1. Empty nesters generally have a strong sense of loneliness
Socialized lifestyles, the absence of children and increasing age are all factors that can enhance the loneliness of the elderly. Some empty nesters have been living a life of "a lock at the door, a light at the door", with nothing else to do but eat and sleep every day, and it's not surprising that this kind of life produces a sense of loneliness. For the loneliness of the empty-nesting elderly, the need for society, the government and individuals *** with efforts, personal: more community activities, enriching the recreational life, you can and with the community of the elderly into pairs to help each other, take care of each other. The government can improve the mechanism of old age, in the spirit, psychological to give more support. Society: we can use social forces, raise social funds, mobilize social volunteers to help the elderly.
2, the empty nest elderly prone to depression
Depression, is a significant persistent depressed state of mind as the main feature of affective mental disorders disease, empty nest elderly depression is the most common in the elderly group of a mental illness. Some survey results show that the proportion of empty-nested elderly suffering from depression is much higher than that of non-empty-nesting families, empty-nesting elderly depression is obviously very much related to the environment in which he lives. Empty-nesting elderly due to the lack of children's company, and retired at home, there is nothing to do a day, it is easy to produce depression.
It is our responsibility to pay attention to the empty nesters. Nowadays, as life becomes better and better, although the elderly do not lack anything on the surface, they are still in urgent need of emotional companionship psychologically, so take more time to spend with your parents.