A Study By Group Work Intervention In Solving Loneliness Problem Of Urban Elderly Living Alone

At present,China has entered the old-age society.Along with the Social Demography’s reversion unceasingly intensifies,the emergence of modern "small family" structure,the number and proportion of old people living alone are on the rise.The "old man living alone" means that there are no children or other partners around,due to widowhood,separation and other reasons of the elderly living alone.Most of the elderly living alone in the city have a lack of self-emotion regulation awareness、not enough family、lack of neighborliness、the government,the community,the lack of care and so on,loneliness has a serious impact on the lives and physical and mental health of elderly people living alone.On the basis of the previous research,this paper analyzes the reasons of the loneliness of the old people living alone in the city and its influence,conduct Group activities,to explore the effectiveness of group work in solving loneliness problems of the elderly living alone in cities.The purpose of this study is S community of xi‘an “A little bit of love,you and me”an example is the activities of a mutual help group for elderly people living alone,using a variety of research methods for S community to investigate the situation of the elderly living alone in the community,analyzed S community the present situation and needs of the loneliness of the old people living alone,it turns out that older people who currently live alone are reluctant to leave their homes,the human relations gradually drift apart,daily life is simple.Through group activities,from the physical health condition,the mental support condition,the social intercourse condition three aspects start with,to promote the resolution of the mental loneliness of the old people living alone.This paper is based on the theory of social support,Five sessions of group activities were carried out,and get involved in the team’s work the practical operation of solving loneliness problem of the old people living alone in city was evaluated,Older people living alone were tested before and after the test,found that this group activity achieved the expected goal,than I ever could have imagined S community spiritual needs of elderly people living alone,so that they can better understand themselves,self-remodeling,self-realization.