people and other issues should be dealt with in advance …

Social needs of the elderly

First, why do the elderly live in nursing homes?

1) Hope to get timely nursing and medical assistance;

2) Reduce the burden of care for children and other family members;

3) Enjoy the old age;

4) Get rid of loneliness.

Second, what will be considered when living in a nursing home?

1) Location environment;

2) check-in fee. At present, the expenses paid by the elderly mainly come from their own pension, children’s sponsorship and funds for renting or selling their original houses.

3) medical conditions. Most concerned about the "first aid channel"; I hope that the medical environment will be warm and the service personalized.

4) service demand. Nursing staff should be patient and respectful; It is very important to visit and patrol regularly; Provide health care services, and organize health care and outing activities.

5) Dietary conditions. The dining environment is diversified and humanized; Varieties should be differentiated and can take care of special needs; I hope to set up a hospitality restaurant and a public kitchen.

"The distance between a bowl of soup"

Some people say that nursing homes can be built, but why should they be built in residential areas? In fact, one word is often used to choose the address of the old-age care institution-"the distance of a bowl of soup", that is to say, this bowl of soup is cooked from home and brought to the nursing home for the elderly to drink, which just doesn’t cool off. This distance is the best.

Building a nursing home in a residential area can just make the communication between children and the elderly closer. As the old saying goes, "all the virtues’s filial piety comes first". Filial piety is a precious treasure handed down by the Chinese nation for thousands of years. Who can say that he is not old? If children have time to take care of the elderly, or let them live in their own homes, this is the best state, but the reality is often unsatisfactory. Let the elderly have a sense of security in nursing homes, and focus on the long distance, and their grievances will not be so heavy, don’t you think?

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A residential area in Shanghai wants to build a nursing home. The owner pulls a banner "Home for the Dead"

Xinmin. com In recent years, Shanghai has made great efforts to develop the cause of providing for the aged. The municipal government regards adding new beds for the aged as a practical matter for the municipal government every year, and this year’s target is 7,000 beds. However, a nursing home, from planning and design, project approval to construction, acceptance and approval, and finally opening the door to welcome the elderly, is not as simple as the increase in numbers on paper, and some will encounter unexpected difficulties and even obstacles. Recently, a nursing home for ordinary elderly people in Yangpu District and Fengxian District suffered from "birth difficulties", and the reporter went to investigate it in depth.

A wall is separated by mourning and wailing?

No.3531 Zhoujiazui Road is near Longchang Road. When the reporter came here, he saw the door closed. After explaining the purpose, the doorman opened the iron gate and said that it had been shut down for more than two months. The reporter saw that there were two old buildings with five floors and six floors, and the renovation project was halfway completed, and no one was there. Across the wall, there are some shacks on one side, and a six-story husband’s house and several high-rise residential buildings on the other. High-rise residential buildings face the construction site with a banner: "Dead people’s homes get out of the community!" " I was shocked to see it.

The main objections of the owners are as follows: First, it lowers the housing price of the community and affects the immediate interests of the owners; Second, there are hospice wards and mortuaries in nursing homes, which affect the living environment and the psychology of owners.

This is the second nursing home in Yanji under construction.

The plot at No.3531 Zhoujiazui Road belongs to Shanghai Yidian Group. In the past few years, the building was leased to Shanghai Publishing and Printing College for use as a student dormitory. After the student dormitory moved out in 2013, it was vacant. Now it is managed by Shanghai Cangxin Investment Management Consulting Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Yidian Group. Manager Lu, the person in charge of the company’s project, told the reporter that considering Shanghai’s aging degree is getting higher and higher, Yangpu District is a traditional old industrial area with concentrated retired workers and a shortage of old-age care institutions, the company considered converting idle buildings into nursing homes last year after market research and communication with its streets. There is only one public nursing home in Yanji Street, and I hope to build another one, but there is no space. The idea of Cangxin Company hit it off with them. Yangpu district government also attaches great importance to this and confirms that the nature of nursing homes is public and private. The project is expected to invest 30 million yuan, and the number of old-age beds will be about 291 after completion.

