[Explanation] Recently, the admission of a 39-year-old network technician in Chongqing to a nursing home has become a hot topic among netizens. The empty-nest youth group has attracted social attention.
[Explanation] Mr. Gu, a 39-year-old network technician who lives alone unmarried, suffers from knee synovitis that requires long-term recovery, as an empty-nest youth, he chooses to stay in a nursing home in Chongqing.
A few months later, he was introverted into an outgoing personality in his "old-age life". He chased dramas and chatted with old people, and taught them how to use smart phones and shop online.
[Explanation] Mr. Gu’s experience has aroused many different comments, and some people questioned that he was escaping reality.
There are also "empty-nest youths" who have similar experiences to express understanding.
Some people said that working alone in a city far away from their relatives in their hometown, the prosperity and pressure of survival in big cities make them even more lonely. Whether it is tourism or sports, everyone is looking for a way to sustenance.
[Explanation] The reporter visited several nursing homes. The staff told the reporter that it is rare for young people to stay in nursing homes and they would not accept them under normal circumstances.
If they move in under special circumstances, they will not serve their daily lives like caring for the elderly, but prefer spiritual care.
[Concurrent] Wang Li, the relevant person in charge of a nursing home in Chongqing
We may not provide him much help in life, and we will care more emotionally and psychologically for him.
[Explanation] Old people in nursing homes have different attitudes towards young people entering nursing homes.
[Concurrent] Elderly living in a nursing home in Chongqing
We have no opinion. If he is willing to come, he can come.
[Concurrent] Elderly living in a nursing home in Chongqing
You are still young and have a great future. Young people must contribute to the country and the construction of the motherland.
That is young people should do their part and responsibility.
[Explanation] According to the China Statistical Yearbook released by the National Bureau of Statistics, in 2019, more than 77 million adults were living alone, and it is expected to reach 92 million in 2021.
He Ying, deputy director of the Department of Psychology at Xinqiao Hospital of the Army Military Medical University, told reporters that "empty-nest youth" is not a derogatory term, it reflects a social phenomenon.
From a social perspective, each region needs to improve policies on education, health, marriage and love, and improve the social security system and public service system to support the urban integration of "empty-nest youth".
[Concurrent] He Ying, Deputy Director, Department of Psychology, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Military Medical University
Each of our families has a natural growth cycle, and this growth cycle is a transitional stage from our original family to our own nuclear family in the future.
To further improve some of our social security systems, in the family, the family must care more about and support their children, because at this time, he is alone in a foreign country, then if we give him more care, he will be more motivated To change.
So in the unit area, I think we should strengthen the humanistic care, which is to give them some entertainment in addition to work, or when they are relaxing, team building increases their sense of belonging to the team.
[Commentary] He Ying said that every young man who claims to be or is named "Empty Nest Youth" is pursuing the life he wants.
Circumstances are born from the heart, the nest can be empty, but the heart cannot be empty, and young people should be guided to actively carry out self-adjustment and form a positive, brave and confident life state.
[Concurrent] He Ying, Deputy Director, Department of Psychology, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Military Medical University
We say that the nest can be empty, but the heart cannot be empty.
You must have hope. Not only set the ideal goal in life, but also set some small goals in life. When you complete these small goals step by step, remember to affirm yourself.
When you continue to affirm yourself, you will get these little sense of accomplishment and make yourself feel more valuable.
[Explanation] It is understood that Mr. Gu has left the nursing home recently. He Ying said that if Mr. Gu has a new understanding of life from this experience, it will also be a positive growth turning point for his development.
[Concurrent] He Ying, Deputy Director, Department of Psychology, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Military Medical University
If he was just a short-term avoidance, then through these things he did in the nursing home, he found out that he was valuable.
In the end, he may still take this as a direction for his future work, then he will obtain a direction for future development, which is a growth and a gain for him.
Reporting from Chongqing by reporter Jia Nan
Editor in charge: 【Qi Bin】