A Study On The Loneliness Of Urban Male Elderly Living Alone Involved In Group Work

For humans with social characteristics,living alone for a long time and being surrounded by a sense of loneliness is a bad thing.Living alone often means less going out and communicating with others,resulting in a serious sense of isolation and loneliness.Loneliness,as an emotion that can have a serious negative impact on human physiology and psychology,can make people numb and lose their desire for life over time.Due to gender differences,male elderly individuals living alone experience a higher sense of loneliness compared to female elderly individuals living alone.Through group intervention,social workers help male elderly individuals living alone to correctly understand their sense of loneliness,build social support networks,recognize their self-worth,improve their sense of self-identity,feel the value and significance of life,and enable them to better face future life.This study focuses on the male elderly living alone in Y Elderly Care Apartment in Yantai City.Five service subjects were selected through interviews and questionnaire surveys.Based on social support theory and group dynamics theory,analyze the characteristics,constituent factors,and dynamic changes of members of a group.Using a multi-dimensional group dynamics structure diagram as the analysis framework,divide the group into three stages according to the process of group development,including pre group preparation,member orientation,leader orientation,group processing orientation,group process orientation,and group stage development orientation Starting from several dimensions of group effectiveness,analyze the process of group motivation change,summarize the characteristics and changes of the three stages,analyze the stages of group motivation and the impact of changes in different stages on group effectiveness.After the practice,the study found that actively integrating into the community can eliminate a sense of isolation,peer assistance can improve the self-identity of solitary elderly people,and group activities can help male solitary elderly people build social support networks.At the same time,social workers should also be good at motivating team members,encouraging them to showcase themselves and bravely express their true thoughts during activities.