Analysis of Mental Health Conditions and Coping Strategies for the Elderly

Abstract

With the arrival of the aging society, the mental health of the elderly population has been a social concern, and the psychological care work of the elderly population has become one of the important tasks of social work in China. This paper, through the questionnaire survey method, combined with the interview method, through the Beijing and Qingdao each 10 communities, 50 community health care workers and 500 elderly people and their families, the results shows that: the overall level of community mental health services is not high; 25.4% of the elderly people's overall happiness experience time is less than half of the time, the elderly people's sleep problems are more prominent, and the elderly people's self-esteem level is not high in general. Based on the analysis of the factors influencing the level of mental health of the elderly, this paper combines the current situation of community mental health services and puts forward suggestions for measures to improve the mental health of the elderly.