SOCIAL WORK AND MANAGEMENT ›› 2019, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (5): 83-92.

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On Building a Social Support Network: Spiritual Poverty Intervention for the Elderly in Urban Clusters of the Aged: Investigation Based on F District of Chongqing

PENG Xiaobing1,2, CHEN Lingli1   

  1. 1. School of Public Affairs, Chongqing University;
    2. Center for Public Economy & Public Policy Research, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China
  • Received:2018-10-25 Online:2019-09-15 Published:2019-09-23

Abstract: The spiritual poverty of the elderly is an important issue related to whether the elderly can spend their old age in peace, improve the quality of life, win the battle against poverty accurately, promote the smooth transition of the aging society, and prevent social risks. Based on the investigation of the elderly agglomeration area in F district of Chongqing, nicknamed "death street" by local people, this paper studies the spiritual poverty and governance mechanism of the elderly agglomeration area in urban areas from the perspective of social support network, focuses on exploring the root causes of the spiritual poverty of the elderly and their social needs, and explores the intervention strategies of social work professional. Research shows that the aggregation of the elderly results from the lack of social support network, characterized by spiritual poverty. Professional social work intervention should focus on strengthening the formal and informal support for the elderly, and specific approach is to help them build formal support, including the government, social organizations, community and informal support from peer groups such as family, friends and neighbors, improving and easing their inner feelings of loneliness to achieve spiritual poverty-alleviation.

Key words: social support network, the elderly, spiritual poverty, social work, precise poverty alleviation

CLC Number: 

  • C916
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