How to deal with the psychological problems of the elderly

1, let the elderly to work again.

Most of the old people who have just retired or taken sick leave still have the ability to work and study. Sudden resignation will certainly produce many ideas. If this kind of old people are not given the opportunity to work and study, and cannot create conditions in this respect, their physical and mental health will be affected.

2. Let the elderly enter the university for the aged.

The university for the aged can make the elderly no longer afraid of loneliness and aging, and no longer close themselves. In learning, communication and numerous activities, the quality of life of the elderly has been improved, and they can find their own value and stage, and create happiness while enjoying.

3. Pay more attention to the elderly.

People will feel lonely when they are old, and they hope to get the care of society, the care of the unit, the filial piety of their children, the communication of friends and the thoughtfulness of their wives, so that they will feel old and will not feel lonely.

4. Encourage the elderly to join community organizations.

Many elderly people have a trade, and their hands-on ability may not be as good as before, but teaching one or two students is more than enough, which can not only give full play to the waste heat, serve the society, but also alleviate the loneliness of doing nothing. Joining a mass organization can make new friends and do some recreational activities, which is conducive to improving loneliness.

5. It is suggested that the elderly should exercise more.

Old people can take part in some fitness activities, such as jogging, brisk walking, Tai Ji Chuan, fitness dancing and so on. By exercising and increasing heart and lung function, bad psychological emotions will naturally be eliminated.

6. Maintain a harmonious family environment

The elderly want a harmonious family and a harmonious living environment. No matter what the family economic conditions are, as long as young people respect and filial to the elderly, family members live in harmony, neighbors live in harmony, respect and love each other, and help each other, the elderly will feel warm and happy.

7. Promote health knowledge to the elderly.

Due to the decline of physical fitness, the elderly show a decline in self-confidence in health. Once you feel unwell or sick, you will feel nervous. In addition, it will be difficult to move and seek medical treatment, which will aggravate your anxiety, worry about the development of the disease and even death. Old people who are seriously ill in bed or hospital often have the fear of death. Some elderly patients are worried about bringing financial burden to their families, but they are silent and worried. Therefore, in addition to taking care of the sick elderly, timely and targeted publicity of health care knowledge is very beneficial to rehabilitation.

Common psychological problems of the elderly

1, retirement causes psychological gap.

When many old people just retire, they will feel a certain sense of loss, even worthless.

Retirement causes a psychological gap, which is manifested in various forms. Some old people think that their economic income has decreased and they are no longer respected and valued as they were at work; Some elderly people feel inferior and think that they have become a burden to the family and society, and their self-evaluation is too low; Others complain, complain, hate everything, and even suddenly have a bad temper. They often quarrel with their children or blame their colleagues and subordinates in the past.

If the elderly can't adjust their mentality, it may cause a series of psychological problems, such as losing interest in life, losing confidence in the future and even pessimism.

2. Stress due to illness.

Old people all want to live a long life, but this beautiful wish is often in sharp contrast and profound contradiction with unexpected blows, major stimuli and susceptibility to various diseases in real life. Many elderly people pay attention to health care and have achieved good results. However, some elderly people pay too much attention to health care items and sit in the right position, and have little resistance to health care instruments and nutrients. Some people repeatedly go to the hospital for examination and test, and the results are normal, and even hypochondriacs appear.

3. Depression is hard to get rid of.

In the old age, the most common mental disorder is depression, which seriously affects the quality of life of the elderly and also brings great burden or influence to the family.

Many studies have shown that the suicide rate of people over 55 years old has increased significantly, and it is more significant with age. The prevalence rate of depression in people over 65 years old is 4.4%. Elderly patients with depression are usually characterized by depression, loss of interest in life, irritability, poor sleep, chronic pain, memory loss and often accompanied by other physical diseases, and some even have thoughts of death and suicidal behavior. These are especially obvious in special families such as "empty nest" and "loss of independence".

"Empty nest" is a common phenomenon in the life of the elderly in cities. At present, there are more than 50% empty-nest families in urban and rural areas in China, and 70% in some big cities, of which nearly 10% are single. The "empty nest" leads to the loneliness and anxiety of the elderly, and some elderly people with mobility difficulties are even more difficult. It is estimated that by the end of the Twelfth Five-Year Plan, there will be more than 5 1 10,000 empty nesters aged over 65. It is reported that there are nearly one million families who have lost their families in China, and the number is increasing by 76,000 every year. There are more and more "lost independence" groups over 50 years old. Widowhood is the most serious and influential life event, especially for the elderly. According to the data, the number of elderly people who died due to psychological imbalance caused by widowhood is seven times that of the general elderly. How to take care of these old people is an unavoidable problem for a long time to come.

4. "Alzheimer's disease" is discriminated against.

"Name is one of the main ways for people to understand things. If the starting point is wrong, the ending point is often wrong." Some people think that preconceived psychological effects and superficial understanding of names may lead to incorrect understanding or discriminatory attitudes. Therefore, renaming "Alzheimer's disease" seems to be beneficial. Some experts even believe that changing the name will help patients to eliminate their sense of shame, and more importantly, it will arouse people's attention to mental illness of the elderly to a certain extent. According to the Ministry of Health, the standard name of Alzheimer's Harmo's disease is "Alzheimer's Harmo's disease". However, attitude is a complicated problem, and it is not so easy to change it. It is naturally good to change the name of Alzheimer's disease and realize the desire to reduce discrimination.

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