Etične dileme socialnih delavk pri delu z ljudmi v domovih za stare v času epidemije covid-19 : magistrsko delo

Goljevšček, Urška (author), Grebenc, Vera (mentor)

V magistrski nalogi raziskujem etične dileme socialnih delavk pri delu z ljudmi v domovih za stare in to, kako so se njihove naloge v času epidemije koronavirusne bolezni covid-19 spremenile. V teoretičnem uvodu predstavim socialno delo s starimi ljudmi, socialno delo v domovih za stare, socialno delo z ljudmi z demenco, socialno delo s starimi in v domovih za stare v času epidemije koronavirusne bolezni covid-19, dolgotrajno oskrbo, človekove pravice ter etiko socialnega dela in etične dileme. V empiričnem delu me je zanimalo, kako se je delo v domovih za stare spremenilo po razglasitvi epidemije, katerih postopkov, storitev, dejavnosti ni bilo več mogoče izvajati in kako so ta primanjkljaj nadomestili. Poleg tega sem raziskovala tudi to, ali je v času epidemije prišlo do kršenja človekovih pravic pri delu z ljudmi z demenco in ali so ukrepi, ki jih je država uvedla, privedli do etičnih dilem pri socialnih delavkah, zaposlenih v domovih. Izvedla sem mešano raziskavo, najprej sem naredila kvalitativno in empirično raziskavo, nato še analizo sekundarnega gradiva. Za pridobitev podatkov sem intervjuvala šest socialnih delavk, ki so zaposlene v domovih za stare v Sloveniji in so bile tam zaposlene že v času epidemije koronavirusne bolezni covid-19. Prišla sem do zaključka, da je imela epidemija velik vpliv na delo socialnih delavk v domovih za stare, na življenje stanovalcev in da je privedla do novih etični dilem pri delu socialnih delavk.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: socialno delo s starimi ljudmi, etika socialnega dela, kršenje človekovih pravic
• Work type: Master's thesis/paper
• Typology: 2.09 - Master's Thesis
• Organization: FSD - Faculty of Social Work
• Place of publishing: Ljubljana
• Publisher: [U. Goljevšček]
• Year: 2023
• Number of pages: 118 str.
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-150961
• UDC: 364.4-053.9
• COBISS.SI-ID: 192409091
• Publication date in RUL: 26.09.2023

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: Ethical Dilemmas of Social Workers in Old People's Homes Working with Old People during the COVID-19 Epidemic

Abstract

In my master's thesis, I research the ethical dilemmas of social workers when working with people in nursing homes and how their tasks changed during the COVID-19 epidemic. In the theoretical introduction, I present social work with the elderly, social work in homes for the elderly, social work with people with dementia, social work with the elderly and in homes for the elderly during the COVID-19 epidemic, long-term care, human rights, ethics of social work and ethical dilemmas. In the empirical part, I was interested in how the work in homes for the elderly changed after the declaration of the epidemic; which procedures, services, activities could no longer be carried out, and how they compensated for this deficit. In addition, I researched if there had been any violations of human rights when working with people with dementia during the epidemic, and if the measures introduced by the state led to ethical dilemmas for social workers employed in nursing homes. I conducted mixed-methods research; first, I carried out qualitative and empirical research, followed by an analysis of secondary material. To obtain data, I interviewed 6 social workers who are employed in homes for the elderly in Slovenia and were already employed there during the COVID-19 epidemic. I came to the conclusion that the epidemic had a great impact on the work of social workers in homes for the elderly and on the lives of the residents. Moreover, it has led to new ethical dilemmas in the work of social workers.

• Keywords: social work with old people, ethics of social work, violation of human rights