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Coping with the obligation dilemma
— prototypes of social workers in the nursing home | | Author(s) | Sagit Lev, Liat Ayalon |
| Journal title | British Journal of Social Work, vol 46, no 5, July 2016 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, July 2016 |
| Pages | pp 1318-1335 |
| Source | http://www.bjsw.oxfordjournals.org |
| Keywords | Social workers ; Social interaction ; Communication ; Care home staff ; Residents [care homes] ; Nursing homes ; Social ethics ; Qualitative Studies ; Israel. |
| Annotation | The authors examined the ways in which the social worker is coping with the obligation dilemma in an Israeli nursing home. The research was conducted using semi-structured, in-depth interviews carried out with fifteen social workers employed in nursing homes. The interviews were analysed thematically, using constant comparisons. The three themes were concerned with the social worker's place in the nursing home, her relationship with the management and staff, and her coping with the obligation dilemma. These themes highlighted the difference between the interviewees. On the background of this difference, four prototypes of nursing home's social workers were defined: the managerial, the contented, the fighter and the frustrated. From analysing the findings, the significant place of the personal and environmental factors that influence the ways in which the social worker deals with these four themes emerges. The findings suggest that the strengthening, empowerment and support of social workers in institutions can directly enhance the health, security, emotional well-being and quality of life of nursing home residents. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170922201 A |
| Classmark | QR: TMA: U: QRM: KX: LHB: TQ: 3DP: 7H6 |
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