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'Người chăm sóc' giúp đỡ người thân yêu lớn tuổi và chia sẻ về điều đó
05 Apr, 2024
trên TikTok và Instagram, mọi người chia sẻ việc chăm sóc người thân bước vào năm cuối đời là như thế nào
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On the east side of San Jose, Calif., there is an abuela who seems to have more grandchildren than she can count.
“A lot of people see me and they hug me,” Mardonia Galeana, 89, said in Spanish. “I don’t even know them, but sometimes they ask me for a blessing on the street (ban phước lành trên đường phố) and I do the best I can on their forehead.”
Her likeness has been featured in a painting in the San José Museum of Art and in a mural in the city’s mission district. But it’s her online presence that has captivated (thu hút) the thousands of people who have come across the photos and videos posted by her grandson Yosimar Reyes.
As the population ages, Mr. Reyes’s experience is likely to become more common. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of unpaid caregivers in the United States increased to about 53 million in 2020 from 43.5 million in 2015.
Ms. Galeana, who will turn 90 in December, hasn’t been able to return to the home in Mexico that she and her grandson left behind more than three decades ago. With no clear pathway (con đường rõ ràng) to U.S. citizenship, the two have built a forever home of sorts online.
“She’s old and she’s been through so much, from poverty in Mexico to all that we’ve experienced in the United States,” Mr. Reyes said. “My goal now is to make sure that she’s happy and not always talking about how sad her life was. And people love her here and know her as the abuelita. It’s beautiful.”
Whether it’s being recognized at the market or having flowers or care packages sent to her home by strangers who have encountered her online, she has become a local celebrity (người nổi tiếng địa phương).
source: nytimes,
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