The Enhancement Of Psychological Comfort Among Urban Empty-nest Older Persons Through Support Group Intervention

The rapid growth of social economy has brought about the transformation of labor force and the change of urban family structure,resulting in a large number of empty-nest families.At present,the aging of population in China is becoming more and more serious,and the number of empty-nest older persons has increased significantly.Urban elderly people are highly educated and their material life can be guaranteed.They are more pursuing spiritual and cultural life and eager to meet their inner emotional needs.However,the current situation of spiritual comfort of empty-nest older persons in urban areas,especially the elderly living alone in their later years,is not optimistic.There are some problems such as lack of self-regulation consciousness,lack of family support,lack of neighborhood relationship,and inadequate care from the government and community.This study takes the "sunset smile" empty-nest older persons spiritual consolation group of X community in Chengdu as an example,investigates the situation of empty-nest older persons in X community by various research methods,analyses the current situation and needs of empty-nest older persons spiritual consolation in X community,finds that the current needs of empty-nest older persons spiritual consolation cannot be met,and puts forward from health and safety,child relationship and communication,and daily life.Starting from the aspects of interpersonal communication,living environment and leisure and recreational life,we can promote the solution of the spiritual comfort problem of empty-nest older persons.Compared with other methods of social work,group work is more suitable for spiritual comfort of emptynest older persons,and has unique advantages in operation,resource integration,construction of emotional support network for empty-nest older persons,and promotion of self-identity of the elderly.Therefore,under the guidance of the dominant perspective theory and ecosystem theory,this paper carries out eight group activities.It also evaluates the practical operation of group work intervention in spiritual consolation of urban empty-nest older persons,and finds that the support group has achieved the desired goal,that is,to help empty-nest older persons in X community obtain spiritual consolation satisfaction,so that they gradually adapt to the change of roles,establish emotional support and mutual assistance network,and improve their self-identity.Finally,through summarizing and reflecting,the paper puts forward five specific suggestions,hoping to help promote the solution of the spiritual comfort problem of empty-nest older persons.