构建社会工作视角下的居家养老服务模式

居家养老模式正在全国全面展开,但其服务专业化水平低,多数从业人员未掌握为老年人服务的价值伦理和专业方法,制约了居家养老模式的全面推进,影响了老年人的生活质量。引入专业社会工作,能够提升居家养老服务的专业化水平,提高居家养老服务的质量,促进居家养老模式的不断完善,解决我国人口老龄化难题。秉持并践行社会工作价值伦理,掌握并运用社会工作专业方法,能够提升居家养老服务的专业化水平。     

吉安市居家养老服务探索

居家养老服务是指以家庭养老为基础,以社区养老为依托,以老年人日间照料、生活护理、家政服务和精神慰藉为主要内容,以专业化服务为依靠,为居住在家的老年人解决日常生活困难,特别是为那些孤寡老人、特     

居家养老：感受“家”的温馨

为适应老年人居家生活习惯，满足其养老需求，辽宁省委，省政府在巩固城乡传统家庭式养老的基础上，做出优先发展居家养老服务的战略部署，要求各市以社区为依托，以专业化服务为依靠，通过由专业培训的服务人员上门服务，     

上海市:发展社区居家养老的五大思路与举措

上海市针对社区居家养老服务结构性矛盾依然突出、服务队伍远不能满足需求、社会力量参与程度有待提升等发展瓶颈,明确提出今后一个时期内将从推动城乡社区养老服务设施网络化布局,促进社区、居家、机构养老服务融合化发展,引导社区居家养老服务社会化、市场化运营,推动社区居家养老服务组织及队伍专业化发展,提升社区居家养老服务智能化、     

吉安市居家养老服务探索

居家养老服务是指以家庭养老为基础,以社区养老为依托,以老年人日间照料、生活护理、家政服务和精神慰藉为主要内容,以专业化服务为依靠,为居住在家的老年人解决日常生活困难,特别是为那些孤寡老人、特困老人和生活不能自理、子女又不在身边的老人提供服务。吉安市现有60岁以上的老年人62万人,     

居家养老的国内外研究回顾

随着中国内地的人口老龄化,居家养老成为老年人照顾领域中备受关注的养老方式。笔者对中国的居家养老的研究进行文献综述,分析了居家养老的背景、概念、养老方式以及中国香港和台湾地区居家养老的具体措施,为中国内地的居家养老模式提出建设性的意见。     

发展居家养老 促进社会和谐

积极的尝试：在社区建立支持家庭养老的服务体系 宜昌市伍家岗区以构建功能完善、覆盖广泛、运作规范、服务全面的社区居家养老服务体系为主线，坚持服务主体多元化、服务阵地有形化、服务队伍专业化、服务方式多样化的工作理念，强化“四个一”的工作措施，以伍家岗街道为重点探索试行养老服务社会化。     

社区居家养老模式的探索及思考——以广州市为例

在中国人口老龄化形势日益严峻的挑战下,一种新型养老模式——＂社区居家养老＂模式得到了实践和推广。广州市自2005年开始进行社区居家养老的探索,目前已形成了若干具有代表性的社区居家养老运作方式。继续推进社区居家养老的发展,应从拓宽筹资渠道、提升服务人员的专业化水平、有效整合服务资源、加大宣传力度等几个方面加以改进和完善。     

广州市社区居家养老模式探索

社区居家养老是中国社会养老保障体系的必要补充,也是解决城市养老问题的重大战略选择。近几年广州市社区居家养事业取得显著成绩,成为全国的样板。社区居家养老工作要持续、快速、健康发展,必须走政府、社会、家庭相结合的养老保障道路。     

广州市社区居家养老模式探索

社区居家养老是中国社会养老保障体系的必要补充,也是解决城市养老问题的重大战略选择。近几年广州市社区居家养事业取得显著成绩,成为全国的样板。社区居家养老工作要持续、快速、健康发展,必须走政府、社会、家庭相结合的养老保障道路。     

Raising the Quality of Home Care: A Study of Service Users' Views

Raising standards is one of the key objectives of the British government's Modernizing Agenda. The quality of life of vulnerable older people who are being maintained at home is fundamentally dependent on the quality of the home‐care services they receive, so raising standards of home care is clearly central to this agenda. This paper draws on a small‐scale study of service users and providers to examine the aspects of quality of home care of importance to older people, their experiences and barriers to improvement. Six key aspects of quality were investigated: reliability, continuity, flexibility, communication, staff attitudes and skills and knowledge. If performance indicators are to have the desired effect, more work needs to be done to ensure they reflect key aspects of quality from the user perspective. We identify potential areas for improvement in commissioning and organization but these all have resource implications that will need to be met if home care is to realize its full potential in maintaining and improving quality of life for older people.     

