Research On Social Participation Ability Of Urban Empty-nesters By Team Work ——Take The H Community In Shenyang As Example

With the rapid development of China’s economy,the level of aging population is also increasing.The seventh census data shows that the population over 65 years old in China has reached 190.64 million,accounting for 13.5% of the total population.The aging degree of the population is higher than the world average level,indicating that the elderly population in China is very large.At the same time,with the change of people’s thinking in the new era and the breaking of the traditional four-generation family model,a special group of "empty nesters" has emerged in the society.They often live alone and live in empty nests,lacking the care and care of their relatives.Due to their old age but lack of support from their children,many empty-nesters suffer from increasing mental health problems,lack of skills and confidence,and gradually become derailed from society and lose the ability to participate in society.Based on the present situation,the author from the field of social work,the article USES the method of group work in urban empty-nesters social participation ability,combining with the social work of professional knowledge and skills,improve their ability of social participation as far as possible,make the elderly can also be integrated into the society,drive them to participate in the initiative,interactive,to help them reshape the outlook on life and values,Encourage participation in community and volunteer activities,expand their interpersonal communication,not only to protect the physical and mental health of the elderly,but also to enrich their spiritual life,so that the elderly truly achieve "something to do and something to rely on".This paper takes shenyang H empty nest elderly in the community as the research object,using the method of group work,through the questionnaire method,interview method and so on,to carry out the relevant data collection,fully understand the urban empty-nesters is faced with economic and political participation low cognition,participation channels scarce,social participation ability is not strong,and the present situation of the lack of initiative and its influence factors are analyzed.On this basis,10 elderly people were selected to participate in group activities,and six targeted group activities were designed by combining Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory,active aging theory and empowerment theory,so as to achieve the goal of improving the participation ability of the elderly.After the activity,through filling in the social participation ability self-test scale,it was found that the social participation of the elderly before and after the activity changed significantly,and the living ability,working ability and social communication ability of the group members were positively improved,indicating that the development of group activities has a certain effect on the improvement of the empty-nesters’ social participation ability.According to the research results,this paper puts forward five suggestions: continue to promote social work for the elderly,improve the construction of community service system,increase government support,recruit community volunteers,and improve traditional social concepts.The innovation of this paper is to use the method of group work to improve the social participation ability of empty nesters in specific areas.The research is more detailed and specific.The deficiency lies in the lack of professional knowledge in other fields and the empty-nesters’ lack of familiarity with social work.In general,there are still many deficiencies in the research on the social participation of urban empty-nesters in China,which needs to be constantly improved.