| Title |
Socialinio darbo situacija ir galimybės dirbant su dimensija sergančiais asmenimis / |
| Translation of Title |
Working with Sick Individuals Suffering from Dementia: Situation of Social Work and its Opportunities. |
| Authors |
Džiugienė, Jolanta |
| Full Text |
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| Pages |
50 |
| Keywords [eng] |
social services ; dementia ; the elderly person. |
| Abstract [eng] |
Theoretical analysis of elderly people with dementia and social work in the context of social gerontology was done. The hypothesis that social workers and head of institutions are interested in social changing social work methods, working with the elderly people with dementia was foreseen. In order to identify problems of social support services organization and to analize currently situation with elderly people having dementia these actions were done: a) disclosed problems of social support organization change (using qualitative research - expert interviews with social service managers (N=5) and social workers (N-5); b) disclosed content and the need of social support (using qualitative research - structured interviews with elderly people having dementia (N=5) and their family members (5)). To sum up the empirical results of the research, it could be argued that respondents want to change situation in social work working with elderly people with dementia. Workers and administration are interested in innovative social work methods and its adaptation in the organizations. Relatives want to communicate and to be in contact with social workers. The main reasons why situation didn’t changes are the lack of money and motivation problems of workers. According to the survey, the recommendations for the institutions working with people with dementia were formulated. |
| Dissertation Institution |
Šiaulių universitetas. |
| Type |
Master thesis |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2017 |
