Intervention Study On Mental Health Status And Physical Of Aged In Central Hunan Province Rest Home

With our country puts in the aging society,more and more people pay attention to the elder.In this situation,the problem of the elderly population also followed.Not physiological,but psychological.Aging as an irresistible rule of nature,people will be from youth to old.If we are not recognized and attention,aged are likely to lead to decreased health,physiological dysfunction,and psychological imbalance in this process.Therefore,the mental health of the elderly is more worthy of attention.In modern society,the elder in the rest home is a special vulnerable groups,and the public and the community has widespread concern with it.And their mental health is a sign of their ability to enjoy the old age.This study used as SCL-90 symptom self-rating scale to test 100 elders from two different rest home in the middle of Hunan Province,and in order to understand their mental health status and find a suitable scientific solution for the problems at time in the rest home.The result shows that the nine scores of the elder in the rest home were higher than the national normal level.And there were significant differences in the somatization,obsessive-compulsive symptoms,interpersonal sensitivity,depression,anxiety,hostility,terror,paranoia and psychosis(P <0.01).It indicates that different levels of mental health problems in the elderly between the central and middle in the middle of Hunan Province.And the mental health level of the elderly in the younger age is lower than the middle age group.And female elderly mental health is lower than the male elderly.According to the SCL-90 Symptom Checklist,the total score of more than 160 points is the low level of mental health,and the scores of the SCL-90 self-rating scale are the highest that as experimental intervention objects.There are 15 elders to take part in the experimental intervention.In the process of physical intervention,first of all,the use of theoretical knowledge combined with the teaching method of sports games to guide the elderly gradually into the experimental state and to cultivate the enthusiasm of the elderly to participate in the experiment;secondly,tai chi,people health dance and door-ball item to intervene.Taijiquan intervention is through the Taijiquan movement of the combination of movement to cultivate the balance of the elderly ability and control;people health dance intervention is the use of simple and mild movements coupled with light and popular temperament,while at the same time play a healthy body.The door-ball intervention is to understand the idea of the elderly.So the elderly experience the practice of physical intervention in the process of intervention that provide a chance to promote cooperation and physical and mental health challenges;last but not least,organized the forum after the intervention.It is developing unity and cooperation,promote communication between people,and improve the level of mental health in order to achieve the best effect of intervention.After physical intervention,15 subjects with low mental health level were significantly decreased and there was a significant difference(p <0.01).Compared with the national norm,there are the somatization,interpersonal sensitivity,anxiety,terror are lower than the national norm.After physical intervention,through the discussion to understand that the elderly to participate in the movement of interest and enthusiasm were increased.And special in the public health dance and door-ball activities are the most popular in the rest home.At the same time,physical exercise has a positive effect on promoting the interpersonal relationship between the elderly and the companions,rest home staff and improving the mental health of the elderly.In summary,there are 5 factors of recommendations:(1)Rest homes in all ages,every a half year at least twice on the elderly mental health assessment.At the first time we should find that the low level of mental health of the elderly,and actively guide the elderly and help the elderly to solve the psychological or physiological problems.And hold a rest home for the elderly exchange meeting to promote the same living environment for the exchange and intimacy of the elderly at weekly or half a month.(2)Rest home staff should be based on different age groups,gender and the preferences of sports to arrange the corresponding sports.And carry out a variety of activities that improve the mental health of the elderly,enrich their old age and health pension.(3)Social sports instructors should pay more attention to the interest of rest home to participate in physical exercise,combined with the characteristics of the elderly population and the degree of preference for sports to the elderly to develop scientific and effective physical exercise program.(4)Local government agencies should provide nursing homes to carry out physical exercise hardware facilities,and the physical exercise project about the elderly are interested in.(5)In the rest home,there will be a mental health counseling room and a number of adjuvant treat of mental health science lectures.So the elderly correctly see their own mental health problems and physical problems.