Investigation empty nest elderly: the number of elderly and helpless companions?

February 28, 2011

migrant workers when we are concerned about the issues, concerns “after 80″ grew up, focus on economic development, urban change, our vision is to miss them? They are the parents of children of migrant workers, is working hard in the city ” After 70 “,” 80 “after the parents, is the growing number of large groups; they quietly throughout urban and rural life, the children look forward to counting the days to go home, guarding the telephone greeting children; because alone, facing many problems: no life care, pain can not be timely and proper treatment, depression, depressed mood can not survive distraction … empty-nesters can not avoid the situation has become our social proposition.

suffering empty-nesters Know?

so-called empty nest, the “empty nest” to refer to the scene after the birds leave the nest, is now extended to their children after the family left the empty, lonely state. Empty-nesters with no children or children mean it is not around, living alone old/person. Inconvenience, mental loneliness, pain and suffering … well-being of empty-nesters often only know.

1, no care, life is not easy

2004 年 3/, 75-year-old Chinese Academy of Sciences, the international medical community as “the world’s limbs and then Beauty network plant the “father of Professor Chen Zhongwei, living alone at home in Shanghai, the tragic death of accidental falls.

87-year-old Xu uncle lives alone in a Beijing Shijingshan district, continuous heavy snow this winter promise uncle home “without food”, and the elderly can not go out shopping, to the middle of the night, just before the grandson of busy work sent to the elderly the food. Wang, who lives in Beijing Wukesong Grandma home heating problems unresolved after the waiting, but unfortunately you can only hide in bed holding hot water bottle, playing to the calls to his son.


According to the National Laoling Ban

statistics, part of our national life was completely unable to take care of themselves or the elderly about the total number of elderly people 1/3, some of them many empty-nesters. Gerontological Society of Fujian Province Task Force conducted a survey of urban and rural empty-nesters, through sample surveys, nearly 20% of the feeling of empty-nesters living unattended is the biggest difficulty. For them, eating, bathing, doing housework has become life’s greatest challenge.

If we say that the inconvenience of everyday life can be difficult to overcome their Shangqie, then in the event of unexpected situations or even accidents Plastic surgery , empty nest often overrun, force the elderly will inevitably have occurred in Professor Chen, Hui uncle so that elderly people living alone the tragedy of the empty nest.

2, the spirit of lonely and unhappy

“old people, what else to look forward Yeah, too blind Bai!” word tells how many empty-nesters in the desolate state of mind. According to reports, this/beginning in Jinan, there are three empty nest week, suicide among the elderly; Fuzhou, an empty-nesters too would like their children, often commit suicide, committed suicide during Chung Yeung Festival this year.

physical function decline, the loss of personal values, not to accompany their children, are so empty-nesters feel lost, to lose hope in life. According to Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan, Xiamen and other places on the empty nest elderly rural and urban mental health survey: Mood bleak, depressed, lonely, poor appetite, sleep disorders, irritability, or one person, not get along with others and just are empty nesters so common psychological experience and emotional state, some empty nesters and even thought of suicide.

Laoling Ban Shanghai, Ningbo Laoling Ban household survey showed that 90% of the empty nest elderly people want to communicate with people, old and be happy, be with the old. Nanjing Drum Tower District, the activities of the demand for empty-nesters survey: I hope that many children call you, Huijia empty-nesters look to become the first of many emotional sustenance; many old charity organization, the founder of old activity room has become empty-nesters distraction lonely life of the main psychological demands.

3, disease problems, medical problems

empty nesters in Quzhou, Zhejiang Liu uncle Zengyin hypertension collapsed twice at home, “a man at home, fear is sick.” Grandpa always said Liu.

