In just 10 years, Hanoi has seen more and more elderly care centers, nursing homes/hospitals, with different operating models and prices.
Reporters visiting many nursing homes from the center to the suburbs of Hanoi, when playing the role of a person who goes to learn about " Facilities" to prepare a plan to send a mother over 80 years old to travel difficultly, we are enthusiastically welcomed, given detailed price lists, quoted in rooms, each place is introduced with its own price.
However, when, claiming to be reporters, wanting to ask the elderly about life in nursing homes, whether they should wait for their children and grandchildren to visit (before Vietnamese Family Day), many centers have coldly refused for various reasons, "the elderly's families do not like it", "we do not have any needs"...
Price list for end-of-life services
Each elderly care center (or nursing home) will have different prices and ways of collecting money. The more spacious the building is, the more space there is for the elderly to live, the more support services, and health care, the higher the price will be.
A nursing home has up to 5 facilities spread across Hanoi, with room rates, 6-bed rooms costing 8.5 million VND/person/month, double rooms costing 12 million VND/person/month, single rooms costing 15 million VND/person/month... In addition to room rates, each service has its own price, recorded in great detail and specificity.
If she needs daily shower support, the cost is 1.5 million VND/month. If he "fails to take advantage" of bathing every day (a few days bathing once), the price is only 1 million VND/month, but bathing according to the "central schedule", the cost will be 500,000 VND/month.
The cleaning support service is also very detailed, if supported in the form of a fee of 1 million VND/month, if supported in cleaning, it includes diapers of 2 million VND/month...
Looking at the service price list, we will understand that the heavier the elderly are, the more difficult they are to move, and do not have self-responsibility in cleaning... the larger the payment for the additional fees. The price for "ulcer care" is 1-2 million VND/month, "care for people with mixed burns" additional fees of 500,000 VND to 2 million VND/month (depending on the level of mixing), and catering support is also given a specific price of 500,000 VND/month... The total amount to be paid must be announced at the end of the month.
Many nurses openly introduce that they are building a very modern and magnificent new facility such as a luxury apartment, where the elderly can participate in sports, organize even an Olympic tournament for the elderly in the garden... But with the "moderate facilities" are the detailed prices.
In centers with more affordable facilities, priced from 7.5 million VND to 11 million VND/month (comprehensive package), this total amount includes expenses for acupressure massage services, cleaning support services, diapers...
Calculating the value of the word Hieu
Meeting at the gate of a nursing home, Ms. My Ngoc told us that her mother is over 70 years old this year, has a hard time traveling, her children are all busy, and do not have many skills to care for the elderly, so she wants to find a place with good facilities and good care to send her mother to.
"I just went to a place with a very high price. The room fee alone is 9.9 million VND/month. I want my mother to stay in a single room because she has a hard time sleeping, just a light noise will wake her up and make it difficult to fall asleep. If the total cost is combined, the service will probably fall to about 20-30 million VND/month.
The price here is more reasonable, but I don't like one thing, which is that they lock the doors up every floor, like locking them up. They say, because they travel a lot, get lost, get lost easily, they can't control everything... But I don't want their mother to be in that place" - Ms. My Ngoc said about her experience after going through 2-3 nursing homes, and had not decided where to send her mother.
Different prices with large differences sometimes put families in a difficult position, when they have to stand between the lines of choice, money and services for the elderly.
"Most centers have spacious facilities and relatively high prices. Children's houses without conditions will certainly have a "headache". I really want to choose the best services for my parents, but sometimes I can't afford to pay" - Ms. Ngoc said.
It was only when I arrived at the nursing homes that I saw that the word "Hieu" today also faced a lot of pressure. Ms. Ngoc shared that she and her family had to fight mentally a lot when deciding to take her mother to a nursing home. The man had difficulty walking, if he did not practice and recover regularly at a nursing home, he might not be able to walk again...
Busy. Livelihood. No care skills. Unable to hire someone to take care of them... there are many reasons why children decide to take their parents to nursing homes.
When deciding, they also have to face the pressure.
The pressure of the word "Hieu" comes from the cheerful comments from the village relatives. The pressure also comes from choosing which service package, which center to choose for the most affordable...
Traditional family models, three great paths, four great paths, many generations living together under one roof are being changed by the times.
The era with those operations and changes has pushed the word "Hieu" into a difficult position.
