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Item Wizerunek życia osób starszych w oczach ich opiekunów(2012) Wójcik, Sylwia; Brzezińska, Anna Izabela; Sienkiewicz Wilowska, Julia AnastazjaIn the research we look into the stereotypes caregivers hold about older people and old age and the risk factors increasing the threat of stereotypical thinking. The dominance of negative stereotypes as well as the existence of positive stereotypes distort the real image of old age and the elderly with whom carers work. Our research can be treated as a preliminary diagnosis of carers’ needs. The profile of the group and the recognition of carers’ problems will allow for elaborating support programmes and developing an accurate educational offer. The research was conducted on 98 people working in four care homes in the Wielkopolska region. A questionnaire, based on Osgood’s semantic differential, specially drawn up for this study was used. The research demonstrates that caregivers do not treat older people in a sufficiently individualised way. The results of cluster analysis following the k-mean procedure revealed that carers can be categorised into five groups: (1) persons who do not possess sufficient knowledge about elderly people’s needs and present common sense image of elderly people, (2) persons with realistic image about old age, (3) persons who idealise old age, (4) persons who demonise old age, and (5) persons characterized by ambivalent stereotypisation. In general, strong stereotypes were noted, both positive and negative in character. The results show that a need exists to start a discussion about the educational offer targeted at not only young people training for the profession of carers but also long-time workers of care homes looking after seniors. There is a burning need to develop more individualized educational programmes whose starting point would be a diagnosis of carers’ personal and social resources.Item Wizerunek życia osób starszych w oczach ich opiekunów(Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM, 2012) Wójcik, Sylwia; Brzezińska, Anna Izabela; Sienkiewicz-Wilowska, Julia AnastazjaIn the research we look into the stereotypes caregivers hold about older people and old age and the risk factors increasing the threat of stereotypical thinking. The dominance of negative stereotypes as well as the existence of positive stereotypes distort the real image of old age and the elderly with whom carers work. Our research can be treated as a preliminary diagnosis of carers’ needs. The profi le of the group and the recognition of carers’ problems will allow for elaborating support programmes and developing an accurate educational offer. The research was conducted on 98 people working in four care homes in the Wielkopolska region. A questionnaire, based on Osgood’s semantic differential, specially drawn up for this study was used. The research demonstrates that caregivers do not treat older people in a suffi ciently individualised way. The results of cluster analysis following the k-mean procedure revealed that carers can be categorised into fi ve groups: (1) persons who do not possess suffi cient knowledge about elderly people’s needs and present common sense image of elderly people, (2) persons with realistic image about old age, (3) persons who idealise old age, (4) persons who demonise old age, and (5) persons characterized by ambivalent stereotypisation. In general, strong stereotypes were noted, both positive and negative in character. The results show that a need exists to start a discussion about the educational offer targeted at not only young people training for the profession of carers but also long-time workers of care homes looking after seniors. There is a burning need to develop more individualized educational programmes whose starting point would be a diagnosis of carers’ personal and social resources.Item Zasoby opiekunów osób starszych i ich uwarunkowania(Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM, 2012) Brzezińska, Anna Izabela; Wójcik, SylwiaThe research aim is identifying factors which may have an effect on the attitude of carers of the elderly towards their work. The goal is also to specify the areas where support could be offered to enable caregivers to experience the feelings of pleasure, involvement and sense in relation to their work. The study encompassed 98 participants, workers of four care homes for the elderly located in the Wielkopolska region. The study was conducted by means of two questionnaires: The assessment of the size of possessed resources and The perceived importance of possessed resources. The resources investigated were divided into two categories: subjective (internal) and environmental (external). The importance of the resources proved to be more significant for caregivers than their size. Furthermore, the respondents assessed current resources as smaller and less important as a source of support for them in difficult situations than the resources coming from earlier periods of life. As a result of the performed cluster analysis (k-means method) five subgroups of carers were identified according to the similarity of the assessment of both the size and importance of their resources; the subgroups were labelled: “Uncritical faith in the environment”, “Critical of the role of the environment”, “Malcontents”, “Critical of oneself”, “Convinced about one’s worth”.Item Zasoby opiekunów osób starszych i ich uwarunkowania(2012) Brzezińska, Anna Izabela; Wójcik, SylwiaThe research aim is identifying factors which may have an effect on the attitude of carers of the elderly towards their work. The goal is also to specify the areas where support could be offered to enable caregivers to experience the feelings of pleasure, involvement and sense in relation to their work. The study encompassed 98 participants, workers of four care homes for the elderly located in the Wielkopolska region. The study was conducted by means of two questionnaires: The assessment of the size of possessed resources and The perceived importance of possessed resources. The resources investigated were divided into two categories: subjective (internal) and environmental (external). The importance of the resources proved to be more significant for caregivers than their size. Furthermore, the respondents assessed current resources as smaller and less important as a source of support for them in difficult situations than the resources coming from earlier periods of life. As a result of the performed cluster analysis (k-means method) five subgroups of carers were identified according to the similarity of the assessment of both the size and importance of their resources; the subgroups were labelled: “Uncritical faith in the environment”, “Critical of the role of the environment”, “Malcontents”, “Critical of oneself”, “Convinced about one’s worth”.