The family as a source of social support for older adults: Implications for gerontological social work

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14680173231222612" target="_blank" >10.1177/14680173231222612</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The family as a source of social support for older adults: Implications for gerontological social work

Original language description

Summary Results of our previous research indicated that older adults believe that there's a lack of sufficient social support from informal sources available to them in difficult situations they face. In follow-up research, we found that older adults defined limitation in their self-sufficiency in daily activities to be the most significant difficult situation for them. This paper disseminates the results of the research seeking to answer the research question: According to older adults, can family be a source of social support in a difficult situation of limitation of self-sufficiency in daily activities? Social support theory is the used theoretical basis. Using the method of qualitative content analysis we analysed 23 semi-structured interviews with older adults. Findings We found that if two conditions, that is, geographic proximity to individual family members and the quality of relationships with family members, are ensured, family can function as one of the informal sources of social support according to older adults. In case that older adults prefer a formal source of social support, they consider their family as a source of social support only in an extreme situation of limited self-sufficiency. Applications This study provides social workers with a better understanding of the difficult situations of older adults and what kind of social support older adults prefer. This study also provides an argumentation about the importance of gerontological social work.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50403 - Social topics (Women´s and gender studies; Social issues; Family studies; Social work)

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Social Work

ISSN

1468-0173

e-ISSN

1741-296X

Volume of the periodical

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Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

18

Pages from-to

339-356

UT code for WoS article

001155390300001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85184185698