On March 20th this year, after completing all the necessary procedures, the renovation project started. However, more than a month later, residents came to the streets and governments at all levels again and again to resolutely oppose the construction of nursing homes. On May 6th, at the strong demand of residents, the renovation project had to be suspended. Yanji Street, District Civil Affairs Bureau, District Housing Management Bureau, District Diplomatic Relations Committee and other departments held many forums and coordination meetings to communicate and talk with residents, but the results were not great.

Most of the residents who oppose the construction of nursing homes are the owners of nearby favorite yayuan. This is a commercial housing community built in 2002, with more than 200 households. Walking into the community, banners such as "opposing the construction of nursing homes in residential areas" and "opposing the infringement of owners’ rights and interests" can be seen everywhere. The reporter interviewed an owner, Ms. Li, who told the reporter the main objections of the owners: First, it lowered the housing price of the community and affected the immediate interests of the owners; Second, there are hospice wards and mortuaries in nursing homes, which affect the living environment and the psychology of owners.

A resident wrote in a letter to a government department: "A wall separates us from the mortuary, but we hear the wailing and weeping of the family members of the deceased in our ears, and the polluted air in the ward is breathed in our mouths and noses … hundreds of households are within reach of death …" Because there is a saying among the owners that this nursing home has 1,200 beds, it is sure to set up a mortuary.

Freud’s wailing that "I can’t breathe" is intertwined with the historical echo of Martin Luther King’s "I have a dream", which makes American minorities feel deeply hurt. However, the problems in the United States are not as simple as racial discrimination and police brutality. The pandemic should have been an opportunity to put aside differences and show unity, but it further deepened political polarization.

"To be or not to be" is not only the ultimate question in literary classics, but also a realistic choice faced by many Americans. It is too difficult to fight the epidemic and survive, so we have to protest against the decompression. George Freud, an African-American man, was killed by police violence, just like a spark, which ignited the "dry wood" of anger in the United States. The protests have not subsided, and it is far from a day’s work to eliminate social problems such as systematic racial discrimination.

It is no accident that Freud’s incident triggered the great protest in the United States. Before his death, his plaintive cry of "I can’t breathe" was intertwined with the historical echo of Martin Luther King’s "I have a dream", which made American minorities feel deeply hurt. However, protests have quickly turned into beating, smashing, looting and burning in many cities, which reminds the world that the problems in the United States are not as simple as racial discrimination and police brutality.

People have become accustomed to some strange phenomena in the United States.

The epidemic is prevalent, but I dare not go to see a doctor. Only one test in Covid-19 costs thousands of dollars, and intensive care costs as high as tens of thousands of dollars. Many Americans without medical insurance usually delay seeing a doctor after they get sick, "not because they don’t want to recover, but because they have no money at all".

The great recession caused a sharp increase in unemployment. From March 15 to May 23, in just over two months, the number of people applying for unemployment benefits for the first time in the United States totaled 40.8 million, and wage earners first experienced the pain of economic recession caused by the epidemic.

Forbes News reported on May 7 that the survey showed that by the end of April, more than one-fifth of American families were facing a food crisis; Among American families with children under the age of 12, the proportion facing food crisis is as high as two fifths.

During the demonstration, thousands of protesters crowded the streets. The American riot police and even the National Guard went into battle with all their weapons. Tear gas, flash bombs, pepper spray and rubber bullets were flying all over the sky … Social opposition became increasingly serious. Even many white policemen joined the demonstration, but there were still no specific ways to reform police law enforcement. Some states just announced in a hurry that police were prohibited from using "lock throat".

Moreover, under the background of the election year in the United States, controversial topics such as whether to remove Confederate memorials and signs that maintained slavery during the Civil War have heated up again, which has become "ammunition" for some American politicians to start election campaigns, highlighting the polarization between parties and public opinion. Some politicians said that the names of military facilities such as US military bases named after Confederate generals who maintained slavery during the Civil War should not be changed, because "these memorable and influential bases have become part of the great American tradition". Some politicians immediately countered and called for the removal of all the statues of Confederate figures in the Capitol, calling them "a tribute to hatred, not to tradition."

