How the country, society, others, treat empty nesters

How to care for empty nesters?

1. Children

Children should give more care to the elderly. Frequent visits home or making phone calls can help keep abreast of the elderly's daily life and avoid dangers and accidents. For children who are not far from home, they should visit them regularly to understand the daily life of the elderly, and promptly discover various problems caused by poor care. The most important thing is to give the elderly spiritual care, psychological comfort, and more chat. Homely cooking and cooking more side dishes that the elderly love to eat are all actions that can be seen and taken into consideration by the elderly. If you are far away from home, don't be frustrated because you can't go home. You can make more phone calls and talk about your family life. Don't be impatient because your parents have a bad memory and repeat the same sentence several times. Don't be impatient because of the elderly. Our ears are not good and we are impatient and do not want to repeat ourselves. We must remember that no matter how much we say, we will not get bored. At the same time, you can give a key to a neighbor to help look after the elderly in case something happens. When qualified children choose to buy a house, it is best to be separated from the elderly. "The 'bowl of soup' distance in the living space is most beneficial to caring for the elderly.

2. Social aspects

Establish and improve the "home care" system of society. For the elderly living alone Communities and neighborhood committees should further play their due role. For example, neighborhood committees can organize and set up housekeeping staff in the community to be responsible for the daily meals of several elderly people living alone and handle some simple housework. The elderly can order their daily meals in advance. Mainly based on popular standards, taking into account the hobbies of the elderly, household chores such as laundry can be centralized. Elderly people with chronic diseases can also be combined with community home beds to receive timely diagnosis and treatment based on the community, and organize volunteers to focus on their health. The young and elderly volunteers adopt a pairing approach to provide life care, psychological comfort, emergency assistance, health care, legal assistance and other services to the elderly empty nesters, and actively solve their problems.

3. On the national level

For the country, the first step is to formulate relevant pension security policy services, especially for the elderly whose children are out of town and have no way to receive care. The local government should regularly organize volunteers Or organize activities to care for the empty-nest elderly. In addition, broader social forces and other departments should be mobilized to care for the empty-nest elderly. For example, the fire department can set up emergency response plans and set up relevant rescue measures based on the characteristics of the elderly. Once danger occurs, the elderly can also receive timely assistance.

4. The elderly themselves

The elderly should ideologically get rid of the influence of traditional Chinese culture and establish new family relationships to reduce their psychological burden on their children. Attachment. The focus of family relationships should be shifted from the vertical relationship (the relationship between parents and children) to the horizontal relationship (the relationship between husband and wife) as soon as possible, and the emotional investment in children should be appropriately reduced, especially when the children leave the nest. "At this age, you must be fully mentally prepared and gradually reduce your attachment to your children. Enrich new life content in a timely manner and find new alternative roles as soon as possible. Such as cultivating interests and hobbies, establishing new interpersonal relationships, and adjusting lifestyles, Participate in various social activities and charity work.