Older persons’ experiences and perspectives of receiving social care: a systematic review of the qualitative literature
| Autor: | Ana Teixeira, José de São José, Sanda Samitca, Rosanna Barros |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Social Work
Sociology and Political Science business.industry Health Policy Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Professional practice 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Empirical research Nursing 030502 gerontology Humans Medicine Social care 030212 general & internal medicine 0305 other medical science Older people business Attitude to Health Qualitative Research Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Aged Qualitative research Social policy |
| Zdroj: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) instacron:RCAAP |
| ISSN: | 0966-0410 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/hsc.12186 |
| Popis: | The topic of social care for older people has gained increasing attention from the part of academics, professionals, policy makers and media. However, we know little about this topic from the perspectives of older persons, which hinders future developments in terms of theory, empirical research, professional practice and social policy. This article presents and discusses a systematic review of relevant qualitative research-based evidence on the older persons' 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. |
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