Study On Group Work Intervention In Spirtual Consolation For Urban Elderly People Living Alone

With the rapid development of the society,population aging in China has become increasingly serious.Currently,China has entered the aging society and become the country with the largest number of elderly people.How to meet the spiritual needs of elderly people living alone has become the focus of social attention.Elderly people themselves are a disadvantaged group in the society and the spiritual needs of economically disadvantaged elderly people in this group deserve more social attention.Based on previous studies,the author has first of all checked all basic information on elderly people living alone in X Community collected by social organizations and neighborhood committee of X Community and then conducted an unstructured interview with some elderly people living alone in X Community.It has been found that elderly people living alone in X Community are characterized by poor financial condition,low level of education,and strong desire for spiritual consolation.Considering the above characteristics,the author has organized interest group activities to meet the demand of elderly people living alone for spiritual consolation on the basis of quoting professional theories on social work and previous research results.After organizing seven spiritual consolation group activities,the author has summarized that elderly people living alone with a lower social status need spiritual consolation even more.It can be discovered from the interest groups that these interest groups can ease the sense of desolation and change the mental state of the elderly people;it is also found during group organization that the service objects in every stage may detach from the characteristics of the present development stage,which requires proper guidance.During these group activities,the author provides elderly people living alone with elderly entertainment and knowledge on elderly culture so that they can improve their communication ability with their peers and expand their social network to gain an enthusiastic and positive life attitude.Meanwhile,these activities can also cultivate their interests and hobbies and enrich their daily life.Through summarizing the thesis,the author has found that defects yet to be improved still exist in the organized spiritual consolation groups for elderly people living alone and the whole research.However,this study has indeed enriched the research on spiritual consolation for economically disadvantaged elderly people living alone.Through helping elderly people living alone ease their sense of desolation,change their mental state,and satisfy their needs for spiritual life,this study has enriched the practical experience for social workers to intervene in the life of elderly people living alone.In summary,it has exerted some effects on future studies on spiritual consolation.