Study On The Intervention Of Remembrance Therapy On Low Self-esteem Of Elderly Disabled Individuals In Nursing Institutions

Since China entered the aging society,the aging process has gradually shown a clear trend of large base of elderly population,rapid growth,aging,disability and empty nest.In the social process of accelerated aging,how to enable the elderly to enjoy the quality of old age life has attracted widespread attention from the society.Numerous studies have shown that low selfesteem is one of the important factors affecting the quality of life of the elderly.The author entered the Y nursing home for internship reasons,and found through interviews and participatory observations that most of the elderly in the institution have low self-esteem.Therefore,the author chose to conduct a case intervention study on the low self-esteem of the elderly disabled elderly in Y pension institutions,hoping to assist the elderly disabled elderly in institutions to improve their self-esteem,calmly face aging and disability,and accept themselves,so as to improve their quality of life in old age.Therefore,based on the author’s three-month internship in the health care center of the Y nursing institution,based on the author’s interview and participatory observation,Grandma Z,the elderly disabled elderly of the institution were selected as the service object.Under the guidance of psychosocial development theory and cognitive behavior theory,the author uses remembrance therapy to provide a 7-week case service to guide the client to review the past major achievements and successful experiences from the four stages of childhood,youth,adulthood and old age,so that the client can change irrational cognition,let go of the past,affirm self-worth,accept self,appreciate self,improve self-esteem in the process of continuous self-understanding,achieve the purpose of successful aging,and ultimately improve the quality of life of the elderly.The results showed that:(1)After the case service,the client’s self-esteem scale score improved.(2)The service target can affirm their own value,calmly face their old age and disability,and accept themselves.(3)Service recipients release self-isolation,actively participate in social activities,and expand support networks.It can be seen that the nostalgia therapy in casework can effectively improve the low self-esteem problem of the elderly with disabilities in institutions.However,the remembrance therapy intervention for low self-esteem also has certain limitations,and the stability and sustainability of the intervention effect need to be maintained through the construction of external support systems.In this study,the author gave full play to the role of important others,assisted the service recipients to build peer support groups,smooth parent-child communication,and emphasized the role of caregivers in the follow-up consolidation work,so as to maintain the stability and sustainability of service effects.