In hot summer, it is the most common thing for the elderly to take a bath at home, but it needs everyone's concern about the bathing troubles of the disabled elderly. Xinguang Hospital, in combination with home care service, launched the first "Home Bathing Car" in Taipei. The medical team allowed the disabled elderly to take a bath without worry, which not only created a comfortable and safe bathing environment, but also enabled the disabled elderly to live in dignity in their familiar places. (Audio-visual/photojournalist Zhang Shijie) Bathing is a hard job for the families of elderly people who are severely disabled or bedridden for a long time.

Hou Shengmao, president of Xinguang Hospital, said that for ordinary people, "bathing" can be fun and enjoyment, but it is quite hard work for families of severely disabled or long-term bedridden elderly people. In particular, the general family space is full of obstacles, and because of the limited environment, equipment, manpower and other conditions, it is often only possible to "take a bath" to clean the body.

Taking a bath instead of taking a bath, reporting for duty with happiness and dignity

This "Home Bathing Car" donated by Shin Kong Life Charity Foundation costs 2 million yuan, and there is a nurse practitioner and two attendants on board. With the inflatable portable bathtub, the disabled elderly can take a bath in their original bed at home, or set up a combined bathtub in the living room, and the attendants can help them take a bath.

For the disabled elderly, full-body bathing can not only maintain cleanliness and promote blood circulation, but also improve the discomfort of skin keratinization and dandruff, reduce the risk of infection caused by scratching and improve the quality of life. In addition to relieving the physical and psychological pressure of caregivers, the "home-to-home bath car" can also provide nursing support for bedridden patients through the effects of hot soup and hydrostatic pressure during bathing, so as to achieve psychological and spiritual comfort and happiness.