Study On Social Work Intervention Of Spiritual Consolation For The Elderly Who Lost Their Only Child In A Community Of Xiamen

With the increase of various risks and the impact of the family planning policy,families with only children bear the risk of their only child dying.After the loss of their only child,the elderly have to bear great mental pressure,and they are in urgent need of spiritual comfort.As a professional method,social work is of great significance in the spiritual comfort of the elderly who have lost their only child.This paper is based on the "warm heart home" project of the author’s internship.This paper takes the elderly who lost their only child in A community as the research object,and understands the actual situation of the elderly who lost their only child in A community through questionnaires,interviews and observation.It finds that there are problems such as the unsound social support network,the weak social work talent team,and the dominant traditional ideas.Based on the social support theory and the advantage perspective theory,the author successively uses the methods of group work and community work to intervene in the spiritual comfort of 12 elderly people who lost their only child,guides them to find its advantages,enhance social interaction,help loss alone old man within the group,the community level to establish and expand the social support network,establish confidence in life.Finally,the author evaluates the two practical methods,and finds that the two practical methods are effective in improving the mental condition of the elderly who lost their only child.Group activities are more suitable for the elderly who lost their only child than community work.However,there are some limitations in the maintenance and development of the service effect,the coverage area of the service object and the diversification of the service content.The author puts forward the following suggestions: One is to speed up speed up the team construction of professional talents to serve the elderly who have lost their only child.The second is to improve the service mechanism of spiritual consolation for the elderly.The third is to strengthen the guidance of the ideas transformation of the elderly who have lost their only child.