Study On Mental Consolation Of Urban Empty-nesters Involved In Group Work

The aging of Chinese population has led to a growing scale of empty-nesters,and the demand for pension services for the elderly is also increasing.China’s pension system is facing great challenges,among which the spiritual solace of urban empty-nesters has aroused the attention of the whole society.Most of the academic researches on empty nesters focus on the life care of empty nesters,among which the research on spiritual comfort is a little weak.Taking A community in Y City as an example,this paper uses the advantage perspective theory and social support theory to conduct in-depth interviews with randomly selected empty-nesters in the community and collect first-hand data.It is found that the urban empty-nesters belong to the elderly vulnerable group and are faced with many pension difficulties,which are mainly caused by the lack of family care function,insufficient emotional support,population flow,etc.,and the mental problems derived from this are increasingly serious.The mental health problems of urban empty-nesters affect the proper handling of the pension problems of urban empty-nesters.How to understand and properly meet the spiritual needs of urban empty-nesters is the premise of actively facing the problem of population aging.Starting from the four aspects of social relations,recreational activities,emotional comfort and self-worth,this paper analyzes and investigates the basic needs and causes of spiritual comfort for the urban empty-nesters,and designs seven activities for the empty-nesters in the community by means of group work.These activities are designed and carried out mainly to alleviate the negative emotions of urban empty-nesters,reduce their sense of loneliness and depression,help them establish a good self-cognition,realize that they are valuable and dignified individuals,and improve their sense of existence and achievement in life.At the same time,a platform for entertainment and making friends will be built for the elderly in these group activities to improve their social participation and social ability.In this process,the spiritual comfort needs of the elderly will be satisfied,so that the urban empty-nesters can enjoy life with a positive and optimistic attitude and spend their old age peacefully.Finally,the practical effect of group work is evaluated and reflected.The results showed that the activity achieved the expected goal,and the group work method could effectively alleviate the negative emotions of loneliness and depression of urban empty-nesters.It is found in the activity that the practical method of life review therapy has a significant effect on the adjustment of self-cognition,improving the sense of value and self-identity of the elderly with empty sorrow.However,there are still many areas that need to be improved in the group work.At the end of the paper,suggestions for improvement are put forward for the deficiencies found in the process of group work,hoping to provide some experience for the group work to intervene in the spiritual consolation practice of urban empty-nesters in the future,and provide reference for improving the pension problems of urban empty-nesters.