Research On Group Work Intervention In Informal Social Support For Urban Widows And Orphans

As a vulnerable group in society,the degree of social support will directly affect their ability to obtain various resources and the quality of life in their later years.Lonely elderly people not only face difficulties and distress in life,but also their mental health is affected by living alone for many years.The purpose of this paper is to intervene in the social support of the elderly by group work,so as to help them get new informal social support,improve their own social support level and the ability to obtain resources,so as to achieve the purpose of providing for the elderly in the community and health for the aged.The group work should not only involve the elderly without parents in urban communities,but also further guide the elderly without parents to form positive cognition and psychology in the changing environment,so that the elderly without parents can better adapt to and cope with difficulties and crises in life.Firstly,this paper studies the data and literature to understand the status quo of informal social support for lonely elderly people living in urban communities.Secondly,by utilizing the method of group work intervention XHY community elderly singles group,then carry out the group work intervention activities,aims to help the old man get new informal social support,and strengthen its provide the support from informal social support,increase the degree of their social support,to make up for the lack of the ability to access resources.Thirdly,the scale was used to conduct pre-test and post-test for the elderly in the community,with the purpose of analyzing and evaluating the effects of group activities before and after intervention.Finally,through the summary and evaluation of the activities carried out by group intervention,the advantages and limitations of the specific practice of group work in the study of social support for the elderly alone in urban areas are obtained.The research shows that,by using the scale method to pre-test and post-test the group work intervention activities,so as to summarize and evaluate the change results of the group members,the social support degree of the lonely elderly people in the group has been significantly improved and enhanced compared with that before the group work intervention.At the same time,after the end of group intervention,group members can rely on the new informal social support they get to meet their own needs of various resources,so as to achieve a full and healthy pension and better spend the later stage of life.On the other hand,this group intervention fully proved that in the theory of group dynamics,it is much easier to change individuals by changing the group than by directly changing individuals.In the group as a whole,lonely elderly people are more likely to feel the power of mutual support.