Sökning: "social gerontology"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 29 uppsatser innehållade orden social gerontology.
1. Det såg bättre ut i prospektet : Om äldre personers upplevelse av att flytta till ett vård- och omsorgsboende
Kandidat-uppsats, Marie Cederschiöld högskola/Institutionen för socialvetenskapSammanfattning : Det är många faktorer och omständigheter som spelar in när den äldre personen behöver lämna sitt hem och flytta till ett vård- och omsorgsboende, vilket även tidigare forskning bekräftar. Hur ser processen ut från att den äldre personen tar beslutet att flytta, genomför själva flytten och därefter skapar ett liv på det nya boendet? Denna studie ämnar att beskriva processens tre delar utifrån den äldres upplevelse; beslutet att flytta, flytten samt den första tiden på det nya boendet. LÄS MER
2. "I am What I am. My Own Special Creation" : A qualitative interview study on queer ageing and eldercare.
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : The objective of this Master’s thesis is to expand scholarship on ageing and eldercare through the lens of queer gerontology; to develop said scholarship on the queering of eldercare through the experiences of LGBTQ+ seniors and LGBTQ+ certified eldercare practitioners. Through four interviews with LGBTQ+ seniors and abovementioned practitioners, the core findings of the thesis put to question the collective subjectivity that is LGBTQ+ seniors, as neither LGBTQ+ informant thought of sexuality as an identity, but rather a practice. LÄS MER
3. COVID-19 Restrictions on The Older Adults in Sweden and The Role Played By Social Workers During COVID-19 Pandemic in Sweden : A study on How the Older Adults in Sweden Experienced The COVID-19 Restrictions Imposed on Them by Swedish Health Agency
Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Socialt arbeteSammanfattning : The aim of this study is to investigate how older adults were affected by the COVID-19 restrictions that were put in place by the Swedish Health Authority during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic to protect them and the roles played by social workers during the pandemic. A qualitative study was conducted whereby two older adults aged seventy and two practising professional workers were interviewed, and their responses analyzed using thematic analysis. LÄS MER
4. Age of Activism in the Face of Fascism : Mobilizing Grandmotherhood through the Movement Identity of OMAS GEGEN RECHTS
Magister-uppsats, Jönköping University/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskapSammanfattning : In critical times of reawakening right-wing ideologies in Germany, the social movement OMAS GEGEN RECHTS (transl. ‘Grannies against the far right’) sets a determined, yet by many unexpected, political statement against fascism. LÄS MER
5. Discretion and people-production in home care. : The Moldovan example
Master-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete (SA)Sammanfattning : One in two home care workers in Sweden express a desire to leave their jobs. Home care provision and needs assessment increasingly work according to an assembly line logic, depriving care assistants and assistance officers of discretion, and putting care recipients at risk for social exclusion and neglectance. LÄS MER