Innovative dining experience transforms lives of seniors in Guangzhou
By Wang Zhan
Staff members work during the peak hours at a senior citizens' dining hall in the Nanyuan Street area of Liwan district, in Guangzhou, Guangdong province of China, on July 24, 2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
Since its establishment at the end of 2023, the senior citizens' dining hall in the city of Guangzhou has significantly changed the lives of senior residents through its exceptional service.
For the past two months, Yang Xinci, an 81-year-old resident of the Tangqian community in the Nanyuan Street area of Liwan district, has frequently visited the community-based service.
She enthusiastically shares details of her dining experiences on her WeChat "Moments" where her friends actively follow her dining updates.
The canteen members seem committed to good taste and ensuring balanced nutrition, also leveraging innovative technology such as automated rice dispensers and stir-frying robots to enhance the service.
Enterprises, in collaboration with the local community, offer the service to improve the quality of life for the community's elderly residents.
Translated by China Daily from the original Chinese report published by the Xinhua News Agency.
The elderly dine in the senior citizens' dining hall in the Nanyuan street area of Liwan district, South China’s Guangzhou province, on July 24, 2024. The flooring of the dining hall has been improved, increasing the surface resistance to prevent the elderly from slipping. (PHOTO / XINHUA)Yang Xinci, an 81-year-old resident, shows her photos taken in the senior citizens' dining hall in the Nanyuan street area of Liwan district, South China’s Guangzhou province, on July 24, 2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)A resident uses an automatic rice dispenser in the senior citizens' dining hall in the Nanyuan street area of Liwan district, South China’s Guangzhou province, on July 24, 2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)A staff member operates a stir-frying robot in the senior citizens' dining hall in the Nanyuan street area of Liwan district, South China’s Guangzhou province, on July 24, 2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)The elderly dine in the senior citizens' dining hall in the Nanyuan street area of Liwan district, South China’s Guangzhou province, on July 24, 2024. Aging-friendly designs have been deployed in many facilities of the dining hall, such as using more rounded lines in the chairs and avoiding sharp edges. (PHOTO / XINHUA)The elderly dine in the senior citizens' dining hall in the Nanyuan street area of Liwan district, South China’s Guangzhou province, on July 24, 2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)A social worker (left) helps pack the takeaways in the senior citizens' dining hall in the Nanyuan street area of Liwan district, South China’s Guangzhou province, on July 24, 2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
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