A Case-work Intervention Study On The Loneliness Of The Elderly Living Alone In Urban Areas

Since my country’s reform and opening up,people’s living standards have been improving day by day,followed by the increasingly severe degree of aging in our country.According to data from the seventh national census,the number of empty-nest and singleliving elderly people in my country is on the rise.Especially after the traditional family structure is affected,the long-term living alone makes the elderly lack social integration and interpersonal communication.Even if these elderly people lack social support,even if they are well-off in terms of living conditions,it is inevitable that they will experience reduced self-efficacy and social problems.The predicament of a weak support network and limited range of activities leads to negative emotions such as loneliness and loss that cannot be comforted.Compared with the elderly living alone in rural areas,the group of elderly living alone in urban areas can basically guarantee a worry-free material life with the support of the government,the support of children,and the support of personal pensions and pensions.However,the elderly have problems at the spiritual and psychological levels.Without enough attention,this spiritual need cannot be quantified by data,but it is related to the quality of life of the elderly living alone in urban areas.At present,there is a gap between the work that meets the spiritual needs of the elderly and the growing spiritual needs of the elderly,which requires us to continuously improve the social service work for the spiritual needs of the elderly in the new era and new stage.Guided by social support theory and ecosystem theory,the author conducts a case intervention study on the spiritual needs of elderly M living alone in Y community in B city through semi-structured interviews,participant observation and other research methods,aiming at their needs.,through seven case practice activities,finally provide sufficient social support for the service clients from different levels such as family,relatives,friends,neighbors,community,etc.,and finally alleviate the negative emotions brought about by living alone and improve their loneliness to a certain extent.,in order to enjoy a better old age in the future.Finally,the social worker evaluated the entire case from two aspects: process and results,and found that the loneliness of the client was significantly reduced,and the service achieved the expected effect.The author hopes that through this case intervention service,we can gain an in-depth understanding of the social support and loneliness of the elderly living alone in urban communities,so as to provide high-quality and high-level social work services for the elderly living alone.At the same time,we also look forward to summarizing effective experience in practice,so that elderly families living alone can obtain more social resources and further improve their living standards.