上海社区居家养老服务的现状、问题与对策

为应对严峻的人口老龄化形势,上海市通过构建以社区居家养老服务为主、机构养老服务为辅的养老服务格局,为老年人提供日常生活照料服务、医疗护理和保健服务、社会帮助与精神慰籍服务。居家养老服务经过十多年的实践,取得了一定的成效,但仍存在许多问题与不足。为此,需从加大资金投入、完善政策连贯性、提高服务队伍素质、健全评估机制等方面入手,进一步促进社区居家养老服务的发展。     

From Hospital to Home Health Care

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Unmet Home Care Service Needs of Rural Older Adults With Alzheimer's Disease: A Perspective of Informal Caregivers

This study assessed unmet service needs of rural older adults with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and identified factors that were related to these needs. Data were collected from 109 informal caregivers of AD patients. Over half of the patients experienced unmet service needs in 1 or more areas of activities of daily functioning. Informal caregiver burden and patient's gender and functional status were significantly related to patients' unmet service needs. Patients' use of formal services was marginally related to their unmet service needs. To better address patients' service needs, a comprehensive needs assessment should be conducted with both patients and their caregivers.     

The Role of Empowerment in Home Care Work

ABSTRACT

The home care industry experiences similar problems with the recruitment and retention of direct care workers (DCWs) as those faced by institutions, and it is important to identify strategies to help retain and grow this important workforce. The empowerment of DCWs has been shown to be an effective strategy for increasing job satisfaction and decreasing turnover in nursing homes but has not been studied in home care. Using Kanter’s organizational theory of empowerment, including structural empowerment (structure of opportunity, access to resources, access to information, and access to support) and psychological empowerment (meaning, competence, self-determination or autonomy, and impact) this study examined whether home care workers (HCWs) feel empowered in carrying out their jobs. An exploratory, qualitative study of 12 HCWs, recruited from two states in the United States, found high levels of both structural and psychological empowerment among research participants, as well as a number of disempowering aspects of their job. Findings suggest ways to support elements of the work that HCWs find empowering and decrease elements that contribute to job dissatisfaction and turnover.     

Managing the Care Home Closure Process: Care Managers' Experiences and Views

This paper reports case study research that set out to identifywhat care managers do during independent care home closures.Little research has focused on the way in which care homes forolder people are closed in England, or what those involved thinkabout the process. This paper reports the activities and viewsof care managers directly involved in helping older people relocatefrom care homes that were closed by their owners. During suchclosures, residents and their families have no choice but tomove, usually to a deadline, and with little control over theprocess. Care managers have a responsibility to help arrangealternative care for those current residents who are publiclyfunded, and to offer information and support to those fundingtheir own care (the ‘self-funded’). Closure relatedactivities could involve considerable staff time. Care managementarrangements, including the organization of teams and provisionof needs assessments, varied across authorities. The care managersdescribed drawing on emotional counselling and inter-personalskills, as well as practitioner knowledge and experience, particularlywhen offering support and advice about finding appropriate newhomes. Tensions between aims, constraints on their actions andviews of good practice are identified.     

Generational Differences in Japanese Americans' Preferred Senior Service Environments

Japanese American social service agencies and senior centers were created during the 1970s based on the needs of the first (Japanese-speaking) and second (bilingual) generations of Japanese Americans. In 2011, the oldest baby boomers turned 65. Acculturated, English-speaking Japanese American baby boomers may have different preferences about types of services and activities. This study compared the preferences of 230 Japanese American baby boomers and 183 seniors regarding ethnic-specific and nonethnic-specific social service and senior center environments. Despite acculturation, the baby boomers preferred the mixed service environment that included both Japanese-specific and nonethnic-specific activities, suggesting the importance of maintaining Japanese culture.