07/06/2026
.老年人其实知道自己慢慢退化，很多事情需要别人帮助的时候，他们是觉得很内疚很抱歉，觉得自己在给身边的人添麻烦。
大多数人表现的方式是，忍着，尽量不要求人家来帮忙，宁愿自己忍到不能够忍受后，才不好意思的开口。其中最常见的就是忍尿。
中心有一位婆婆很可爱，他已经明确的知道也接受说：自己的每个行动都需要人家帮忙，只是每次帮忙后，他都会说：对不起，对不起。
听了真的很心疼，为什么一个人最基本的生理需求，上个厕所都需要向人家道歉呢？
我说：婆婆，没什么好道歉的，我们改成说谢谢你 好吗？
婆婆点点头。
在好几次这样的交流后，婆婆终于从“对不起”养成说“谢谢你”的习惯。
现在，中心时常听到的就是谢谢你！
你知道吗？
不管孩子还是照护者多辛苦，只要一句“谢谢你”就能够让大家会心一笑，一切值得！
谢谢你阅读这篇文章！
文：Siew Mei 药剂师 | 乐龄关怀工作者
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Older adults actually know when they are slowly declining. When they realize they need more help from others, many feel guilty and apologetic, feeling like they are becoming a burden to the people around them.
Most express this by enduring silently, trying their best not to ask for help. They would rather tolerate discomfort until they simply cannot anymore before reluctantly speaking up. One of the most common examples? Holding in their urine.
There is a very lovely grandma at our centre. She clearly understands and accepts that she now needs assistance with almost everything she does. But every time someone helps her, she says, “Sorry, sorry.”
It really breaks your heart. Why should someone have to apologize for something as basic as going to the toilet?
So I told her, “Grandma, there’s nothing to apologize for. Can we change it to ‘thank you’ instead?”
She nodded.
After repeating this conversation many times, grandma slowly changed from saying “sorry” to saying “thank you.”
Now, what we often hear around the centre is: “Thank you!”
You know what?
No matter how tired children or caregivers may be, sometimes just hearing a simple “thank you” is enough to make everyone smile and feel that everything is worth it.
Thank you for reading this article.
Written by: Siew Mei - Pharmacist | Active Ageing Advocate
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