Intervention Study On Group Loneliness Therapy For Loneliness In The Elderly

With the rapid proceeding of aging,China has already become the country with the largest population and the fastest-growing population of old people in the world. Aging which has led to the loneliness of the elderly is now urgent for our country to solve,which shed a meaningful light on the discussion about how the loneliness of the elderly can strengthen health services,promote a positive process of aging and built a healthy aging society finally.The method of this study is the combination of questionnaire and group reminiscence therapy. The researcher issued 103 questionnaires which aims at old people from 60 to70 years old at three different residential areas of Langya District, Chuzhou city, Anhui Province. The questionnaire includes aging demograohic variables and UCLA. And the people selected suitable to the required age were required to have a talk face to face in order to make sure that they were willing to take part in the group reminiscence. After these steps,there were 16 olders who were randomly divided into two parts:the test group and the control group. The questionnaires were reissued on the days after the eight times and the end of the activity three months later,which led to the final UCLA scores of the selected aged that were analysed by SPSS 17.0:1) The scores of UCLA for the test group's before-after test,which have difference and these for control group's before-after testing,which have no difference,it means that the loneliness of aged can be eased by group reminiscence therapy.2) The scores of UCLA for the test group and the control group's before-after 3-month testing,which have no difference,it means that the loneliness of aged cannot be eased by the group reminiscence therapy in the long term,and it cannot become "one time of treatment,lifelong immunity".And after testing by paired t test and the Covariance Analysis Method,there is the conclusion:the group reminiscence therapy can evidently relieve the level of the loneliness of the elderly. The therapy can help the aged to build positive states,to improve the level of self-esteem,to change cognitive styles and strengthen the connection with our society which can give us effective supports so as to ease the loneliness of the elderly.