Say it with roses and not with words, because love blooms where roses grow. That’s what Lilly said when the audience first met her, in the documentary “Care behind closed doors”. Pink was Lilly’s favorite flower. A large, heart-shaped wreath of red roses lay on a coffin in the Alfaset chapel on Wednesday. – Red was her favorite colour. So then I think it was a nice punctuation, to put the red in focus, says daughter Ira Elvebakk. Photo: Oliver Ivanowitz / news Together with her closest family and friends, she said goodbye to her mother. Lilly died after a period of illness, says Ira. – Empathy and love are more important the older you get. She finally got it. Putting elderly care on the agenda Many people became familiar with Lilly Andreassen in the Brennpunkt documentary about elderly care, which was broadcast on TV almost two years ago. Here it was shown how 90-year-old Lilly did not receive sufficient help from the home care service. Photo: Rune Hansen With a hidden camera, news documented that she had little or no food for several days. In addition, the recording showed that she did not always get help with medication, care and clothing. She had 21 different carers at her home over the course of 16 days. And she gradually became sicker and more lonely. Lilly’s story went around the country. – Focusing on care for the elderly is so important, and we must never stop doing that. I think it has meant a lot to a lot of people that we dared to come forward, says her daughter. Photo: Oliver Ivanowitz / news Condolences and consequences news has asked some of those who were touched by Lilly’s story about what she has meant to care for the elderly – and how work is being done to prevent the elderly today experiencing the same thing as her. – Lilly has meant a lot, and she has really completed her life’s mission. Lise Fjeldstad Skodespelar – I would like to be at the funeral and read a nice poem to her, says Lise Fjeldstad. The shoe player became a clear voice in the debate that arose in the wake of the documentary. She still does not think the “skin” of Norwegian care for the elderly. At the same time, she hopes that increasing awareness of how things actually are can contribute to changes. – Lilly gave a face to the reality many people experience, and what we saw was terrible, degrading and brutal. I hope someone finally took care of her in a humane way. – Lilly was in many ways the face of care for the elderly. Jan Christian Vestre (Ap) Minister of Health and Care – I am glad that she was able to stay in a nursing home where she thrived well in recent years, writes Jan Christian Vestre to news. The Minister of Health and Care writes that Lilly’s story has caused many in Norway to question how we can ensure that all elderly people have a dignified, safe and good old age. This means equipping the municipalities to take care of the diversity of the elderly, according to Vestre: Both the independent and the fit, and those who need more extensive help and care. – Taking care of our elderly is a task we must solve together. There are still too many differences and many tasks to be done. – On behalf of the district of Alna, I would like to express our condolences to Lilly’s family. Milija Simic Unit manager in the district of Alna Milija Simic has previously complained that the home services Lilly received from the district were not good enough, and initiated several measures to make the offer better. – Elderly care is a topic we must continue to debate, especially at a time when Municipality-Norway is facing an increasingly tight economy, at the same time with more elderly people and less labour, says Simic. – Without debate – no solutions. Simic believes the story of Lilly and the other elderly people who took part in the documentary lifted this debate. – I am happy to hear that Lilly was doing well in the last years of her life. A dignified ending While the debate raged about the care the elderly received behind closed doors, Lilly’s life was given a new framework. – It’s okay to get old when you feel so good, Lilly said when news visited her in April 2023. She had then been given a place in a nursing home and a much better weekday. According to daughter Ira, Lilly was doing well in the nursing home recently as well. – Even if she complained a little now and then, she was mostly satisfied. I was too. There were kind and caring people who worked there. At the nursing home, Lilly made a new friend, ate well and danced the tango. Just this was given a thought during the burial. – Lilly loves to dance. Even into old age. This is how we want to remember her: As someone who danced on Dagsrevyen, said the priest to the congregation. After the priest had spoken, Ira added two red roses to the coffin. – Rest in peace, mum. Photo: Oliver Ivanowitz / news Published 02.11.2024, at 11.09
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