Study title

Elderly Care Worker Perceptions of Elderly Persons Living at Home

Dataset ID Number

FSD2388

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2388
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2388

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

• Salonen, Kari (Turku University of Applied Sciences. Faculty of Well-being Services. Degree Programme of Social Services)

Abstract

The study charted the elderly care outpatient workers' views on the social aspects of elderly people living at home. 36 female workers were interviewed. The respondents were 25-59 years old social workers, specially trained nurses, nurses, home help service instructors, home aides, home helpers, and practical nurses. The interviews explored five themes: the perceptions of sociality, the construction of sociality in old age, the relationship between social interaction and environment, sociality from elderly care's viewpoint, and the significance of living at home. The whole dataset contains 739 pages, and the length of a single interview ranges from 17 to 28 pages.

The dataset is only available in Finnish.

Keywords

care of the elderly; elderly; home help; old age; social interaction; social work

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Elderly (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Time use (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Social behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Specific social services: use and availability (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Data Collector

• Salonen, Kari (Turku University of Applied Sciences. Faculty of Well-being Services. Degree Programme of Social Services)

Collection Dates

2005-05-17 – 2005-09-26

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland, Halikko, Kaarina, Lieto, Masku, Naantali, Paimio, Piikkiö, Raisio, Salo, Turku

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Elderly care outpatient workers

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Purposive

Outpatient workers in elderly care with varying educational backgrounds were selected as interviewees. In the municipalities participating in the study, supervisors responsible for elderly health and social care named employees who might be potentially interested in participating and the researche contacted these.

Collection Mode

Face-to-face interview

Research Instrument

Interview scheme and/or themes

Data Files

36 interviews in RTF file format, approximately 739 pages in total. In addition, HTML files based on the RTF files.

Data File Language

The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.

Qualitative data are available in their original language only and are not translated.

Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The researcher transcribed the interviews verbatim. Some short excerpts were not transcribed in cases when interview questions were not being discussed. For on interview only notes are availble due to a failure in recording. The data were anonymised during archiving: names of the interviewees were removed and they are instead referred to with running numbers (e.g. interviewee 1). Information on the interviewees' jobs was left intact.

Citation Requirement

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Bibliographical Citation

Salonen, Kari (Turku University of Applied Sciences): Elderly Care Worker Perceptions of Elderly Persons Living at Home [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2009-05-19). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2388

Deposit Requirement

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Related Publications

Salonen, Kari (2007). Haastava sosiaalinen vanhustyössä - avopalvelutyöntekijöiden näkemyksiä kotona asuvien vanhusten sosiaalisesta olomuotoisuudesta. Turku: Turun ammattikorkeakoulu. Turun ammattikorkeakoulun tutkimuksia; 26.

Lindgren, Johanna (2019) Koti, vanhuus ja toimijuus. Sisällönanalyysi hoivatyöntekijöiden haastatteluista. Kandidaatin tutkielma. Sosiologia. Tampere: Tampereen yliopisto.