Group Work Practice For Alleviating Health Anxiety Of Left-behind Elderly In Rural Areas

"Health" is related to our good life and has always been everyone’s concern,but excessive attention to health or blind worry can lead to health anxiety,which not only interferes with our daily life,but also has a great negative impact on personal physical and mental health.The left-behind elderly in rural areas have low educational level and little understanding of healthy lifestyle or behavioral state.Living apart from their children,they often feel lonely and helpless.This special group is prone to health anxiety in both psychological and physical state.Therefore,social workers should play an active role and pay attention to the health anxiety of left-behind elderly people in rural areas.Helping left-behind elderly learn about health-related knowledge and self-regulation through professional social work activities.The main goal is to alleviate the health anxiety of left-behind old people,improve their quality of life,extend their life length,and provide important help for the healthy life of the elderly.From the perspectives of "healthy aging" and "active aging",this study uses social work expertise and skills to serve the left-behind elderly in X Village,Changchun City,relying on the service stationing project of the New Age Civilization Practice Station.Through field observation,interviews,questionnaires and other methods,social workers collected detailed data on the health anxiety of the left-behind elderly in X Village,and conducted practical research on this basis.The practical activities are divided into 6subsections: “ I participate in”,“I learn about health knowledge”,“Learning self-regulation”,“I do exercise”,“ Establish a social support system”,“say goodbye to health anxiety”.The activities of these links are designed from theory to practice,from simple to complex,from abstract to concrete,and the health anxiety of left-behind elderly people has been effectively alleviated.Finally,the author evaluates the process and effect of group activities,and puts forward relevant suggestions to ease the health anxiety of left-behind elderly.It is hoped that social workers can give full play to their professional advantages,improve the level of service,link theory with practice,and link social resources,so as to ensure better relief of health anxiety of rural left-behind elderly and ensure their healthy and happy life in their later years.