How to treat the "heart disease" of the elderly?

　　How to treat the "heart disease" of the elderly?

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 5 -

　　Xinhua News Agency reporters Xia Ke and Tian Xiaohang

　　In recent years, as the elderly population continues to increase, their health issues have attracted more and more attention.

It is not only basic physical health that affects the quality of life and health of the elderly, but also mental health is becoming an important factor.

　　Experts call for the whole society to care about and attach importance to the mental health of the elderly, increase the care for the mental health of the elderly, enrich the content of elderly care services, and increase the variety of elderly care services such as psychological comfort.

Anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder... The elderly are also at high risk of mental health

　　Aunt Chen, who is in her 80s, soon moved into a nursing facility and made friends with two Aunt An and Aunt Bai, who had moved in first and were already friends. The three were originally getting along well, but one day, Aunt An and Aunt Bai were eating. She didn't call Aunt Chen, and Aunt Chen came to Aunt Ann's room to express her strong dissatisfaction, thinking that they would not consider themselves friends.

　　Later, Aunt Ann and Aunt Chen met in the elevator and felt unhappy, and a physical conflict broke out under the stalemate.

Aunt An began to insult Aunt Chen. Aunt Chen asked Auntie An to apologize in front of the dean, supervisor and others, but she failed.

As a result, she prepared a waist guard, a collar and a rolling pin, and planned to give Aunt Ann a "bump" on her way the next morning.

To this end, Aunt Chen also wrote a suicide note.

　　According to Mei Liping, associate professor of elderly services and management at Beijing Youth University for Political Sciences, similar situations are not uncommon in nursing homes, and interpersonal relationships are increasingly becoming an important factor affecting the mental health of elderly in nursing homes.

The transformation of the living environment and the passive withdrawal from the original social relations have brought great psychological impact to the elderly.

Entering a new environment, the complete changes in the surrounding people and lifestyle will inevitably cause psychological and physical discomfort, feeling lonely and eager to be paid attention, coupled with physical and psychological degradation leading to poor interpersonal relationships, often triggering psychological crises in the elderly.

　　"From daily observations in nursing homes, more than 80% of the elderly have symptoms of anxiety." Mei Liping told reporters that the current common psychological problems of the elderly include anxiety, depression, hypochondriasis, compulsiveness and eating and sleeping disorders. , Cognitive impairment, interpersonal sensitivity, alcohol dependence, etc.

If you don't intervene in this, it can easily lead to serious consequences.

　　Han Buxin, a researcher at the Key Laboratory of Mental Health of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and chairman of the Chinese Psychological Association, said that big data research conducted by the Institute of Psychology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and other institutions shows that the elderly are the same as adolescents at high risk of mental health.

The decline of various organ functions of the elderly, the decline of immunity and the decline of self-care ability, coupled with chronic diseases, limited social resources and other factors, their mental, psychological and physical health face multiple pressures, which may lead to psychological problems.

No one talks about the lack of psychological support for the elderly

　　The reporter learned that loneliness is the primary factor that leads to the psychological problems of the elderly. In addition, it also includes the impact of life events, such as widowhood, loss of independence, death of relatives and friends, financial constraints, and interpersonal relationships.

　　Since the death of his wife, Lao Zhang has been completely "aphasia".

On a weekend afternoon last month, Lao Zhang played chess with someone on the square. When he returned home, he called his wife’s name. No one agreed. He entered the house and saw his wife sleeping. After a closer look, he discovered that his wife was already asleep. died.

Lao Zhang's children are all abroad, and basically only talk on the phone once a week. Now that his wife has died, not to mention the lack of care in daily life, and even the speaker is gone.

"Nobody speaks" has become the biggest problem facing Lao Zhang.

　　Ding Zhihong, associate professor of the Department of Sociology, School of Social and Psychology, Central University of Finance and Economics, analyzed the data of 10,149 elderly people in 2018 and found that 3.9% of the elderly people did not talk about it, mainly because these elderly people face the dual dilemma of widowhood and empty nest Not only is there a lack of opportunities to communicate with family members, but the blocked information environment prevents the elderly from seeking help from the society, causing these elderly people to be in a state of "aphasia".

　　Ding Zhihong believes that in response to the problem of nowhere to talk to the elderly, the government needs to assume the responsibility of supporting the spiritual needs of the elderly through policies, laws, culture, etc.; build a family support system for the spiritual needs of the elderly, which will "emphasize material and neglect spiritual" The concept of old-age care for the elderly is transformed into an equal emphasis on material and spirit, realizing the organic combination of material security and spiritual satisfaction for the elderly.

　　Ding Zhihong said that if the spiritual needs of the elderly are not met, loneliness, depression, and loneliness will occur, which will accelerate the physical and psychological aging of the elderly, and even induce depression, Alzheimer’s and other mental and psychological diseases. May make people take extreme methods.

While the elderly are being cared for, they have less social participation, and their spiritual needs will be more and higher.

It is imperative to build "ageing" families and communities

　　With the gradual deepening of the aging of our country’s population, how to "adapt to aging" is becoming a challenge facing every family, community and even the whole society.

Coupled with the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the mental health of the elderly, which is a susceptible population, is also affected to a certain extent.

　　Han Buxin believes that the "new staying behind" and the epidemic in the information age have brought about the "double isolation" of technology and physical for the elderly, but the development and application of high-tech have effectively improved the quality and management of elderly care, such as the continuously updated wearables Equipment, telemedicine, sensors, etc.

Therefore, by solving the isolation caused by technology, the maintenance and promotion of the mental health of the elderly can be improved, and active health management can be achieved.

　　Cheng Hua, director of the Shouhou Senior Care Customer Service Center, believes that the concept of lifelong learning should be publicized and promoted throughout the society, so that the elderly can also maintain a state of continuous learning.

Secondly, we should help the elderly learn, provide corresponding educational services and products for the elderly, and help them to form a sense of autonomous change, thereby narrowing the "gap" between the information and modern society.

　　"Spiritual comfort is an important way to solve the psychological problems of the elderly." said Liu Jun'e, a professor at the School of Nursing of Capital Medical University. An important part of community elderly care services should be how to get into the hearts of the elderly and solve their psychological problems.

　　Liu Jun'e said that the community should do something to meet the spiritual needs of the elderly, actively carry out various forms of entertainment activities, and form a social network of mutual help and communication among the elderly; for the elderly who can live by themselves , Can hold Tai Chi, calligraphy and painting competitions, etc.; for the elderly who cannot take care of themselves, some indoor leisure activities can be developed.

In addition, a psychological hotline can be opened to implement the establishment of an age-friendly society, and establish "age-friendly" families and "age-friendly" communities.