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Nature and Process of Psychosocial Services to Nursing Home-Dwelling Older Adults: A Qualitative Research
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Elham Mohammadi *   , Mohammad Hashemi |
| social sciences faculty & AllamehTabataba'i University |
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Abstract: (551 Views) |
Introduction: Nursing homes provide a variety of services, including mental health services and social work to the older adults. Since these services, unlike medical services, are of subjective nature, how service providers perceive and give meaning to their services, beyond organizational guidelines, provides a more realistic understanding of psychosocial services. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to explore the nature and process of psychosocial services based on the perceptions of service providers to the elderly.
Methods: The research method was qualitative. The study population was all psychosocial service providers in nursing homes in Tehran in 2023. By using purposive sampling, 18 psychologists and social workers who had at least one year of experience in nursing homes were semi-structurally interviewed and then concepts and categories were extracted using thematic analysis.
Findings: Data analysis showed that, regarding the service providers' understanding of the nature of psychosocial services, three themes and 11 concepts were obtained, which were: maintaining social bonds, protecting psycho-cognitive function, and involving the family. The process of providing psychosocial services also included three themes and 11 concepts. The themes were: psycho-cultural assessment, personalizing services that are essentially the same with physical priority over psychological, and considering interactions with the elderly.
Conclusion: The results showed that although maintaining the social interactions of the older adults is important, provision of psychosocial services is mainly aimed at adjustment of the older adults to the nursing home environment, and physical rehabilitation is still prioritized over psychosocial rehabilitation.
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| Keywords: aged, Nursing Home, Psychosocial Services. |
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Type of Study: Original research |
Subject:
elderly care
Received: 2024/12/12 | Accepted: 2024/12/25 | Published: 2025/03/30
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