The woman lying on the bed is called Mung-xiao-lan, age 66, admitted to the institution for 18 years, she is degenerating from old age, paralysed fro 6 years and is single.Her family visits her often.The first time the photographer and the last time, he saw her, she uttered the same sentences "I am dying". This instituion is manged by the welfare department.Nurses jobs are to watch over the patients, and to prevent them from hurting themselves, running away,. or committing suicide. The bathing and scrubbing of invalid patients, has never been part of the job of nurse.