|
KMID : 0379220180380041149
|
|
Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2018 Volume.38 No. 4 p.1149 ~ p.1171
|
|
|
Social Worker's Perceptions and Working Experiences of Older Adults Who Live Alone in Severe Social Isolation Based on the Case of ?Making Friends of Older Adults who Live Alone?
|
|
Kim Yu-Jin
|
|
|
Abstract
|
|
|
|
The purpose of this study is to increase understanding of the social intervention for severely isolated older adults who live alone and are in serious isolation as if they were 'hidden'. Through qualitative descriptive methods, it intends to describe how social workers in the ?Making Friends of Older Adults who Live Alone? project have perceived older adults living alone in serious isolated situation, whether there have been changes in the perception of the elderly according to the progress of the project, and what kinds of experiences these social workers have had while providing case management to older adults. In-depth interviews with 40 social workers, case management records of 70 senior citizens, and research journals were collected and analyzed using qualitative content analysis methods. The results of data analysis were presented in two categories and four subcategories each. Based on the research findings, four kinds of implications were suggested.
|
|
|
KEYWORD
|
|
|
older adults who live alone, social isolation, hard to reach, ‘at risk of dying alone’, ?Making Friends of Older Adults who Live Alone?
|
|
|
FullTexts / Linksout information
|
|
|
|
|
|
Listed journal information
|
|
|