Beijing, Xiamen, Yanji and many other areas of “empty nesters” health survey, more than 90% of the elderly are suffering from various diseases, of which more than half of the elderly suffering from a chronic disease, at least . Urban and rural areas in Fujian Province, according to survey empty-nesters: 54.64% of the elderly, said, because no one care, so the fear is sick.

empty-nesters face of illness often face three “helpless” dilemma: no one knows unexpected sudden illness, chronic disease unattended, can not afford high medical expenses. Diseases empty nest elderly people in rural areas is particularly evident. Empty nest elderly in rural areas of Hubei Province to a survey for the object that facilitate medical treatment and only 40.7%; the face of disease, the elderly, 55.6% of respondents choose “simple treatment”, 16.2% of them will choose to “intermittent treatment “, only 21.8% of the elderly by” regular treatment “, and another 6.4% will” give up the treatment. ” Shanghai Laoling Ban on home care services to conduct research found that more than 90% of the empty-nesters select to provide health care services, including routine physical examination, regular home care, emergency relief and so on.

in the end the number of empty-nesters?

when we focus the issue of migrant workers, concerned about the “80″ after the growth process, focus on economic development, urban change, our vision is to miss them? They are the parents of children of migrant workers, is working hard in the city ” After 70 “,” 80 “after the parents, is the growing number of large groups; they quietly throughout urban and rural life, the children look forward to counting the days to go home, guarding the telephone greeting children; because alone, facing many problems: no life care, pain can not be timely and proper treatment, depression, depressed mood can not survive distraction … empty-nesters can not avoid the situation has become our social proposition.

suffering empty-nesters Know?

so-called empty nest, the “empty nest” to refer to the scene after the birds leave the nest, is now extended to their children after the family left the empty, lonely state. Empty-nesters with no children or children mean it is not around, the elderly living alone. Inconvenience, mental loneliness, pain and suffering … well-being of empty-nesters often only know.

in the end the number of empty-nesters?

1, no care, life is not easy

2004 年 3/, 75-year-old Chinese Academy of Sciences, the international medical community as the “Father of the amputated limb in the world,” the Professor Chen Zhongwei, living alone at home in Shanghai, the tragic death of accidental falls.

87-year-old Xu uncle lives alone in a Beijing Shijingshan district, continuous heavy snow this winter promise uncle home “without food”, and the elderly can not go out shopping, to the middle of the night, just before the grandson of busy work sent to the elderly the food. Wang, who lives in Beijing Wukesong Grandma home heating problems unresolved after the waiting, but unfortunately you can only hide in bed holding hot water bottle, playing to the calls to his son.


According to the National Laoling Ban

statistics, part of our national life was completely unable to take care of themselves or the elderly about the total number of elderly people 1/3, some of them many empty-nesters. Gerontological Society of Fujian Province Task Force conducted a survey of urban and rural empty-nesters, through sample surveys, nearly 20% of the feeling of empty-nesters living unattended is the biggest difficulty. For them, eating, bathing, doing housework has become life’s greatest challenge.

If we say that the inconvenience of everyday life can be difficult to overcome their Shangqie, then in the event of an accident or emergency situation, the empty-nesters often overrun, force, inevitably produced in Professor Chen, Hui uncle so empty-nesters who live alone the body of the tragedy.

2, the spirit of lonely and unhappy

“old people, what else to look forward Yeah, too blind Bai!” word tells how many empty-nesters in the desolate state of mind. According to reports earlier this year, in Jinan, there are three empty nest week elderly suicide; Fuzhou an empty-nesters too would like their children, often commit suicide, committed suicide during Chung Yeung Festival this year.

physical function decline, the loss of personal values, not to accompany their children, are so empty-nesters feel lost, to lose hope in life. According to Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan, Xiamen and other places on the empty nest elderly rural and urban mental health survey: Mood bleak, depressed, lonely, poor appetite, sleep disorders, irritability, or one person, not get along with others and just are empty nesters so common psychological experience and emotional state, some empty nesters and even thought of suicide.

Laoling Ban Shanghai, Ningbo Laoling Ban household survey showed that 90% of the empty nest elderly people want to communicate with people, old and be happy, be with the old. Nanjing Drum Tower District, the activities of the demand for empty-nesters survey: I hope that many children call you, Huijia empty-nesters look to become the first of m

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