泰州民办养老机构发展研究

面对我国人口老龄化加速的情况,民办养老机构承担养老任务成为社会养老的重要方式之一。泰州市作为经济较发达地区和老龄化较快的地区,民办养老机构存在一定的发展制约因素,需要从民办养老机构和政府两个层面进行改革和推动。     

To Empower with Meaningful Data: Lessons Learned in Building an Alliance Between Researchers and Long-Term Care Ombudsmen

Abstract

This is the story of how a research team formed an alliance with state long-term care ombudsmen to develop a national database of resident complaints. Beginning with background information on problem identification and analysis, the article focuses on lessons learned in building alliances between practitioners and researchers, in recognizing individual site needs, in advocating for credible dissemination of findings, and in acknowledging philosophical and political differences. The article stresses the importance of tenacity in seeking funding for projects that empower practitioners to truly advocate for the needs of vulnerable populations.     

Research review: Aging out of residential care in South Africa

Approximately 21,000 children were accommodated in residential care in South Africa in 2011/2012. Despite this large number, and the state's substantial financial investment in residential care, there has, until recently, been little research on care‐leaving: the transition out of care due to reaching adulthood. Furthermore, much of the research available has not been published in international journals. This article reports on a systematic review of research on residential care‐leaving in South Africa, from 2003 to 2016. A thematic analysis of the resulting 40 research outputs maps the scope of findings from South African research, in relation to theory of leaving care, measurement tools developed, young people's experiences of leaving care, transitional outcomes, processes of leaving care, facilitators of improved outcomes, care‐leaving services, and policy on leaving care. Critical gaps in the current research opus are identified, with a view to refining future research on young people aging out of care in South Africa.     

The role of manager in children's homes: the process of managing and leading a well-functioning staff team

This paper is based on qualitative findings from a mixed methods project which investigated the roles of managers of children's homes and the relationship of these to their use of resources and the outcomes for young people in their care. The research formed part of the Costs and Effectiveness of Services to Children in Need research initiative, originally funded by the Department of Health. Main findings from the project overall and in particular from the multi-level modelling analysis indicated that the influence which the process of providing care has on the kind of outcomes experienced by young people is of paramount importance. This paper provides a brief overview of the project and its aims. Drawing on the qualitative strand of the project and overall project findings, the paper investigates three aspects of managing children's homes: establishing working relationships with staff teams, the role of managers and bringing about working with the young people in their care. It situates the role of manager within the wider context of literature on leadership and investigates what leadership in children's homes entails. Finally, the paper highlights the importance of the role of manager in relationship to the development of good practice in children's homes.     

The intimate world of strangers – embodying the child in foster care

In this paper we look at fostering with particular regard to embodiment and the body, the boundaries around it and related aspects of intimacy in foster home settings. Based upon mixed qualitative methods comprising mainly audiotaped interviews and audiotaped diaries it was possible to document and analyse key activities, meanings and relationships that inform the private world of foster care. In doing so, the paper looks first at sociological notions of the body, we then deploy these conceptual tools in regard to a sequence of seemingly mundane yet profoundly important day-to-day encounters between the fostered child and the private lives of the foster family. The notion of fostering as the coming together of strangers in which all parties have to learn the often tacit and emergent rules of intimacy within a family setting is depicted here in regard to aspects of joint habitation and boundary regarding the body. Themes around physical care, nurturing, space and privacy, touch and cleanliness are explored in order to reveal more of the private encounters that construct the embodied world of fostering.     

Settling In and Moving On: Transience and Older People in Care Homes

This paper reports on a study which examined the experiences of 46 older people who moved into nursing and residential care homes, interviewing them at four points, from before the move to up to six months afterwards. A key finding was that older people were actively involved in the process of settling into homes and forming new friendships. Participant data also indicated that these older people had often experienced many moves in recent years, as their need for care had changed, and following them through after their inclusion in the study indicated that, for some, there were more moves to come. These data place the debates about assessment, and the identified problem of "misplacement" in a different light. The problem is not simply one of improving assessment techniques so that needs and provision can be matched more accurately, but it may mean accepting that the needs of older people are likely to change over time. The question then is whether we can develop services and forms of provision which ensure that care moves to older people, rather than older people having to move to care.     

机构养老与孝道:南京养老机构调查的初步分析

三十多年来计划生育政策的一个后果是我国人口结构的变化,特别是老龄人口的增加。城市中机构养老的方式开始成为家庭养老的一种补充。由于这一养老方式与中国传统文化中与家庭养老方式密切相关的孝道观念形成了一定的冲突,因此它所带来的人们对"孝道"认知的改变值得特别关注。通过对南京养老机构中老人及其子女的个案访谈资料,初步分析和探讨了与机构养老有关的养老方式及其孝道问题。结果发现,城市老人选择机构养老的原因包括子女工作忙、家中无人照料、住房紧张、与子女关系不好、长期生病等。对于机构养老的态度既有满意的,也有观望不定的,还有消极抵触的。而其子女的态度也是既有积极的,也有矛盾的。但无论老人还是子女,都不认为老人进机构养老是子女不孝顺的表现。     

基于物联网的智能家庭研究

物联网的发展将会给社会带来翻天覆地的变化,也是电信运营商未来利润的主要来源之一。基于物联网的智能家庭业务的开展将会成为运营商个人、家庭客户竞争的主要手段,本文对物联网智能家庭的业务需求、网络架构以及目前存在的问题等进行了探讨。     

社会工作介入福建省农村敬老院的模式

从社会工作在农村敬老院的介入空间、介入活动、介入模式三个方面,探讨现阶段社会工作介入福建省农村敬老院的养老模式,提出社会工作应该利用自身优势介入农村机构养老,提供各项专业服务,从而建立起政府与民间机构联动的社会工作介入敬老院工作模式。     

Improving Australian Residential Aged Care Facilities: A Review of Minor Refurbishment Elements

The objective of this study is to identify elements pertaining to minor refurbishments of residential aged care facilities. A narrative review of relevant publications was conducted. Inductive content analysis was used to categorize coded data into major or minor refurbishment or staff practices. Further analysis identified minor refurbishment domains. There were 14 major refurbishment, seven minor refurbishment and two staff practices domains established. The minor refurbishment elements (n?=?7) identified were lighting, furniture, color and contrast, wayfinding, noise, signage, and flooring. Assessing these elements would assist residential aged care providers to prioritize the provision of minor improvements to the environment for residents.