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Empty nest syndrome

Introduction
Cause
Prevention
Complication
Symptom
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Diagnosis

Introduction

Introduction to empty nest syndrome Empty nest syndrome refers to the separation of children after they grow up, leaving only the elderly to live alone. These empty nesters, old couples or two generations of elderly people live in an "empty nest family." With the development of society, empty nest elderly has become one of the most important ageing issues in today's society. From the perspective of development, in the next 10 years, with the parents of only children entering the ageing stage, the empty nest family will become the main form of the elderly family. Due to loneliness and lack of spiritual comfort, the empty nesters will have "airborne nest syndrome". basic knowledge The proportion of illness: 0.001% Susceptible people: good for the elderly Mode of infection: non-infectious Complications: Alzheimer's disease

Cause

Cause of empty nest syndrome

Mood behavior factors (20%):

Depressed mood, behavioral retreat, these elderly people may be interested in life due to their own personality defects, lack of independence, uplifting spirit, redesigning the confidence and courage of a good life in their later years.

Emotional dependence (20%):

When children are emotionally dependent, when they need to rely on their children, their children are not around, and they can't help but feel negative emotions such as loneliness, self-sadness and self-pity.

Traditional concept factors (20%):

The impact of traditional ideas: some old people have the traditional idea of "nurturing children to prevent old age", and old people have strong emotional dependence on their children.

Factors of pension measures (15%):

Due to social security mechanisms and inadequate pension measures, many elderly people are unable to go to old-age care institutions to spend their old age.

Post-retirement factors (15%):

I am not comfortable with the changes in my life after retirement. I feel lonely and lonely after I retreat from my job.

The increase in living alone (10%):

The elderly have more time to live alone.

Prevention

Vacant syndrome prevention

1. The elderly should pay attention to adjusting the pattern, pattern and regularity of daily life before the children's life is independent, in order to adapt to the upcoming empty nest family life.

2. Although young people and old people live separately, the distance to live is best, so it is easy to look after the elderly. If you live far away, you can often make phone calls and get in time to take care of the elderly when needed.

3, children should "go home to see" as the songs sing, pay more attention to the health of the parents, and take care of life, this is the greatest comfort for the elderly who are lonely and empty.

4, the elderly should strengthen the feelings between husband and wife after the child leaves home, to care for each other, considerate. It is necessary to cultivate your own hobbies and enrich your family life, such as planting flowers, pets, traveling, enjoying music and physical exercise, and maintaining and strengthening the exchanges between friends and relatives to make your life rich and colorful. Lonely and missing emotions.

Complication

Complications of empty nest syndrome Complications, dementia

Empty nest syndrome can cause endocrine disorders in the elderly, immune function decline, can not resist the invasion of various diseases, and even cause Alzheimer's disease.

Symptom

Symptoms of empty nest syndrome Common symptoms Irritability, ups and downs, uplift, appetite, loss of appetite, sleep rhythm disorder, depression, emotional insomnia, sleep disorders, arrhythmia, hypertension

1, mental emptiness, doing nothing

After the children left home, their parents began to live in a tense and regular life that had been formed for many years, and suddenly turned into a loose, irregular life debate. They could not adapt quickly, and then there were emotional instability, irritability, depression and depression.

2, loneliness, pessimism, less communication

I doubt the value of my existence, and I am boring, ignorant, hopeless, helpless, and even suicidal thoughts and behaviors.

3, somatic symptoms

Unfavorable emotions caused by empty nest stress can lead to a series of physical symptoms and diseases such as insomnia, early awakening, poor sleep quality, headache, loss of appetite, shortness of breath, shortness of breath, indigestion, arrhythmia, high blood pressure, Coronary heart disease, peptic ulcer, etc.

Examine

Empty nest syndrome check

Nervous system examination, electrocardiogram, blood pressure.

Diagnosis

Diagnosis and identification of empty nest syndrome

diagnosis

Mental emptiness, doing nothing

After the children left home, their parents began to live in a tense and regular life that had been formed for many years. They suddenly turned into loose and irregular life debates. They could not adapt quickly, and then there were emotional instability, irritability, depression and depression.

Loneliness, pessimism, less communication