The parade also swam, and the demonstration also showed how much it seems that "American democracy" pays attention to the people’s right to express. In fact, after the excitement, what it used to be is still what it is now. Some American politicians are selfish, short-sighted, willful, inefficient and irresponsible, and are still brewing more tragedies. Francis Fukuyama, a famous American political scholar, wrote that the pandemic should have been an opportunity to put aside differences and show unity, but it further deepened political polarization. Politicians regard the epidemic as an opportunity to seize power and party interests, at the expense of countless ordinary American lives. Although some of the scholar’s predictions are unreliable, this comment is still to the point.

　　Maotanchang Middle School, located in Maotanchang Town, jin an district, Lu ‘an City, is known as "the largest college entrance examination factory in Asia" because tens of thousands of students take the college entrance examination every year, and even attracts foreign attention. Some people say that this is a paradise for repeat students, which allows many people to be admitted to undergraduate courses and fulfill their college dreams; Some people say that this is a prison, and its militarized management has destroyed many people’s youth. After all, it is inevitable to fall into emotional judgment, and it is impossible to outline the true appearance of this school.

　　The reporter of Jinling Evening News interviewed a "witness" who re-read in Maotanchang Middle School in 2006. Trying to restore a more real Maotan factory middle school from his self-report. In the eyes of this "witness", it is neither heaven nor hell, but a large-scale and efficient high school under the current education system. Respect for the wishes of the interviewee, his name is hidden in this article, and the reporter recorded the following content from his perspective. After several years, the "witness" said that some details may be slightly different from the present, so I hereby explain.

　　□ Jinling Evening News reporter Pan Dong

　　My story

　　Repeat for one year, from junior college to "211" university.

　　In 2006, I graduated from a third-rate high school in a town in Lu ‘an City. The teaching in this school was extremely average, and I didn’t work hard enough myself. Of course, my score in the college entrance examination was a mess. I remember that the total score was more than 450 points, while the admission line for this year was 493 points. That is to say, I can only go to a junior college, and I may not be able to fill in a good major. At that time, there were two roads in front of me. One was to stop studying, get a job in the society, and then get married and have children. The other was to repeat studies and go to Maotan Factory Middle School, which has a good reputation.

　　Although I was hesitant, my father insisted on sending me, and finally went to Maotan Factory Middle School in July of that year. One year’s hard work, the content is far more than the past three years, of course, the results are gradually improving. According to my own judgment, it is no problem to be admitted to this second school, and at most it is a university that is behind this one.

　　In June 2007, I took the college entrance examination for the second time, and the result was very ideal, even exceeding expectations — — The total score is 582 points, which is more than 30 points more than that of the previous year. There is no problem in getting into a better university. I applied to many universities in Jiangsu, including a "985" university and a "211" university in Nanjing, and was finally admitted to this "211" university.

　　"College Entrance Examination Factory" in My Eyes

　　A small town in the mountains around the school

　　When it comes to Maotanchang Middle School, we have to mention Maotanchang Town where it is located. It is reported that the school is the heart of the town, which is not an exaggeration. Soon after I entered the school, I found that this small town in the mountain is running around the school, in all aspects.

　　Because of the large number of students, school dormitories are far from enough, students, especially repeat students, choose to rent houses outside the school, which has become the biggest means for small town residents to make a living. Originally, they have been farming for generations, or they have gone to work in cities with the tide of work. Although the income is brought by the students, the local residents know that it is the credit of the school, so all aspects cooperate with the school’s work. The landlords of each family have close ties with the school, and sometimes students stay out at night, which can be reflected to the class teacher that night.

　　In addition to renting houses, small restaurants, shops, food markets, barbershops, stationery stores, etc. in the town all revolve around the school, so that in many detailed reports, there is such a scene. During class, the town is empty and there are not many pedestrians on the street, but at lunch or dinner, the town becomes buzzing almost instantly, and the school gate can be described as jostling with each other. The restaurant sells the prepared food to the door, and the students are choosing meals.

　　The most interesting thing is that there are also several Internet cafes in the town, but people who look like students are never allowed to go in. Perhaps this is also a "tacit understanding" between schools and businesses.

　　The gathering of repeat students with moderate grades

　　In 2007, more than 10,000 students from Maotanchang Middle School took part in the college entrance examination. Many people who don’t know the situation are wondering how this high school can recruit so many people. In fact, the main body of the school is not the freshmen, but the repeat students who come from all over the world.

