Research On Current Situation Of Physical Fitness For The Elderly In The Home For Destitute Old People In Anhui Province

The problem of an aging population is an outstanding social problem in our country. At present, the way of family support, which is the main way of providing for the aged, will finally be replaced by the social endowment and the home of the old will be the inevitable choice of providing for the aged. We should give more attention and consideration to the old's physical fitness, just to make the old's life healthier and happier and to have a healthy old age. On one hand, physical fitness can enhance the old's physique and keep a healthy condition. On the other hand, it can also cut down medical expenses for our country. Our research set city homes of the old of Anhui province the target, and do a comprehensive understanding about the old's physical condition. Meantime the research can also provide some help for implementing the enterprise of providing for the aged. My study used the documentary, interview surveys, expert interviews, questionnaire surveys, mathematical statistics, and other research methods.We can get the following conclusion according to my study. The elderly are generally low educated, illiteracy accounted for half of the total number. The main reason of the old checking in the home for destitute old people is that their children are too busy to take care of them. The degree of satisfaction of the old comes up to ninety percent. The main economic source of the old is from their children.The understanding of the "National Fitness Program" is still at a low level. The main ways of the old obtaining sports -for-all fitness knowledge are newspapers and magazines. The main motivation and purpose of physical fitness for older people to participate is to resist diseases, health promotion, leisure entertainment and passing time. The major factor hindering the old people from participation in an activity is that the body is weaker, no sports facilities and no self-service guiding. Hike and running are the most popular sports for the old. Man and woman have no differences in the sports activities expert in qigong, taiji classes and aerobics, dance sports category. Most old people prefer to do sports in the home for destitute old people. And they often do sports by the street, in the park and Public Square. Almost nobody participates in managed body-building clubs. Most old people feel that very few people provide them with physical fitness guiding and organize Physical Activities.According to the inadequacy, I put forward the following measures.①The government should play dominant role in taking the old-age care of the home for destitute old people into account and plan accordingly.②Build market operation mechanism and rich the fund collection.③Strengthen the management of the home for destitute old people.④Strengthen the construction of infrastructure and services.⑤Strengthen the training of the consciousness of the old's sports fitness.⑥The old people should choose appropriate sports suited for their own body state.⑦Increase the cultivating degree of the sports instructors.⑧To enhance the nursing staff's professional level.