Zasoby opiekunów osób starszych i ich uwarunkowania
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2012
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Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM
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Resources of caregivers of elderly people and their determinants
Abstract
The 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”.
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external resources, internal resources, pleasure, involvement, sense
Citation
Studia Edukacyjne, nr 20, 2012, s. 119-135
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978-83-232-2447-1