　　I can’t prove it. In the end, from which year, the reputation of Maotan Factory Middle School’s good repetition effect began to spread in the local area. However, judging from the usual monthly exam and the final college entrance examination results, both the number and high scores of repeat students accounted for a large proportion.

　　According to my observation, the school has its own set of standards for repeat students. When I entered school that year, because the first year’s college entrance examination was more than 450 points, I only paid a symbolic fee of several hundred yuan (based on the second score line, five yuan less). If I didn’t meet the minimum score line required by the school, I needed to pay ten thousand yuan for the entrance fee, which was actually to set a threshold for students with low scores.

　　Therefore, the main body of repeat students is a group of students with medium grades. They either have poor foundation or one or two weak subjects. The main reason is poor study habits, and most of them have no self-control, but overall, their talents are not bad.

　　Efficient Training and Saved Mathematics

　　Perhaps readers are curious, how can this school improve the grades of repeat students so much in just one year? At that time, I didn’t know much about its teaching methods. I still remember the words of the head teacher in that year, "Our method is two horizontal and one vertical, dry!" Looking back now, I find that it is an efficient training under the simple truth.

　　In the students’ view, as soon as they entered the middle school, they began to review high school knowledge from the beginning, and a large number of test papers were synchronized. At first, they were extremely uncomfortable, but such training gradually showed results. Take my weakest math as an example. In 2006, I only got more than 80 points in the college entrance examination. I didn’t even pass the exam with a perfect score of 150 points, but I got 121 points in 2007, which has achieved my best level. Careful investigation, in fact, benefited from the full training of each chapter, although only more than 90 points or more than 100 points can be scored, but in the college entrance examination, which attaches importance to the foundation and has a comprehensive assessment, once the foundation of each chapter is integrated, you can get a good total score.

　　Behind the efficient training is the study of the college entrance examination questions. I found that no matter which subject teachers are very familiar with the college entrance examination questions, it should be the result of the joint study of the teaching and research group. It is worth mentioning that although the school has more training than other schools, students are never advised to do difficult problems except for particularly excellent students. Instead, they are trained repeatedly around the basic knowledge of the college entrance examination. A teacher once said, "The college entrance examination is a basic examination, and the topic should be done by most people, so it should be targeted."

　　Militarized management with only half a day off every week

　　Matching with efficient training is militarized management, which is mainly reflected in time management and discipline management. In 2007, when I was at school, I usually began to study by myself at 6:00 in the morning, and had a normal rest during recess, noon and evening. However, most students and children chose to study, some even asked others to buy meals for them, and studied at night until 10:50. Some students had to study a little longer until the classroom was turned off, and after returning to the rented room off campus, the more diligent students had to study for a while.

　　Not only the daily time is strictly managed, but also the weekly and monthly time. When I was at school, I only had a rest on Sunday afternoon for half a day. Most students used it for laundry, shopping and sleeping. At first, I took a monthly exam, and later, I took a weekly exam every Saturday. As for holidays, the school also took a day or two off at most. In short, we should squeeze out as much time as possible to study.

　　Discipline management is also very strict. It is common for the class teacher to find out about the decline in weekly and monthly exam results. If the behavior is not good for a period of time, it will inevitably be found to talk. If it is more serious, parents will be called and students will be expelled under special circumstances. Like many other high schools, the head teacher often looks inside the classroom during self-study. The most memorable thing is that there is a monitor on the roof above the podium of each classroom, which the head teacher occasionally uses. Love can’t be absolutely absent, but it’s really difficult in practice. I stay at school most of the time and have no time and space.

　　Teachers with high pay and return.

　　When it comes to Maotan Factory Middle School, I have to mention the teachers of the school. To be honest, compared with the teachers in the city, they are not particularly excellent. As far as I know, the way for schools to recruit teachers is usually a written test plus an interview. The written test is the college entrance examination paper of that year, and the interview is to have a class in the classroom. The final selection is all adapted to the school teaching model, which also explains why many former students return to school to teach after graduating from college. My head teacher was that year.

