Practice Research On The Social Case Work Of Grief Remission Of The Bereaved Elderly

Bereavement is the hardest problem to deal with in the course of life,along with the increase of the elderly,the number of the bereaved elderly is also increasing and this problem has aroused more and more attention of the society.To the influence of serious bereavement event brought to the elderly and their family,the traditional concept of "time can cure everything" does not apply(to),the bereaved elderly and their family will be immersed in the bereavement event over a long period of time.It is difficult for the bereaved elderly to get back to normal social life and go out of sadness by themselves,they even abandoned themselves to grief for a long time and don’t know it.Therefore,alleviating sad mood is very necessary to the bereaved elderly still feel sad,it can no only relieve the negative sentiment for the bereaved elderly,but also can make them restore the normal social function and reconstruct the meaning of life.This study has interviewed with the service object we meet during the internship deeply,we found that the service objects were still in sorrow.We also make interview with the spouse and grandson at the same time,then collect and make analysis of the data.The data indicated that the grief of the service object mainly existed in the negative cognition of himself,his life and the future.According to the research,the grief remission service plan was made.In the specific intervention phase,to help the service object construct rational cognition and relieve grief,the researcher chose rational emotional therapy mode and nine cases of interview were designed,then made a debate with service object’s irrational cognition from the service object himself,family and community support system.In the later period of case service,we tracked and consolidated the effect of the case services and evaluated the effect.Interview method,observation records and inventory of complicated grief was used to collect data to evaluate the effect of the case service,the result indicated that the service object’s grief was eased and rational emotional therapy intervention was effective to a certain extent.The support of family and social environment are necessary to the behavior of service object after the intervention.Strengthening the rational cognition,restoring the social functions,and strengthening the courage and confidence to face the future life play an important role in life of service object.At last,combining with practical experience,summary and reflections were given.The patterns of theoretical basis and strategy provide guidance for the research,such as the skills of adventuring,supporting,alternative options,providing advice,giving up the self assessment and debating,however,there is something must be paid attention to in the use of this pattern,such as the relationship between the social workers and service objects,positive emotions and negative emotions,etc.Then,the research finds success and deficiency in the process of practice,making a summary with the practical experience in intervention of grief remission of the bereaved elderly.Through the study,the researcher finds that during the practice research on the social case work of grief remission of the bereaved elderly who has the loss because of sudden and unpredictable events,the positive intention of making a change is necessary to bereaved elderly because of their rich experience and solidification of thinking,which ensures that the follow-up service plan go on successfully;the grief remission will be certainly related to the expression of the negative emotions,the researcher needs to pay attention to the time of negative emotional intensity;the change of the environment of the family and support plays an important role in the social case work of grief remission of the bereaved elderly,which means that the social case work based on a specified service object can not ensure the completion of grief remission,so the family environment should be paid attention to on the social case work of grief remission of the bereaved elderly,along with the family social work to other family members grief remission at the same time;the time of grief can be long or short,the possibility of making the bereaved elderly feeling sad once again should be taken into consideration to prevent the occurrence of degradation behavior of the bereaved elderly after the intervention of the social case work.