| Abstract [eng] |
The master's thesis analyzes the involvement of elderly people in the nursing home community. In order to substantiate the research problem, problematic questions: What aspects do elderly people face when getting involved in the life of the nursing home community? How does a social worker help seniors integrate into the nursing home community? How does the involvement of care home residents in Lithuania and Ukraine differ and what is the difference? Thesis aim - To analyze the process of inclusion of elderly persons in the care home community. To achieve the aim of the study, the tasks of the thesis are: a) Using the method of theoretical analysis to reveal the peculiarities of the processes of providing social services of nursing homes working with elderly persons in Lithuania and Ukraine; b) By applying qualitative research methods, to identify aspects of the opinion of social workers and elderly persons, highlighting the main challenges in the resident's involvement in the nursing home community; c) By applying qualitative research methods, reveal the activities organized by social workers that help the elderly to get involved in the nursing home community; d) Based on the empirical data of the research, the directions for the development of social services of social workers working with the elderly, involvement in the nursing home community, are presented. The research methods chosen for the study: theoretical analysis and semi-structured interviews. Qualitative content analysis was used to analyse the data. Participants: 8 social workers and 5 elderly residents of nursing homes are interviewed. Key findings of the empirical study: revealed the processes of involvement of nursing home residents in the community. From the point of view of social workers, elderly people living in nursing homes are often slow to get involved in the community. They are often withdrawn, do not want to get involved in the activities organized by the nursing home, and have little communication with other residents of the nursing home community. Relatives of care home residents claim that it is very difficult for their loved ones to get involved in a new environment, in a care home. When interviewing the residents of the nursing home, it became clear that people join the nursing home community with difficulty because they were often lonely at home, they want their own space, rest, they often feel tired, they do not get involved in the activities organized by the nursing home. |
