期末论文题目名称：空巢老人的调查研究题目类型：研究论文学生姓名：张瑞娟院(系)：外国语学院英语系专业班级：英语11203指导教师：曾亚军时间：2014年6月1日至2014年6月18日空巢老人的调查研究张瑞娟总计：毕业论文13页指导教师：曾亚军完成日期：2014年6月18日A SURVEY INTO EMPTY-NESTERA ThesisPresent to the School of foreign LanguageYangtze UniversityBy Zhang RuijuanIn partial Fulfillment of the RequirementsFor the Final examJune 2014Thesis Supervisor:Dr.Zeng YajunContents1. Definition (4)2. The syndrome of empty-nesters (4)3. The problem of health in mind and body of empty-nesters (5)3.1. The problem of empty-nesters (5)3.2. High prevalence (5)3.3. Low ability to adapt to the society (6)3.4. Heavy labor and economy burden (6)3.5. The problem of security (6)3.6. The problem of emotion (7)4. The strategies for these problems (7)5. Conclusion (9)Bibliography (10)摘要老年空巢是指身边无子女共同居住，老年人独自生活的家庭。

随着人口老龄化进程的加快，随着社会老年化的加深，空巢老人的数量也越来越多，这已经成为了不容忽视的社会问题。

当孩子们由于工作，学习，婚姻等原因离开家，留下中年父母在家的时候，空巢老人产生精神障碍症状，也称为家庭“空巢”综合征。

关注空巢老人，促进老年人的身心健康将成为新世纪的热点。

关键词:空巢老人;空巢综合症;自理能力;人文关怀;社会支持AbstractThe family of empty-nesters refers to those who live alone, without any children companying.With the deepening of the aging of society, there are a growing number of empty-nesters, which has become a social problem can not be ignored. When the children leave home due to reasons such as work, study, marriage, leaving their middle-aged parents at home, empty-nesters will produce the symptoms of mental disorders, known as the family “empty-nest”syndrome.Concerning about the empty-nesters and improving the old's heathy in mind and body will be the hot topics in future.Key words:empty-nesters; empty-nest syndrome; self-care ability; humanistic care;support from society1. DefinitionEmpty-nesters generally refers to the group that live alone without their children companying. It's a syndrome of psychological problem for the old because they are always lonely and miss their children very much when their children leave home to work for a long time.2. The syndrome of empty-nestersThe family empty-nest syndrome includes low spirit, inappetence, desperation and so on. They often sigh and groan , even sob. Sometimes they would blame themselves and think they haven't finished the duty of caring for their children. In addition, they will also blame their children only care about their own profits without considering their parents.3. The problem of health in mind and body of empty-nesters3.1. The problem of empty-nestersThe old who lived with children for a long time will feel uncomfortable when their children left. Faced with the empty house, they are afraid of living alone. In fact, the core of empty-nest syndrome is lacking in love. Love, as a sign of psychological sense, is a part of the life. Lacking love will influence the heath in mind and body. They will suffer immune dysfunction and several kind of illness, besides, they also live up with the loneliness and depression.3.2. High prevalenceWith age growing, the organs of old people become weaker and weaker. They are easy to get ill and once they are sick, it is hard to cure them. Not only does it harm to the old's body, but it also influences the normal life of them. Maybe getting up and dressing will be difficult for them, neve less caring and shopping. As a result, the quality of life will get worse.3.3. Low ability to adapt to the societyWhen the old retired, they do not often connect with society and only focus on their family. They have more free time to accompany their children, the children ,however, have less time to visit their parents because of the busy work. All these factors cause their bad emotions , leading that they fear to close to the society.3.4. Heavy labor and economy burdenThe empty-nesters become the core of the family when their children go our to work. The children living by working for others do not give so many supports for their parents in economy that the old have to work themselves to maintain their life. Many migrant workers can just raise themselves, some even can't maintain their own life, so many empty-nesters don't have to work until they lose the ability to work.3.5. The problem of securityBecause the empty-nesters live alone, their security does not have guarantee, such as the problem of fire control, drug safety,personal safety and so on. Many old people lack the commonsense about these problems, so they can't take the right measures to solve these problems once they occur.3.6. The problem of emotionThe empty-nesters usually have the sense of loneliness, dolefulness, and abandonment. Years ago they could see their children everyday ,and the family was filled with laughter,but now, the children left including the grandchildren. Thus,the house became lifeless. Every time they go home, there is no one to talk. They gradually become numb. What's more, with more and more migrant workers settling down cities, more and more old people live alone in the empty house. What their children do is that they call their parents, visit them occasionally, or give them money. Sometimes their children want their parents to live with them in the city, but the old can't comfort the life in city, so they still choose to live in countryside alone.4. The strategies for these problemsa. The empty-nesters should adjust themselves to the environment. They can develop another interest, such as squaredancing, Tai Chi ,chess. And they can attend to universities for the elderly for further study, or join the choir or some other public service activities. In this way,they can make more friends again and will feel they have things to do every day, thus, they do not feel vacuous any more. Besides, they should go to hospital on time to secure their health condition. And they should change the traditional concept that bringing up children is prepared for their old age. Nowadays,there are lots of institutions for the old, so they should not over rely on their children.b. As for the children, they should respect and raise their parents.They should fulfill the duty of raising the old as possible. For the old,the family is most important in their mind. After all, it is the traditional virtue to raise the old. If they can't live with their parents, at least they should visit them and call them often.c. As for the society, the government should perfect the system of old age security. The society should increase humanistic, call for people paying much attention to the empty-nesters. Apart from these, the relating departments can develop various activities and set up more psychological consulting rooms for them..5. ConclusionDespite our parents give our life to enjoy the wonderful things in this world; they endure all kinds of hardships to bring up us from baby to adult. Anyone who has a little conscience would not leave their parents alone at home for a long time without any care. They will try their best to find a opportunity to visit their parents. In short, I think people should have self-conscious to visit their parents. It’s a virtue to care about older people, let alone they are our parents.Bibliography1 罗慧芳.空巢家庭问题的研究现状2 甘建光,陈梅. 绍兴市区老年人心理健康状况及与社会支持的关系健康心理学杂志3 黄丽萍. 空巢老人身心健康存在的问题及护理。