Group Work Intervention Involved In The Spiritual Comfort For The H Community's Empty Nesters In Beijing

With the development of economy and society,population aging has become an inevitable trend.All countries in the world attach great importance to the issue of population aging.China is a country with a large population,and the issue of population aging is becoming more and more serious.If the old-age problem cannot be resolved in time,it will seriously affect the development of economy and restrict social life.Nowadays,the traditional way of supporting the elderly can no longer meet the needs of the elderly,especially for the special group of "empty-nest elderly".Although the material needs of the urban empty-nest elderly can be basically met,self-realization in their daily lives.They receive relatively little spiritual comfort,and it is difficult to meet the needs of emotional support,interpersonal communication,recreational activities and there is still a great lack of satisfaction in their spiritual comfort needs.We bring together homogeneous groups to carry out group activities,in this way to alleviate the feelings of empty nesting of the elderly and enhance their communicative ability.At the same time,we explore the potential of the elderly,let them recognize their own values and establish a correct self-awareness,so that they can face the elderly life with a positive attitude.Therefore,we use the method of group work to provide spiritual comfort to the urban empty-nest elderly and explore how the group work can meet their actual spiritual needs.This study selected the H community in Tongzhou District of Beijing as the research site.From the professional perspective of social work,we conducted semi-structured interviews with some empty-nest elderly in the H community.And we analyzed the reasons for the lack of spiritual comfort of the empty-nest elderly and assessed their needs.We organized six group activities for the empty-nest elderly in the form of group work,and built a platform for them to communicate with each other.In this way,we enabled the empty-nest elderly to improve their interpersonal skills,cultivate their hobbies,and realize their self-worth,thereby enhancing the social identity and social belonging of the empty-nest elderly and satisfying their spiritual needs.This paper analyzes the process of group activities and the limitations of social worker intervention,and proposes targeted solutions so that social work can play a better role in serving the empty-nest elderly in the community,promote the physical and mental health of the empty-nest elderly,meet their spiritual comfort needs,and realize the true sense of the elderly can be supported by some people,have dependence,have their own fun.This is of great significance for promoting the building of a harmonious society.After the group activities,we evaluated its process and results.The assessment shows that group activities play a significant role in helping the elderly improve their attitudes towards life,improve their communication skills,and increase their enthusiasm for participation,but it still has some limitations.