Search results for ‘Subject term:"older people"’ Sort:
Results 1 - 1 of 1
Social work in the development of institutional care for older people in Slovenia
- Author:
- MALI Jana
- Journal article citation:
- European Journal of Social Work, 13(4), December 2010, pp.545-559.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Drawing on the author's doctoral thesis, this paper discusses the role and significance of social work in the development of institutional care for older people in Slovenia. The study involved development of a measurement instrument to identify differences between socially and medically oriented institutions. The paper describes a shift in the development of Slovenian homes for older people from medical to social orientation, influenced by social work, and notes that in socially oriented homes a different model of social work is applied than in the medically oriented homes, with the difference lying in social work methods as well as in the roles of the social worker in different areas of work with the residents, relatives and staff. It discusses the factors influencing the orientation of homes, arguing that the successful and changed practice of social work in particular with people with dementia could positively influence other fields of work, change how all residents in homes are treated, and contribute to the social orientation of homes for older people.