Survey of psychological care and the elderly
February 27, 2011
Topic: old/psychological care who Investigation
Abstract: To investigate the status of the aged care and mental problems, this paper designed the questionnaire on the psychological care of Chengde City, the status of the elderly community survey. The results found that elderly mental health Chengde City is relatively low. With the development of society, the elderly in society is gradually increasing proportion of the elderly’s living standards and mental and physical problems and problems caused by the social environment is also becoming increasingly prominent. Mental health problems of older persons is very serious. People’s living standards, not only to pay attention to the material life of the elderly and physical health, more importantly, should pay attention to their spiritual comfort, to meet the psychological needs of older persons. Strengthen the “filial piety” education, advocacy for social concern and care for the elderly in various sectors to strengthen communication and exchanges with the elderly, eliminate the elderly loneliness and depressed mood. So that the elderly find life fun. Good for the psychological characteristics of elderly mental health care.
Key words: aged care for the elderly elderly elderly mental Plastic surgery Requirements
1 Introduction
With the acceleration of China’s aging population, increasing number of aging, including concern about the health of the elderly, which directly affect people’s quality of life and quality of life. In this context, the elderly mental health on the agenda, people know nothing from the past, to be aware of and more and more attention today, this is a social development and progress of the signs. The real health is physical, mental and the community to achieve the perfect state of health of the three inseparable whole.
Chengde City Community This topic will be permanent residents as subjects aged, the elderly with psychological preparation of the questionnaire to investigate. Survey results, based on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory to analyze the factors that affect the elderly mental health, and discuss how to promote the development of elderly mental health.
2 survey
2.1 Subjects and methods
2.1.1 survey
Chengde City
200 permanent elderly residents. 186 valid questionnaires.
2.1.2 research tools and research
problems with the questionnaire designed to investigate the living conditions of older persons. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory of content, the questionnaire is divided into five casual wedding dress area to investigate, to study the situation of modern psychological care status of elderly . Physiological needs and security needs, which classified as an aspect of the discussion.
2.1.3 Methods
questionnaires prior to the study of the purpose and significance of the basic requirements and guidance to interpret the survey were that the right to choose one, fill out an anonymous, issued by hand to collect the questionnaire, using the same specific instruction.
2.2 survey results
2.2.1 physiological needs and security needs
2.2.1.1 elderly mainly depend on their pension, while the lives of children of primary source
stable source of income and care for the elderly to survive the first element, from the survey results (see Table 2-1) can be seen, although the reduction in the level of labor, care for the elderly living mainly on our own and spouses. There are still some old people living in nursing homes. In addition, the main sources of the elderly living on their own.
Table 2-1
old way of life
primary factor and proportion of secondary factors and the ratio of the third factor and the proportion
source of income
life care for children
honor
self or spouse 32.4%
49.0% own labor
children, 6.6%
23.4% pension insurance
nursing homes 51.9%
23.3%
2.2.1.2 Health status
survey, sources of medical expenses for elderly people, mainly borne by the children, about five into; themselves accounted for Jinsi Cheng. Source of medical expenses to provide care and family support to become an integral part of virtually from another point of view but also increased the pressure on families and individuals.
old level for the current evaluation of health care is also available from medical treatment and health care organizations evaluate the frequency both reflected. Survey, half the proportion of elderly people at least once a doctor was 24.6%, medical treatment at least once a year, about as old, more than a year before to a 34% ratio, it is worth noting that there are more than two percent of the elderly from not a doctor.
2.2.2 respect the needs
current mental state, mainly from elderly people are alienated young men, disgusted by the understanding of these areas, and its features show, (see Table 2-2) Overall, the current young people, old people are alienated by the dislike of the situation not much. The elderly generally feel good.
Table 2-2
elderly are respected degree
occur frequently and sometimes rarely never
are alienated young men
be disgusted 6.2% 7.8? .7 F.1 “.2%
2.2.3 self-actualization needs
elderly family affairs as the main content of daily activities, leisure activities, interspersed with them. Daily leisure activities of older persons around the family to start, as shown in the findings (see Table 2-3), doing household chores and daily activities with the grandchildren become the main content of the elderly, while the traditional chat, listen to the radio, watching TV, etc. leisure activities on its family-centered pattern of activity.
survey (see Table 2-4), older people need not feel the situation is there, but this sense of being needed is not common in older people can even say, accounting for a small part.
daily activities of elderly
Table 2-3
first second third fourth
regular activities
frequency ratio (%) to do housework
62 Chat
57.2 listen to the radio, watching TV
45.4 grandchildren
39.5
Table 2-4
old sense of being needed
occur frequently and sometimes rarely never happened
people need to own 10.3? .23.48.8% 2.2%
2.2.4 love and belonging needs
current mental state, mainly from elderly people feel lonely, bored without music, on “Life is waiting for death” view, happy, happy to find out about these areas (see Table 2-5), its characteristics indicate that, in general point of view, the elderly tend to present negative psychology, positive psychology is relatively weak, but feeling a sense of loneliness worthy of attention.
Table 2-5 psychological tendency
old
occur frequently and sometimes rarely never happened
lonely feeling
bored is not fun
life is waiting for death
happy, happiness, 18.3%
18.4%
14.6%
17.8C.1%
26.7%
36.3%
34.4? .4%
40.3%
42.1%
41.5? .7%
11.9%
2.4%
5.4% 6.5%
2.7%
4.6%
1.0%
3 Discussion
the sample analysis showed that the mental health of older persons in Chengde City, Maslow hierarchy of needs theory with five factors.
3.1 physiological and psychological needs is the most basic psychological needs
information home and abroad, senior citizens, elderly, subjective feelings of happiness and social support on economic factors, but also affect the quality of life in old age. Physical, psychological first need is a sense of security, which is the most basic psychological needs. Lack of labor and economic resources of the elderly, care and support needs of children, their physical and mental health adversely, especially in relatively poor health status, life can not take care of themselves and the relatively poor economic situation of the elderly, can not be timely medical treatment when sick, or because family financial burden is too heavy, so that the original loss of balance and harmonious family relationships, increase their psychological burden.
security requires a multi-level environmental conditions, such as social environment, natural environment, work environment, family environment, etc., in which the impact of family environment on the most important sense of security. Harbour House is a storm shelter, a home will have a sense of security. In the pension issue, because smaller family structure, by main type of transformation to the core, empty nesters and elderly people living alone increased gradually, gradually weakened function of family pension, retirement patterns have also changed 【1】. All these physical and psychological impact on the elderly, but given our national conditions and traditions, is still dominated by old-age home. With the improvement of living standards, not only to pay attention to the material life of the elderly and health is more important is to attach importance to their spiritual comfort, to meet the psychological needs of older persons. Combination of material and spiritual endowment.
3.2 self-esteem is closely linked with the individual’s mental health state of mind
self-esteem is the individual’s social support and mental health related state of mind. Is the individual’s own values, strengths, the importance of emotional evaluation, is the
