| In recent years,the spiritual comfort of the female elderly people living alone in rural areas has attracted wide attention in the field of social work practice.The spiritual comfort of the elderly is an important guarantee to maintain the physical and mental health,family harmony and happiness in their old age.It is also an important measure to improve people’s livelihood,and an effective way to build a harmonious society.With the acceleration of the urbanization process and the development of fewer children,the family pension function has weakened,the elderly living alone in empty nests in rural areas have increased,and the emotional loneliness of the female elderly has gradually become prominent,which has aroused the attention of academic and social fields.Based on the academic research on the elderly women living alone in rural areas mainly focusing on the pension dilemma and social support network construction,the related research on spiritual and emotional needs needs to be explored.Therefore,the study of the spiritual comfort of the female elderly living alone in rural areas is of great theoretical value and practical significance to ensuring the happiness of their old age,promoting family harmony and creating a social atmosphere of respecting and caring for the elderly.This study adopted the interview method and the participation observation method,taking X Village of Weifang city as the research site to conduct an in-depth survey on the spiritual comfort situation of the elderly women living alone in the village.The survey found that the female elderly living alone in the village mainly have problems such as a sense of security,low sense of achievement,lack of family comfort,and lack of public cultural life.On this basis,ZAL,a typical female elderly person living alone in the village,was selected as a case,and the life review method was used to conduct in-depth intervention,gradually guide the case owner to solve the emotional loneliness,regain the value and meaning of life,and finally achieve the purpose of self-integration.This study divides the intervention process into five stages: using old photos as the medium;memory corridor,reviewing the past,extraordinary years,cognitive adjustment,establishing hope,looking forward to the future,consolidating and strengthening.After the service,the author evaluated the whole service process and results,and systematically analyzed the specific results of the life review method in the spiritual comfort of the elderly women living alone in rural areas.It is found that in the level of theory application,life review theory and personality development theory can guide social workers to provide spiritual comfort services for the elderly who like to look back and face the conflict between self-integrity and despair.At the level of practical methods,case work helps to guide cases to focus on problems,correct bad cognition,improve mental conditions,and realize self-integration.Based on this,the author believes that social work should focus on the unique experience of the elderly,meet the emotional needs of the elderly,improve the emotional needs of the elderly,improve their mental health level,and at the same time,we should pay attention to tracking feedback to consolidate the service effect. |
