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Long-term care settings in the times of COVID-19: challenges and future directions
- Authors:
- AYALON Liat, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Psychogeriatrics, 32(10), 2020, pp.1239-1243.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge Journals
Commentary that makes the point that long-term care settings (LTCS) encompasses settings that provide a range of services to meet older persons’ needs for social, personal, and/or health care. Discusses the reasons why long-term care institutions as a high-risk environment for older adults during the COVID-19 outbreak; emotional threats to older adults in long-term care settings during the COVID-19 outbreak; the emotional threats to long-term care staff during the COVID-19 outbreak. Also considers what should we do next? (Edited publisher abstract)
Coping with the obligation dilemma: prototypes of social workers in the nursing home
- Authors:
- LEV Sagit, AYALON Liat
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 46(5), 2016, pp.1318-1335.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The authors examined the ways in which the social worker is coping with 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. (Edited publisher abstract)
Running between the raindrops: the obligation dilemma of the social worker in the nursing home
- Authors:
- LEV Sagit, AYALON Liat
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Work, 40(1), 2015, pp.10-18.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The authors examined perspectives of social workers working in nursing homes concerning their obligation to the older adult, the family, and the facility, and identified the dilemmas and difficulties that arise from these sometimes conflicting obligations. Authors conducted semistructured in-depth interviews with 15 social workers employed in nursing homes in Israel. Inter-theme consistencies and contradictions were elucidated, and descriptive and then interpretive categories were created to represent interview data. Social workers acknowledged their multiple, often contradictory loyalties to the older resident, the management of the institution, the staff, and the resident's family. The obligation dilemma was particularly evident in relocation decisions and suspected cases of elder abuse. The findings highlight the importance of the obligation dilemma in the work experience of social workers. Potential implications for the care provided to older adults in nursing homes are discussed. (Publisher abstract)