Chinese elderly group
A group of Chinese became Australian citizens in 1989. Several years later, they were reunited with parents and created their home in Australia.
A 74 years old lady from shanghai, China, came to Australia 14 years ago. She looked after her grandchildren and did house work like Chinese elderly people normally did. And she wants to stay with their children forever. Unfortunately, 14 years passed, the grandchildren who have grow up, but they are embarrassed by their grandparents. This old lady looses her position in the family. The grandchildren now never communicate with her. The kids speak English at home as well, but they cannot understand their Chinese speaking grandmother. Therefore, they are living together without anything in common. She thoughts, she is a nanny and an extra person in the family. In addition, this old woman and her husband cannot communicate with neighbours with limited English. There is no Chinese community. Therefore, they feel so lonely.
Her children and grandchildren do not want to live with her anymore. She moved out of the family and move into government’s public apartment with her husband. The only thing that she feels pleased with is the government is taking care of them. The government is much closer than her kids. The local government also provides a club for them for chatting and playing mah-jong and supports them. She feels hope from local city council workers. They are now connected to other elderly Chinese people who were once lonely. Great friendships are being made.
1989年，受“天安门事件”的影响，有一批中国人成为澳洲公民。几年以后，他们把父母从中国接到澳洲，一家人在澳洲团聚。 一位74岁的老太太，来自中国上海。她来澳洲已经14年了。她跟在中国的老人一样，在家照顾年幼的孙子，孙女，做家务。年轻的子女就可以出去为生活打拼。14年过去了，老人已经是一头白发。在人生的花甲之年，老人只想与子女一起，共享天伦之乐。不幸的是，在澳洲长大，接受西方教育的孙子，孙女，不能明白老人的心理。他们不喜欢与爷爷奶奶相处，不想跟爷爷奶奶沟通。儿子媳妇也与老人渐渐疏远了。 在家的日子，老人觉得自己像个保姆，做饭·洗衣·搞卫生。孩子回家了，他们就躲在自己的房间里。因为，他们在家也说英文，老人根本没办法跟他们沟通。日子一天天的过去，老太太发现，自己的语言能力，身体状况都大不如前。 孩子不想和他们一起住了，在家的日子，经常在争吵中度过。74岁高龄的老太太和老伴搬进了政府提供的公寓。让老人感到欣慰的是，当地的政府比自己的孩子还亲，还照顾他们。政府不但提供地方给中国的同龄老人聚会，还给他们资金补贴。当老人提起政府的工作人员，就一脸的感激。 现在老俩口，虽然离开了子女，但是日子过的很开心，交了很多来自中国不同地方的朋友。 无论子女怎么对待他们，他们都还是关心自己的孩子。
