萨德伯里华人长者两度相约温馨家园，在舞曲与葫芦丝中寻找精神归属
11月2日报道的波士顿西郊华人社区消息显示，位于马萨诸塞州米德尔塞克斯县萨德伯里镇的温馨家园成人日间健康中心连续两个周末迎来华人长者的文化相聚，让人们看到长者对生活的热爱，也引出晚年精神陪伴与文化归属的话题。
10月24日，六位华人长者朋友结伴来到温馨家园参观，原本是一次了解设施环境和未来服务安排的普通访问，却因为一位长者主动拿出随身携带的平板电脑播放熟悉的交谊舞曲，意外演变成一场充满欢声笑语的即兴舞会。
一周后的11月1日上午，八位华人长者再次来到温馨家园，文学交谈、麻将娱乐、交谊舞教学在大厅不同区域同时展开，随后葫芦丝的悠扬旋律与熟悉的歌声又将大家聚集到一起。两次相约没有预先编排的节目，也没有刻意设置的表演与观众之分，长者们以各自喜爱的方式参与其中，成为欢乐的创造者。参观过程中，温馨家园创办人温友平介绍了中心的创办初衷，以及希望在专业健康照护基础上进一步融入文化交流、社会参与和精神关怀的服务理念；共同创办人刘英子则结合多年从事成人日间服务的工作经验，介绍了未来的日常活动、餐饮、交通、安全管理及相关服务安排。
Chinese Seniors in Sudbury Gather Twice at Warm Home, Finding Belonging in Dance and Music
A report published November 2 from the Chinese community in Boston's western suburbs described how the Warm Home Adult Day Health Center in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, hosted Chinese seniors for cultural gatherings on two consecutive weekends, showing the seniors' love of life and raising the topic of companionship and cultural belonging in later years.
On October 24, six Chinese seniors visited Warm Home together. What began as an ordinary tour of the facility and its future services turned into an impromptu dance party full of laughter when one senior took out a tablet and played familiar ballroom dance music.
On the morning of November 1, eight Chinese seniors returned. Literary conversation, mahjong and ballroom-dance teaching unfolded in different corners of the hall, before the lilting sound of the hulusi and familiar songs drew everyone back together. Neither gathering had a prearranged program or a divide between performers and audience; the seniors took part in their own favorite ways and became the creators of the joy. During the visits, Warm Home founder Wen Youping described the center's founding purpose and its hope of adding cultural exchange, social participation and emotional care on top of professional health services, while co-founder Liu Yingzi drew on her years in adult day services to outline future daily activities, meals, transportation, safety management and related arrangements.
来源：中美创新时报
发布：GSM·美国（发布链接）
图片来源：图：萨德伯里镇第一教区教堂，本地地标。（John Phelan 摄，CC BY 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons） / Photo: First Parish of Sudbury, a town landmark. (by John Phelan, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
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