Can the elderly adapt to life after emigrating to Australia?

# Australian Immigration # Introduction People's living standards have improved and their wallets are bulging, so many friends plan to emigrate overseas with their families. Among them, Australia has always been a popular country for immigrants. So what is the life of the old people after they immigrated to Australia? Let me introduce you briefly. It was not until I immigrated to Australia that I realized that China and Australia have very different ideas.

Mrs. Chen is from Beijing. She has been in Australia for two years. Her daughter married a foreign son-in-law. She complained that Australia's practice is very different, which she thinks is right and may be completely wrong in the eyes of Australians.

She believes that children should sleep on a hard mattress, which is conducive to bone growth. Foreign son-in-law thinks that children have soft bones and sleeping on a hard mattress is simply torture.

Mrs. Chen always dresses her grandchildren more than adults. She thinks that children are afraid of the cold and will get sick if they freeze. The son-in-law wears short sleeves at home all the year round, and Mrs. Chen has to wear two clothes. She asked her grandson to wear more clothes than she did, and refused to turn on the air conditioner in summer for fear that the child would catch cold.

The foreign son-in-law thinks that this will cover up the children and take off their clothes as soon as they get home. Once, the child had a fever, and the old man thought it was a cold, so he had to add clothes to the child. The foreign son-in-law thinks that if he has a fever, he has to take off his clothes to cool down. Old people and young people love children very much, but because of different customs and concepts, there are also great differences in the way of taking care of children.

This is part of family happiness.

Li believes that living with children can relieve inner loneliness and enjoy family happiness; In case of emergency such as physical discomfort, someone will take care of it. Today, Li and his son have lived together in Melbourne for 20 years and get along well.

Daughter-in-law Xu Li also expressed satisfaction with living with the elderly. She admitted that the old man helped a lot, taught two children to learn Chinese and did a lot of housework. A harmonious life like Xu Li's family in it runs in the family is ideal for the elderly, but such families are rare.

Ms. Meng, an Australian Chinese immigrant from Melbourne, believes that she has not lived with her parents for more than ten years and her living habits have changed a lot. Living together is really painful, not to mention being her in-laws in different places.

Ms Meng's mother said that when she first arrived in Australia, her daughter was very kind to her. After a long time, she has lost her manners. She is dirty and her cooking is terrible. She is always finding fault with her. Which old man doesn't have her problems?

The distance between a bowl of soup is beautiful. People who stay in Australia for a long time will change the old idea that generations in China live under one roof. Old people visiting relatives come to Australia only for a short period, so it is not a big problem to live with children. If the elderly after immigration want to live in Australia for a long time, they will generally find ways to live separately from their children. Because they don't know English and can't drive, the Chinese area has become one of the best places for the old people to live. It is also a good choice to live close to children and meet them often.

Nursing homes in China are rich and comfortable.

Because of their long-term eating habits, many elderly people in China prefer to live in apartments or nursing homes for the elderly.

Mrs. Su lives in an apartment for the elderly near Sydney. She is very satisfied with life in Australia. She said that every week, medical staff come to check the health status of the elderly, the community regularly arranges fitness activities, and the elderly also spontaneously arrange singing.

Mr. Zheng Lao lives in a nursing home in a Chinese community in Melbourne. He said: I live with my children in the hope that I can help them do housework and take care of the next generation, and someone can take care of themselves in an emergency. If you can't help the children, it's better to live separately and don't want to cause trouble to the children.

It's comfortable to live separately. At least you don't have to consider the tastes of so many people when cooking, and you don't have to consider the timetable of your younger generation when doing things. If you feel uncomfortable, you can dial 000. For the elderly who can't take care of themselves, government departments will send staff to take care of their daily lives.

In nursing homes in China, some old people have not even seen their children for years. Life in a nursing home has almost become their whole life. It is extremely important for these old people to choose a more comfortable nursing home.

Old people in China can eat Chinese food, watch Chinese TV and communicate in Chinese. Cultural background and living habits are the same, so communication is more convenient.

The above story is not an inevitable experience for every elderly China immigrant to Australia. After all, every family has a different background.

Generally speaking, compared with China, the elderly in China live in Australia, unlike China, where they can go downstairs to dance in the park or rub hemp at home until late at night. Most elderly people in China still choose to live with their children, take care of them, do housework and travel together when they have time.