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安老院舍三級制

安老院為未能獨自在社區中生活，但無需倚賴他人提供起居照顧或護理服務的長者，提供院舍照顧、膳食及有限度的起居照顧。

護理安老院為健康欠佳﹑身體殘疾﹑認知能力稍為欠佳及在「安老服務統一評估機制」下被評為適合護理安老院而未能自我照顧起居﹐但在精神上適合群體生活的長者﹐提供住宿照顧﹑膳食﹑起居照顧及有限度的護理服務。部份護理安老院宿位由合約院舍或參與「改善買位計劃」的私營安老院提供。

護養院為一些健康欠佳﹑身體殘疾﹑認知能力欠佳及在「安老服務統一評估機制」下被評為適合護養院而未能自我照顧起居﹐但在精神上適合群體生活的長者﹐提供住宿照顧﹑膳食﹑起居照顧﹑定時的基本醫療和護理及社會支援服務。部份護養院宿位由合約院舍提供。

資料來源︰香港老年學會、社會福利署

the Catcher in the Rye Ch. 14

miserable: being in a pitiable state of distress or unhappiness

Maine: state on the Atlantic coast in the northeastern U.S. and bordering on the Canadian provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick

atheist: a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods

disciple: one of the twelve in the inner circle of Christ's followers according to the Gospel accounts

Gospel: the message concerning Christ, the kingdom of God, and salvation

salvation: the realization of the supremacy of infinite Mind over all bringing with it the destruction of the illusion of sin, sickness, and death

supremacy: supreme authority or power

lunatic: affected with a severely disordered state of mind

Judas: the apostle who in the Gospel accounts betrayed Jesus

apostle: one of an authoritative New Testament group sent out to preach the gospel and made up especially of Christ's 12 original disciples and Paul

preach: to urge acceptance or abandonment of an idea or course of action

betray: to be unfaithful or disloyal to

minister: one officiating or assisting the officiant in church worship

officiant: someone (such as a priest) who officiates at a religious rite

rite: a prescribed form or manner governing the words or actions for a ceremony

Holy Joe: clergyman

sermon: a religious discourse delivered in public usually by a member of the clergy as a part of a worship service

crumb: a small fragment especially of something baked

bum: buttocks

shove: a forcible push

sill: the horizontal member at the base of a window

owe: to be under obligation to pay or repay in return for something received

chisel: to cut or work with or as if with a chisel

chisel: a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal)

whore: a person who engages in sexual intercourse for pay

crook: a person who engages in fraudulent or criminal practices

scraggy: being lean and long

dime: a coin of the U.S. worth ¹/₁₀ dollar

snot: nasal mucus

filthy: very

smack: to strike so as to produce a smack

bourbon: a whiskey distilled from a mash made up of not less than 51 percent corn plus malt and rye

automatic: an automatic firearm

banister: a handrail with its supporting posts

trickle: to issue or fall in drops

crawl: to move on one's hands and knees

rubberneck: an overly inquisitive person

inquisitive: inordinately or improperly curious about the affairs of others

gory: bloodstained

Online Dictionary Used: www.merriam-webster.com

〈共老〉

        南美洲有一種樹，雨樹，樹冠巨大圓滿如罩鐘，從樹冠一端到另一端可以有三十公尺之遙。陰天或夜間，細葉合攏，雨，直直自葉隙落下，所以葉冠雖巨大且密，樹底的小草，卻茵茵然蔥綠。兄弟(姊弟)，不是永不交叉的鐵軌，倒像同一株雨樹上的枝葉，雖然隔開三十公尺，但是同樹同根，日開夜闔，看同一場雨直直落地，與樹雨共老，挺好的。

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