Old age - is very problematic age. In this period at the man behind shoulders is already most part of lived life, and its best part, huge everyday and professional experience. In everyday squablings will is tempered, the sight on any vital situation was developed.

The illnesses narrow vital frameworks to the elderly people, frequently limiting their walls of an apartment. At many the legs do not obey, shiver hands, at one time sharp-sighted eyes water and badly see, from phenomenal memory, remained even no trace, it should be strained to recollect whether you took tablet or not.

But the elderly people well remember the former image, respect of the colleagues and love of family. On the face is crisis of elderly age fraught causeless for surrounding tears and nervous failures. Just elderly people are very offended, that the youth had flown by as dream. That children have grown and, in most cases, everybody left in various directions, that in old age have remained without the spouse and health was lost. And loneliness. From it there is no place to get to. Even if you have relatives - they all day long are at work, they have own life, they "acquire" experience, do not want to listen of advice.

In February, 2002 in Kostanay was organized Hesed (from Hebrew mercy, care; the Jewish organization rendering the social help), and in the beginning of May already at full power worked service "Home care", which facilitates life of the elderly people. The curator and six working women give back the forces and sincere heat to the clients. Who are they - clients of the program "Home care"? Some examples: January 7, 2009 our client Altman Claudia was 90 years. This lovely woman, with light mind and inexhaustible philanthropy. With the working woman of a service "Home care" Natalie Maryanskaya Claudia Altman has the warmest, friendly relations. We from all soul have congratulated her on the anniversary.

Two years ago moved to our city two wards: Zlata Milkhman from Karaganda and Nicolay Rubinstein from Kiev. Both are Nazi victims. Zlata is the candidate of medical sciences, the inhabitant of Blockaded Leningrad, has very bad sight, carries glasses - 15 (more dioptres does not exist), which do not solve a problem. After fracture one hand does not work. But such self-control at this fragile woman, she never cries and does not complain. In the summer we celebrated Zlata's 85-year's anniversary.

Nicolay Rubinstein was at war on fronts of Great Patriotic, the invalid of 1-st group, hardly moves on an apartment. Recently to he became 94 years old. After Nicolay and Zlata looks Maryanskaya N.V. This woman sincerely cares of the wards, keeps with them the friendly relations, works, not considering her personal time, as it is spoken not for fear, and for conscience.

There is at us in the program wards a couple on a surname Birt. Raisa is the very integral, strong-willed, courageous woman. The artful illness has deprived her abilities to move, but in the family she is mistress, though is bedridden. Her husband -Birt Andrew himself recently experienced difficult) operation, has constant problems with health. The working woman Maria Gros surrounds family with care and attention.

After fracture of femoral neck Frida Heyfets has not risen any more on legs. This autumn she was 90 years. The beautiful woman frequently smiles and will support any conversation.

For our Hesed Frida is an example of swinger and optimism.

Kogan Betya is sick with diabetes mellitus, on this ground to her amputated a foot, the second leg has the frightening sizes because of oedema. Betya can not independently move. She has good careful children, which visit her everyday day after work.

After Frida and Betti looks Lysenko Helena, the skilled employee, she works in the program more than six years.

And it is only small part of the wards of the program "Home care" of Kostanay Hesed. To speak and to write about them it is possible infinitely. We frequently listen to them and we know all problems, care, fear and dream of everyone. Yes, to dream it is possible and in 90 years! All our wards - these are people with difficult destiny and not simple character. But all of them speak "thanks" to Hesed that it exists.

Maria Voronetskaya