Tattoo parlor in China offers free services to people with Alzheimer's (3 photos)

The owner of a chain of tattoo parlors in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong offered to make tattoos with contact details for free to people, suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Special reference cards with patients can easily forget medical information about themselves somewhere and lose, as well as identification bracelets. A tattoo for sure won't go anywhere.





On July 9, the owner of three tattoo parlors in Guangdong province surname Zhang wrote on the Xiaohongshu social network that all three of her points will provide such free services on an ongoing basis.

People with Alzheimer's disease are prone to progressive memory loss, personality change, and inability to carry out daily activities.

Zhang's proposal caused a wave of discussion. In one of comments of a woman who introduced herself as an employee of the house elderly, said that patients with severe Alzheimer's disease can quickly "get out of control" and remove/ discard identification cards and bracelets.

Tattooing may seem like a cruel measure, but it is can really help to contact relatives immediately patient,” she added.



According to Zhang, there are other tattooists who are already did this kind of work for Alzheimer's patients, and it was they who inspired her to take this step.

Last year, a tattoo artist from an East China province Shandong got his phone number tattooed on his arm 75-year-old grandmother after she was diagnosed with the disease Alzheimer's.

In February of this year, the owner of a tattoo parlor in east China's Zhejiang province said he was brought a woman in her 80s to have him tattooed on her right arm phone numbers of her son, daughter and grandson. The whole family came with her to make it easier for her to go through the process.

Zhang says he wants to put it on stream and "do something meaningful for society”, using their professional skills. The procedure, according to her, will be carried out only with the consent of the patient and his relatives.



Several people have already responded to Zhang's proposal, and she has already done several tattoos to Alzheimer's patients. AND after her viral post on the social network, there were much more applicants.

People generally approve of this charitable undertaking. Although there are objections. For example, one person who identified himself health worker, said: "A tattoo can cause pain and suffering in patients who are already having a very hard time. Besides, she may make it difficult to find veins that are less visible in older people.” But another commentator countered: “Compared to the pain of loss, the pain much easier from a tattoo.

Which of them do you agree with?