A Study On The Intervention Of Group Work In The Spiritual Comfort Problem Of The Urban Solitary Elderly

With the acceleration of the pace of aging today,more and more pension problems have emerged.Most families are facing an increasing number of the urban solitary elderly.The dependency ratio of the elderly is rising,and the issue of old-age care has aroused widespread concern from all walks of life.Due to the changes in social roles,the decline of physical function,the long absence of children,and family tensions,the urban solitary elderly have become vulnerable groups in the elderly.They have been living alone for a long time,so they have problems such as depression and psychological disorders.In order to enable the urban solitary elderly to live in their old age,it is an important part of the social work of the elderly to understand the mental condition of them,reduce the negative emotions and meet their spiritual comfort needs.According to the practical experience of the Z community in Ezhou,this study used 101 the urban solitary elderly in the Z community as the survey object,and 10 single-person elderly people as the group work objects.Focusing on the theme of "the spiritual comfort of the urban solitary elderly",this study combines the quantitative and qualitative research methods,masters the basic living conditions of them,and applies social support theory,activity theory,social participation theory,etc.to the Z community.Interviews with the urban solitary elderly,to further understand the spiritual comfort of the urban solitary elderly in the community,to assess the spiritual needs of the elderly living alone,and to find that the urban solitary elderly in the Z community mainly have problems such as lack of spiritual and cultural life,lack of emotional support,and insufficient interpersonal communication.In order to better meet their spiritual needs,this study based on the development of the Z community,using the resources of the community,based on the individual differences,designing group activities,helping them to resolve negative emotions,tap their own advantages and building a social platform to improve their interpersonal skills.Finally,this study evaluates the process and results of the group activities,and believes that the activity has basically reached the expected goals of the group activities and achieved good results.In order to continue the interaction and mutual assistance between the urban solitary elderly after the end of the group activities,this study uses social work skills and methods to intervene from the perspective of social work,and through group activities to meet their spiritual comfort needs.Sexuality finally reaches the state of self-service for the elderly living alone.However,in the group activities carried out,there are mainly problems such as short service period,insufficient individual attention,and insufficient skill application.In order to better meet the spiritual comfort needs of the elderly living alone,the following suggestions are proposed: first,increase the introduction of professional talents;second,attach importance to the establishment of a social support network for the urban solitary elderly;third,develop a reasonable group work tracking Mechanism;Fourth,enrich the way the team works;Fifth,broaden the perspective of the team's work.