A Practical Study About Group Work Intervention In The Community Integration Of The Elderly

With the advancement of urbanization in China,a large number of young people have moved to large and medium-sized cities and chose to settle in cities,their parents move to the cities with their children or others families become into the migrant elderly.In a strange city,the elderly are confronted with many problems.They have to relearn urban culture,rebuild social relations and reintegrate into community life.Community integration is a process that the elderly must experience.The successful integration is concerned with the healthy life of the elderly and family harmony.Therefore,it is crucial to guide the elderly in improving their integration capacity and helping the elderly to integrate positively into the new environment.The study analyzed the current situation of community integration of the elderly,and explored the approaches of group work intervention in the community integration of the elderly in order to help them successfully adapt to the community life.Based on ecosystem theory and social support theory,taking community H in Shenzhen as an example,the study selects 10 elderly people aged 60 to 65 years and find out the elderly people in their integration to community H has cultural adaptation difficulty,narrow range of communication,lack of sense of belonging and inner loneliness and melancholy.the influencing factors include the perspectives of cultural adaptation,social interaction and psychological integration.And personal factors play a fundamental and decisive role in the integration of their communities,and affect the process of integration of communities with the elderly.So the author designed and carried out six group activities aimed at the individual factors of the elderly to help the elderly with emigration complete community integration as soon as possible.The author evaluates the effectiveness of the group from two aspects: the degree of service goal and activity satisfaction.The results shows that the group helped the elderly develop a positive attitude,expanded their scope of social interaction,enhanced the understanding of the community and the sense of belonging.In other words,the group successfully helped the elderly complete their community integration.Finally,according to the results of the study,four suggestions are put forward: first,the elderly should play a subjective role and actively adapt to the new life;second,social workers should learn professional methods and skills to enhance their professional service ability;third,we should attention and respect to the elderly and build a harmonious family atmosphere.Fourth,the community should strengthen construction,and enrich community activities.