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The Research Of Self-Support By Aged For Urban Empty-Nest Family

Posted on:2010-08-11Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:E H CuiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2167360272998325Subject:Sociology
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In The twenty-first century, all of the world is faced with a common problem, that is the issue of the aging of the population. the family structure in China changes greatly accompaning with development of times. In modern society, people change one work for another frequently, migration accelerate , and generation gap is obvious. Everyone two generations are required to have independent lives, more space and freedom with the material level raising and the quest for spiritual life So the traditional extended family living no longer meet the needs of people, and small families have been widely accepted. With the acceleration of the process of urbanization, improvement of housing conditions, as well as the concept of change, the existence of empty-nest families will have an irreversible trend.The fact that aging of populations degree enhances and the structure of Urban spatial nest family evolutes brought new problems and challenge to chinese old-age care. At present, the main way of old-age pension includes Family retirement, Community retirement and Individual self-retirement of which the first two are the major retirement way of contemporary China. With development of the times, the function of family retirement gradually weaken and community retirement also faces with deficiencies of material and spiritual preparation. And the particular family structure of Spatial nest family brings special problems which includes not only material and maintenance problems but the spirit of solitude to chinese Old age enterprise. In this regard, individual self-retirement is a beneficial exploration to deal with Retirement question of empty-nest family , This paper stress the autonomy of older persons promote older people to take active participation and use the existing social security conditions to acquisite spiritual needs. It requires that the elderly themselves, their children and society to play their respective strength to create good conditions for a effective solution to problems of empty-nest family.. The main contents of this article can be divided into three major parts:The first aspect of the theme is introduced the way of old-age pension in China, including Family retirement and community retirement . Family retirement has a long historical and cultural traditions in China, and the existence of it is related to ideas of "bring up their children for old age". As the increasing in productivity and the costs of labor training has been greatly improved than before, that the diminishing family size is due to reducing of people's reproductive wishes, that results in the condition of Family retirement is gradually weakened.The second part of the paper describes the function of Individual self-retirement in China With the changes in family structure and the way of daily life, the living environment and mental outlook have changed dramatically The modern concept of the elderly pension and the happiness should have a shift with the times The aged select self-old can give full play to their own sense of participation. In the entire population , the aged is vulnerable groups as physiological aging, psychological aging and the need for social and family care People always put the full burden of the elderly to social and family, while ignoring their own role in the elderly In the problems of the elderly, especially elderly self-old should have the principle of self-reliance, respect, promote and encourage the elderly to become independent and self-help, and give full play to the ability of their own.The implementation of urban self-old model is benefit to the physical and mental health of the elderly In the long run, this is an important opportunity to building a modern elderly awareness, establishing a modern pension values, and achieving "healthy aging" The standpoint of self-old is human bring People should seek independent, self-reliance and self-improvement with their living and development. Individual self-retirement is a new pension model in the process of population aging and urban empty-nest families increasingly generalized conditions It is a useful addition to family retirement and community retirement as well as empty-nest households in urban elderly to achieve "healthy aging" ideal It will achieve the goal of "a sense of security, medical care, a feeling of happiness, a sense of worthiness, a feeling of" ,and recuperate the shortage in family pension and community endowment ,that play an extremely important role and practical significance.The third part of the city empty-nest old-age home model of self-author the recommendations and countermeasures. From elderly individuals, children, friends, the three aspects of society, in view of the city empty-nest old-age family issues, to make a different response, in order to maximize self-age role models to ensure the well-being of the elderly to enjoy their later years. Among them, the older self-support model is the "protagonist", the concept of change is essential to overcome the empty nest psychological, develop their own interests and hobbies, the formation of a scientific way of life, make full use of social support networks, the active participation of society, from the "empty nest syndrome." Children and elderly relatives and friends should be given the necessary attention, including both material and spiritual. Self-support model in the implementation process, social and government responsibility, to this special old-age groups to help provide material, spiritual assistance, legal support and so on.In summary, our country already entered the aging of populations society, in the process of modernization , the family structure has also had modernized change, the big or media-sized cities spatial nest family appeared generally for our country's retirement has brought a higher challenge. Cared that spatial nest old person the question, will have pays attention to each family, the entire old age community as well as our nationality in the future the life style, the working multiple significances. Attention present's old person pays attention to future, in the society each people will have the responsibility and the duty supply ideas happily for senior citizen's old age. Therefore, Individual retirement plays an important role in solving the old-age problem of urban empty-nest family with the increasing crisis of empty-nest family. government society and family should take effective measures to promote the implementation of individual retirement.
Keywords/Search Tags:Urban Empty-Nest Family, Elderly Supporting Model, Self-Support by Aged
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