A Study On Loneliness And Social Support Of The Elderly In Nursing Home ——A Case Study Of XX Nursing Home

In recent years,China's average life expectancy continues to increase,began to enter the aging stage.The aging of population has brought great challenges to China's economic,medical and social development.Under the guidance of the Chinese government,the pension industry has developed rapidly.In order to help the endowment agencies within the old man to promote mental health and happiness of life,this article selects the XX county XX province XX to investigate nursing home site,adopt the method of field investigation,as a participant observer to nursing home old man long time observation and visit,the XX nursing home old man's loneliness and social support status and influencing factors.This study selected 20 XX nursing home cognitive ability good old man in-depth observation and interview,at the same time using the international general UCLA loneliness scale(third edition)and Dr Xiao social support scale to measure loneliness and social support status of respondents,according to interviews and observation data analysis of measurement results,The factors affecting the loneliness and social support of the elderly in XX nursing home were obtained,and targeted suggestions were put forward to help improve the degree of social support of the elderly in XX nursing home and relieve their loneliness.This study is mainly divided into five chapters.The first chapter describes the general situation of XX nursing home and the loneliness of the elderly in the hospital.The second chapter discusses the factors affecting the loneliness of the elderly in XX nursing home.Chapter three discusses the current situation of social support for the elderly in XX nursing home to relieve loneliness;Chapter four discusses the importance and urgency of social support to alleviate loneliness in nursing home.Chapter five puts forward specific suggestions and measures to alleviate the loneliness of the elderly in nursing homes.This study shows that the elderly in nursing homes have a strong sense of loneliness,and their daily manifestations of loneliness mainly include suppression of self-needs,desire to communicate with others,desire to be accompanied by others,and desire to go home.The closed environment of the nursing home cuts off the emotional connection between the elderly and the outside world,so that they have to re-establish interpersonal relationships in the nursing home.In addition,the infrastructure of the nursing home,the health status of the elderly,the elderly's family relationship,the elderly's interpersonal relationship in the nursing home are all factors affecting the degree of loneliness of the elderly.Several studies have shown that social support can reduce loneliness in older people.Social support for the elderly is mainly divided into formal social support and informal social support.The formal support for the elderly mainly includes the relevant policies issued by the government,the condolence visits of the labor unions and other groups,and the measures taken by nursing homes to meet the needs of the elderly.The informal social support for the elderly mainly includes the care and daily help of the staff,the visit frequency and respect of children;Husband and wife take care of and chat with each other in life;Mutual support and comfort of the elderly in the nursing home.These social support can give the elderly emotional and material help,to a large extent,alleviate the loneliness of the elderly,give them the confidence and courage to live a happy life.