Nasilje nad starimi ljudmi z vidika institucij : magistrsko delo

Grabovac-Morse, Bori (author), Leskošek, Vesna (mentor)

V magistrskem delu sem se odločila raziskati temo delovanja različnih strokovnih služb, ki se na kočevsko-ribniškem območju srečujejo s primeri nasilja nad starimi ljudmi. Prvič so o tej temi resno spregovorili leta 1975 v Veliki Britaniji, ko je bil ta fenomen tudi prvič prepoznan kot socialni in politični problem. Danes, skoraj petdeset let kasneje, še vedno obstaja razkorak med dejansko razširjenostjo nasilja nad starimi, pripravljenostjo pogovarjati se o tem in percepcijo družbe o tej vrsti nasilja. Tudi nič manj ga ni kot v preteklosti. V prvem delu naloge sem uporabila primerjalno in opisno metodo raziskovanja, v empiričnem pa kvalitativno raziskovalno metodo, saj me je v zvezi s strokovnim in laičnim delom bolj zanimala vsebina, z njo pa podrobnejši podatki o raziskovani tematiki. V empiričnem delu predstavljam rezultate raziskave, pridobljene z delno strukturiranim intervjujem in v kateri so sodelovali strokovni delavci z različnih področij. Poleg njih sem vključila še nevladno organizacijo in političnega odločevalca, poslanca v Državnem zboru RS, saj me je zanimal politični vidik razmišljanja o nasilju nad starimi ljudmi. Raziskovanje se mi je zdelo nepopolno brez pogovora z žrtvijo nasilja, uvid v njeno življenje in razmišljanje pa je nalogi dodal novo dimenzijo. Ugotovila sem, da se z nasiljem največkrat srečujejo na centru za socialno delo in policiji. Med ljudmi so prisotne vse vrste zlorab, ki jih omenja literatura, le spolnega, ki je očitno še vedno tabu, ne omenja nihče. Tabu je, glede na ugotovitve, tudi prijavljanje nasilja, za katerega se odloči malo žrtev. Ljudje se še vedno bojijo, da bo po prijavi situacija še hujša, a iz prakse je razvidno ravno obratno: bolj ko žrtve nasilje prijavljajo, manj se dogaja. Da bi to počeli v čim večjem številu, je treba stare ljudi opolnomočiti, poskrbeti za njihovo informiranje in znanje; pa ne le njih, temveč tudi strokovne delavce, politične odločevalce, najmlajše in še zlasti povzročitelje. Na podlagi dobljenih rezultatov sem na koncu oblikovala predloge, ki predstavljajo potencialno izhodišče za spremembe in izboljšave, ki bodo pripomogle k bolj kakovostnemu delu strokovnih služb in boljšemu življenju starih ljudi. Predvsem sem želela odstreti tančico, zaradi katere je nasilje nad starimi še vedno skrivnost. In dokler ostaja skrivnost, ima povzročitelj moč, da ga povzroča. Ravno zato je pomembno, da do povzročitelja od vseh nas pride sporočilo o nesprejemljivosti nasilja.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: stari ljudje, zloraba, žrtve, povzročitelji, strokovne službe
• Work type: Master's thesis/paper
• Typology: 2.09 - Master's Thesis
• Organization: FSD - Faculty of Social Work
• Place of publishing: Ljubljana
• Publisher: [B. Grabovac Morse]
• Year: 2023
• Number of pages: 125 str.
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-145205
• UDC: 364.63-053.9
• COBISS.SI-ID: 154182659
• Publication date in RUL: 13.04.2023

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: Elder Abuse from an Institutional Perspective

Abstract

Master's thesis investigates the functioning of various professional services that deal with cases of violence against the elderly in the Kočevje-Ribnica area. The first serious discussion of the issue took place in the UK in 1975, when the phenomenon was first recognized as a social and political problem. Today, almost 50 years later, there is still a gap between the actual prevalence of violence against the elderly, the willingness to talk about it and society's perception of this type of violence. And there is no less of it than in the past. In the first part, I used a comparative and descriptive research method, and in the empirical one qualitative research, as I was more interested in the content, and with it more detailed data on the topic being researched, in relation to both professional and lay work. In the empirical part, I present the results of the research, obtained through a semi-structured interview, in which professionals from different fields collaborated, as well as one NGO and a political decision-maker, a member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia, because I was interested in the political aspect of thinking about the research topic. I would have found the research incomplete without talking to the survivor, and the insight into her life and thinking added an extra dimension to my work. I have found that most violence cases are encountered by the social workers and the police. All the types of abuse mentioned in the literature are present among residents of the research area, but sexual abuse, which is apparently still taboo; it is not mentioned by any of the interviewers. According to the findings, reporting of violence is taboo as well. People fear that reporting violence will make it worse, but practice shows the opposite: the more people report it, the less it happens. To do this in the gratest possible numbers, they need to be empowered and knowledgeable; not only them, but also professionals, political decision-makers, children, and above all, the perpetrators. Based on the results, I have finally formulated proposals that can serve as a starting point for changes and improvements that will contribute to better quality of professional services and better quality of life for old people. Above all, I wanted to lift the veil that still keeps violenec against the elderly a scret. And as long as it remains a mistery, the agent has the power to cause it. That is why it is important that the message at the message that violence is not acceptable gets through to the perpetrator from all of us.

• Keywords: old people, violence, victims, perpetrators, professional services