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What are the psychological pressures on elderly people living in institutions?

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2024-10-28 13:47

Institutions for the elderly have become more and more common in China. Generally, elderly people who have no one at home to take care of them and who are unable to take care of themselves will choose to move into an institution for the elderly, and leaving the home where they have been living for many years will cause a lot of pressure on the elderly psychologically.

　　1: The unfamiliarity of the living environment of the elderly after moving into a nursing home, coupled with a lack of understanding of the caregivers and a lack of clarity about the environment in which they live, leads to anxiety in the elderly. Elderly people's ability to adapt to unfamiliar environments is already poor, so they will become less verbal after arriving in unfamiliar environments, among other things.

　　2: Personal space is very important to a person's life, but if the elderly have moved into an elderly care institution, they have left their living space for many years, and have changed from living alone to living in a group, and it is possible that their privacy will be exposed to others, and the staff of the institution can come in and out as they like, so the elderly will feel that they have been deprived of their own living space, and will feel helpless and worried, and they will not be willing to leave their rooms, and will be on high alert. They may even be reluctant to leave their rooms and be in a state of high alertness.

　　3: After living in the nursing home, the old man's previous parental place at home no longer exists, and he becomes the object of ‘management’, so the old man's previous ‘core position’ in the family is cancelled, especially for the male old man, whose parental style at home no longer exists. Parental style no longer exists, some old people will be depressed or lose their temper.

　　4: Elderly people feel that they are a burden to society and their families when they grow old, and that they have changed from being the masters of society to being the dependents of society. Although the elderly are all in the nursing home, they have their own life and work experience, but after moving into the nursing home, it means that their past has been put to an end. Such a situation can easily create a sense of inferiority and uselessness in the elderly, making them feel confused, lose confidence in life and even despair.

　　5: After leaving home, the elderly leave their friends and relatives and need to make friends again when they come to the institution. However, due to their age, reduced self-care ability and reduced space to move around, it is not easy to make new friends, which makes the elderly look even more helpless. Sometimes it is not grey hair and wrinkles that the elderly face, but apathy and loneliness.

　　6: As they get older, the elderly's eyesight and hearing slowly begin to deteriorate, which leads to a lot of trouble in communication, and the elderly's verbal communication lacks accuracy and effectiveness, and shows impatience, irritability, and lack of co-operation.

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