　　But the efforts of this group of teachers are absolutely incomparable to those of many teachers in the city. Students usually get up at 5:30 and read early at 6: 00, so the teacher must get to the classroom earlier and get up earlier. Students study by themselves at night until 10:50, and the teacher must wait for all the students to leave, which means going to bed later. In addition, students’ high-intensity test paper training also brings more correction work and explanation tasks to teachers.

　　High pay also has high return. As far as I know, the salary of school teachers is much higher than that of teachers in similar schools. As early as 2007, the income of ordinary teachers was six or seven thousand yuan, and the head teacher may be higher. After the college entrance examination, the school will also give bonuses to teachers according to the results of the class college entrance examination. For example, there are clear regulations on how much a book costs and how much a book costs.

　　In addition, the welfare is also quite good. In the mountains deep in the school, teachers are provided with housing, clothes will be distributed every year, free meals will be eaten in the school cafeteria, and teachers will be organized to travel abroad after the college entrance examination. I heard privately in 2007 that teachers have found it boring to go to Xinmatai and want to go to Europe.

　　Difficulties and superstitions of accompanying parents

　　Finally, I have to talk about a unique phenomenon in this school — — Accompany reading. Like Mao Zhong, it is suitable for repeating classes. Somehow, parents feel that accompanying students is beneficial for their children to achieve better grades. Objectively speaking, children can really save more time to study when parents accompany them to do laundry and cook for them, but parents accompanying them also bring invisible pressure to their children.

　　On the other hand, it is still very difficult for most parents to accompany them. Most of them come from the surrounding towns and villages. Originally, the husband and wife worked together to earn money. In order to accompany their children, the financial burden of the whole family fell on one person. It is not cheap to rent a small house in Maotan Factory. It used to be hundreds of yuan to more than a thousand yuan a month, but now it is rising even higher, and there are rising prices every year. The accompanying party has to arrange the children’s lives with limited money and bear great psychological pressure. Of course, with the expansion of the school’s reputation, more and more urban children come to repeat their studies, and parents come to accompany them, followed by the square dance and mahjong room.

　　In external reports, it is often mentioned that the so-called sacred tree in the school is "worshipped" by accompanying parents. This kind of superstition does exist. This tree is near the right wall in the school. Two years ago, I saw with my own eyes that there was a pile of ash more than one meter high on the wall outside the school, all of which were accumulated by superstitious parents burning incense. Behind it, it was just a psychological comfort.

　　The Future of "College Entrance Examination Factory"

　　Extend downward and run a branch school … … Copy the mode of running a school

　　In recent years, every time the media reports on Maotan Factory Middle School, they pay attention to its grand entrance examination, and sometimes look back on its college entrance examination resume, with little or no mention of where such a huge school will go.

　　I think that as long as the current examination system continues, this school, which can enable more students to realize their college dreams, will have the soil for existence. What has to be considered is that in recent years, the only-child generation has been attending high school, and the number of students is indeed decreasing. Moreover, because of the current situation of difficult employment, parents are no longer satisfied with the result of spending money and time to finally enter a second-year college.

　　The number of repeat students is shrinking, and the school has not only discovered it, but also begun to plan the future. As far as I know, in recent years, what Maotan Factory Middle School is doing is to copy its own school-running model. There are probably two ways. One is to extend to junior high schools and primary schools. For example, a private school from primary school to high school in another county was successfully acquired by it and sent management to settle in; The second is to run a branch school. Like the third-rate high school where I am located, the brand of Maotanchang Middle School Branch has been hung up, and the results of the college entrance examination have been getting better and better in recent years.

　　Some people applaud this kind of replication, thinking that it is to let more students enjoy high-quality educational resources, while others worry that it may lead to the homogenization of schools in the region. However, under the background of exam-taking, this is probably a false proposition, and no one can come up with a convincing conclusion.

　　In short, Mao Zhong was "demonized" by many people outside. It’s really hard to study there, but it’s not "abused" to the point of abnormal condition. Maozhong is just a place where the "routine" of the college entrance examination is thoroughly understood. Therefore, instead of saying "magic" in Mao, it is better to reflect on the college entrance examination system, which can be dismantled one by one by people and dealt with in a modular way.