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The Intervention Of Group Work For Landless Elderly People’s Spiritual Solace

Posted on:2015-06-02Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:W J TaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2296330482470379Subject:Social work
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Landless elderly, as a special vulnerable group of farmers losing land, due to strong land plot and poor adaptation ability, these make them unable to quickly change the role and establish a set of urban life style and habit. At the same time, it also means that change of individual ecological system, way of life and interpersonal communication.This study uses interviews and participant observation method to investigate the K community of Jiangning District 67 landless old man, old man’s spiritual consolation points out two main problems:one is the landless elderly community integration degree is low, two is the emotional support weakening. The main causes are "local" complex fracture, residents a sense of identity and low, family structure, social support system is not perfect, four aspects of life in the community fun not to.In view of the present situation and problems, the research use group work intervention, we choose the mode of mutual interaction between members. Improve land old man through the four stages of the work’s poor state, solve the mental problems of landless people, and help improve the social support system, to find ways to get spiritual comfort. From the effect of intervention, through ten group activities and certain informal interaction, team members establish a deep friendship between them and become important providers of mutual spiritual comfort of each other. In the workers’ cooperation, community and the volunteers joined the group of caring landless elderly. They help them solve their problems in life and provide family accompany. Currently landless elderlies from the K community formed two interest groups:a "sunset red" chorus and a "township love" square dance team, they also often get together in elderly activity center. Rich and colorful daily life released the sense of loneliness, emptiness and lost of landless elderlies, which also become a part of spiritual comfort. It is worth mentioning that the crew used spare time to accompany the elderly in the community, they help others while enhance the sense of belonging and ownership of landless elderly, this achieved mutual benefit and win-win, and can reach the expected goal.Although social work intervention in landless elderly’s spiritual comfort has many advantages and this study has also accumulated some useful experience to promote, but in practice, there are still shortcomings and difficulties, which still needs continuous exploration.
Keywords/Search Tags:Landless elderly, Spiritual consolation, The intervention of group work
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