Study On The Impact Of Social Support On The Health Of The Rural Elderly

In China,the speed of aging is accelerating,the health status and social support of the elderly have become a common concern of the society.Due to the existence of the urban-rural dualization system,the rural elderly are less secure than the urban elderly in their later years,in general,the rural elderly have less material life support.Families provide limited financial supportin rural areas,and the elderly of rural have low levels of social support,which has led to more worrying rural elderly in their later years.In addition,after entering the old age,their body function declines,the limbs are not flexible enough,the social network is smaller and smaller,and a series of problems are derived from the physiological and psychological aspects.Against the background of the aggravating trend of aging population and the serious dualization between urban and rural areas,how to narrow the gap between urban and rural areas,increase the supply of aged Pension service for rural elderly,strengthen the social support of rural elderly,improve the health of rural elderly,and achieve healthy aging,It is a major issue that needs to be studied and solved urgently in building a moderately prosperous society.There are many documentation on the factors influencing the health of the elderly from a medical and psychological perspective,but there is less correlation between the study of social support and the health of the elderly.On the basis of systematically arranging and commenting the existing literature,this paper clearly defines the concept of health and social support for the elderly;it expounds the related theories of social support affecting the health of the elderly.This paper analyzes the data of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey(CLHLS)in 2014.According to the research needs,a total of 2676 valid samples were selected.The Stata14.0 analysis software was used to establish an ordered multivariate logistic regression model and multiple linear regression models.The rural elderly health as a dependent variable,including self-evaluation of health,mental health and self-care ability,social support as an independent variable,including economic support,medical timely access,spiritual comfort and social interaction,looking for social support and its existence all kinds of connections,explore what factors in social support have an impact on the health of the ruralelderly,and what are the lack of social support systems,and explore policies and methods to effectively improve the health of the rural elderly.According to this empirical research,the following conclusions can be drawn:(1)Medical timely access has a extremely negative impact on the self-evaluation health of rural elderly.This mean that the farther away from the nearest medical institution,the worse the self-evaluation health status of the rural elderly;(2)The mental comfort has a significant positive impact on the self-evaluation health and mental health of the rural elderly.the Rural elderly people can accompany people to chat in daily life,which will bring great comfort to the inner feelings of the elderly,and will enable the elderly to face life with a more positive attitude and reduce the occurrence of depression and loneliness.It can improve Cognitive function,Compared with those who can't get spiritual comfort,the more spiritual comfort to the elderly get,the better their self-evaluation health will be.(3)The rural elderly who participate in social interaction,Its self-assessment of health and self-care ability is also superior to those who do not participate in social interaction.Active participation in social activities can enrich the elderly's later life,broaden their horizons,increase the closeness of the elderly's social network,making more friendshave a significant positive impact on their self-evaluation health,The physical organs of the elderly are exercised by participate in social activities.,and their self-care ability can also be significantly promoted;(4)The economic support from children and other relatives has a significant negative impact on the mental health of the rural elderly.It may be because accepting support from children and other relatives will weaken the sense of accomplishment of the elderly and make them feel that their leader status is weakened,while the elderly have a feeling of inferiority.At the same time,the paper also found that age has a positive impact on the self-evaluation health of rural elderly people,and has a negative impact on self-care ability.With the increase of age,the physical function of the elderly begins to degenerate,and the self-care ability of the elderly becomes worse.People's self-care ability is better than that of male seniors;the elderly with existing spouses have better self-rated health and mental health than the elderly who have no spouse;the mental health and self-evaluation health ratio of the elderly are better others who have received primary and junior high school education Older people who have not received education;the higher the family income,the better the self-evaluation health,mental health and self-care ability of the elderly;in daily life,the elderly with smoking and drinking habits self-evaluate health and mental health are better.Self-care ability is good;living with others has a significant positive impact on the mental health of the elderly,but has a significant negative impact on self-care ability;housing type also has an impact on the health status ofrural elderly,including living bungalows and multi-floor apartments.According to the conclusion of empirical analysis,this paper mainly proposes the following policy recommendations: exploit the positive effect of the government and society,improve the economic level of the rural elderly;improve the supply of rural medical services,enrich the content of rural medical services;actively promote the traditional "filial pietyCulture" of China,paying attention to mutual support between husband and wife;enriching the types and numbers of activities for the elderly,encouraging older people to participate in social activities;Revitalize the countryside,enhance the function of family care,and stimulate the vitality of family support.