A Study On Negative Emotions Of The Elderly Living Alone In The City With Case Work Intervention

In recent years,the scale of the elderly living alone is expanding year by year,the psychological problems and spiritual needs of the elderly are also increasing,mental health as an important indicator of the quality of life of the elderly is more and more valued by the society,and emotional needs are related to the happiness of the elderly in their later life,which should be paid more attention to.The proportion of the elderly living alone in the elderly population in China is gradually increasing,becoming a vulnerable group in society,many elderly people living alone have negative emotions such as pity,chagrin,decadence,etc.,which have a negative impact on the physical and mental health of the elderly and the life in their later years.In this paper,the purpose of this paper is to study the negative emotions of the elderly living alone,taking an elderly person living alone in Weihai X Community as an example,the positive and negative emotion scale and the life attitude profile map are used to measure the negative emotions and life attitudes of the clients,and the results show that the negative emotions score of the client is 41 points,and the total score of life attitude is 106 points,indicating that the negative emotional problems of the client are serious and they have lost hope in life.At the same time,the observation method,interview method and other information on the client’s negative emotions are collected,and it is found that the source of the client’s negative emotions is mainly caused by the wrong idea that he has no value due to physical illness,and by sorting out the manifestations and causes of the negative emotional problems of the client,summarizing the needs of the client,first,the needs of the client’s negative emotions to guide and correct the wrong way of thinking;second,the need for the client to have a harmonious relationship with his family and friends and establish a social support network;third,the client enhances his self-awareness 3.Have a positive attitude towards life.According to the three ways to pursue the meaning of life in Frankel’s meaning theory,it helps the client learn the method of alleviating negative emotions in the process of experiencing creative value,experiential value and attitudinal value,reducing the psychological burden,increasing positive emotional experience,and affirming the value of his ability.Through the social support theory,we provide core support and social support for clients,alleviate conflicts with family and friends,and create a harmonious living atmosphere.After intervention,the positive and negative emotional scale and the life attitude profile were used to measure and evaluate the client,and through the comparison of the results on the front and back sides,it was found that the client alleviated the negative emotions to a certain extent,changed the attitude towards life,and recognized the value of the self.In summary,the theory of meaning therapy has helped to improve the negative emotional problems of the elderly living alone,and the intervention of social work has played an important role during this period.The study suggests that we should pay attention to promoting the development of community volunteer service organizations,enhance the public’s attention to the emotional and emotional problems of the elderly living alone,and increase the publicity of social work.