Application Of Group Work In Health Education For Elderly Living Alone In Urban Communities

Since the beginning of the 21st century,China's aging population is becoming more and more serious.followed by the health quality of the elderly is also getting worse and worse.With the transformation of health mode,in order to actively respond to the healthy aging strategy put forward by the party and the country,we need to focus on the elderly from now on and actively provide them with health quality education.So how to use social work,community and other professional methods and techniques to carry out the service,continuously strengthen the elderly self health care consciousness,learning to master some basic self-care skills,help them to maintain a healthy body and a basic can do oneself care oneself,also can to a certain extent,delay aging,prevent the occurrence of a variety of common diseases of aging,prolong the life of the elderly,To improve the life quality of the elderly,to actively deal with the aging process or disease restrictions,to guide the elderly group to live an active life,to improve the overall health quality of the elderly should be the top priority of social work services for the elderly.The author took the opportunity of internship in Hangzhou Qiyi Home Elderly Care Service Center to collect data by issuing questionnaires,random interviews,and meticulous observation,so as to have a comprehensive understanding and analysis of the current situation,existing problems and needs of health education for the elderly living alone in the community.It was found that the elderly living alone in J community had the following problems in health education;At the individual level,there is a lack of understanding of health knowledge,while at the community level,the form and content of health education is simple and professional.The elderly living alone mainly have sencond aspects of health education needs.First of all,they certainly have a great demand for personal health,second,they also have a certain demand for mental health.Therefore,under the guidance of social learning theory and group dynamics theory,this paper carried out related activities according to the needs of J's elderly living alone: meet by destiny and get to know each other;Solidarity and cooperation to enhance relations;Popular science knowledge,prevention of disease;Learning skills,rehabilitation and health care;Health exercise,enhance physical fitness;Nutrition collocation,popular diet;Catharsis,contentment;Share actively,and you will always be healthy.By using the method of observation and questionnaire of a goal for the team work service and service effect assessment,find J community more solitary old man's health,psychological condition improved,their social support network also gradually expand,learned the method and skill of rehabilitation care,mastered the skills of preserve one's health movement,formed the good habit of a balanced diet,That is to say,social work plays a positive role in improving the overall health quality of the elderly living alone.