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Older persons' experiences and perspectives of receiving social care
— a systematic review of the qualitative literature | | Author(s) | Jose de Sao Jose, Rosanna Barros, Sanda Samitca, Ana Teixeira |
| Journal title | Health and Social Care in the Community, vol 24, no 1, January 2016 |
| Publisher | Wiley Blackwell, January 2016 |
| Pages | pp 1-11 |
| Source | wileyonlinelibrary.com/journals.hsc |
| Keywords | Community care ; Usage [services] ; Qualitative Studies ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | Although social care for older people as a topic has gained increased attention from academics, professionals, policy makers and the media, we know little about this topic from the perspectives of older people. This article presents and discusses a systematic review of relevant qualitative research-based evidence on older people's experiences and perspectives of receiving social care published between 1990 and September 2014. This review aimed to obtain answers to the following questions: How is the reception of social care experienced by the older persons? What are the negative and positive aspects of these experiences? What are the factors which influence the experiences? The synthesis of the findings of reviewed papers identified six analytical themes: asking for care as a major challenge; ambivalences; (dis)engagement in decisions concerning care; multiple losses as outcomes of receiving social care; multiple strategies to deal with losses originated by the ageing process; and properties of 'good care'. These themes are discussed from the point of view of their implications for theory, care practice and social policy, and future research. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160115217 A |
| Classmark | PA: QLD: 3DP: 64A |
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