Aineiston nimi

Interviews with Gerontological Social Work and Diaconal Work Clients and Those Working with Older Adults 2021

Aineistonumero

FSD3862

Pysyvät tunnisteet

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3862
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3862

Aineiston laatu

Kvalitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• University of Helsinki
• University of Eastern Finland
• University of Lapland

Sisällön kuvaus

The data includes 30 group interviews and 19 individual interviews conducted in the Gerontological social work responding to complex needs of older adults (GERIT) research project. Due to the timing of the interviews, several of the interviews discuss the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on the lives of older people and the services provided to them.

Group interviews with client and service advisors cover the reasons for becoming a client, the typical service process, and counselling and guidance. They also discuss service needs assessments, post-assessment interventions and the challenges of meeting service needs. Discussions also cover the identification of specific support needs and cooperation with different service providers.

The group interviews with third sector workers ask what kind of services the organisation offers to older people and in what situation older people seek these services. They also discuss the challenges faced by older people, such as financial problems, and their resources. The interviews also discuss training of volunteers and referral of older people to other services, as well as cooperation with social services in the area.

The group interviews with social workers in client counselling ask about successful and challenging client relationships and reflect on trust and the authority of the parties in a client relationship. The interviews also discuss how the client's motivation or attitude affects the relationship and how the worker can influence these factors. The interviews also discuss how to act if the client does not perceive or understand that they need support, but the worker sees an obvious need for support.

The group interviews with diaconal workers focus on the participants' own diaconal work backgrounds and the diaconal responsibilities of their churches. Participants describe how and why older people come to the diaconal work. They also describe different types of challenging client situations and assess the impact of diaconal work in responding to the support needs of older people. The interviews also cover cooperation with other service providers.

The group interviews in outreach work with older people focus on the characteristics of the work and ways of reaching clients. The interviews discuss the reasons for older clients' support needs, such as loneliness, isolation and lack of networks. The interviews include discussions on the practices of outreach work for older people and its relevance as part of services for older people.

The group interviews with gerontological social workers explore the ways in which and the reasons why clients come to the service counselling. Participants describe the content of the client counselling process and the practices used to identify service needs. Interviewees are asked about the situations in which the expertise of a social worker is needed and examples of these situations. The identification of specific support needs and cooperation with providers of services for older people are also discussed.

Group interviews with social welfare and income support workers discuss the referral of older people as clients and the assessment of their service needs. Participants also discuss the challenges of the work, the specific support needs of clients and how to identify them. Finally, cooperation with gerontological social work is discussed.

The individual interviews with clients of diaconal work and gerontological social work go through the life situation, everyday life, living environment, home conditions and family relationships of the interviewees. The interviewees talk about their life history, the work they have done, their current concerns and problems. They are asked how they feel they have been able to seek and receive help, and they also share their thoughts about the future.

In the individual interviews, the background information included client group, age, gender and regional data. For group interviews, background information included the professional or expert group represented by the interviewees, the time of the interview and the number and gender of the interviewees.

Asiasanat

COVID-19; ageing; care of the elderly; elderly; old age; social problems; social services; social work; social workers

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Elderly (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Social welfare systems/structures (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Specific social services: use and availability (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Individual datasets

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

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

Kerääjät

• Niemi, Mia (University of Helsinki)
• Soukiala, Tiina (University of Helsinki)
• Peiponen, Jenna (University of Eastern Finland)
• Ruotsalainen, Suvi (University of Eastern Finland)
• Korpelainen, Anne (University of Lapland)
• Rossi, Eeva (University of Lapland)

Rahoittajat

• Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (VN/25316/202)

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2021 – 2021

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havainto/aineistoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

Clients of gerontological social work and diaconal work as well as professionals working with older adults

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Cross-section

Havainto/aineistoyksiköiden valinta

Non-probability: Purposive

For the individual interviews, the interviewees were selected from gerontological social work clients in two of the GERIT study areas and from diaconal clients in three of the study areas. Clients with severe memory problems and clients with other severe cognitive impairment or other conditions that could affect participation were excluded. The gerontological social workers in the study locations were asked to invite their social work clients with multiple causes of client involvement and/or identified as needing special support to be interviewed. The workers informed the clients, who were suitable for the study, about the study and asked their clients' permission for the researcher to contact them to arrange an interview. The diaconal workers asked the clients if they were willing to participate in the study and provided the contact details of the willing clients to the researcher, who contacted them by telephone. Clients with a range of difficult life situations were encouraged to be interviewed.

For the group interviews, most of the interviewees were selected from the GERIT research areas (four areas in different parts of Finland), which were defined in advance in the project's research plan. For the interviews on diaconal work and outreach work for older adults, interviewees were also recruited from eight other regions. Invitation and consent forms for the research were sent to the workers by e-mail via the contact persons of the organisations (in individual cases also by contacting the workers directly by e-mail), after which those who expressed their willingness to participate in the research took part in it.

Aineistonkeruun tekniikka

Face-to-face interview

Web-based interview

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Interview scheme and/or themes

Aineiston määrä

49 interviews in odt-format. Additionally, the data were organised into an easy to use HTML version and a CSV version.

Datatiedostojen kieli

Aineisto sisältää datatiedostoja seuraavilla kielillä: suomi.

Kvalitatiiviset aineistot ovat saatavilla vain alkuperäiskielellä, niitä ei käännetä.

Datan versio

1.0

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

The researchers have anonymised the data. The names of participants, locations and organisations have been removed or truncated, as well as identifying information relating to work history, job positions, life situation or third parties.

Viittausvaatimus

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.

Malliviittaus

University of Helsinki & University of Eastern Finland & University of Lapland: Interviews with Gerontological Social Work and Diaconal Work Clients and Those Working with Older Adults 2021 [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2024-09-12). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3862; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3862

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

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Varaumat

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

Julkaisut aineistosta

Kinni, Riitta-Liisa & Tiilikainen, Elisa. (2024). Complex needs and ethical dilemmas - Care managers processing older clients to gerontological social work. International Journal of Social Welfare. Early View. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsw.12656

Kinni, Riitta-Liisa; Rossi, Eeva; Zechner, Minna; Tiilikainen, Elisa; Seppänen, Marjaana; Skaffari, Pia; Soukiala, Tiina; Ruotsalainen, Suvi; Peiponen, Jenna; Pietilä, Ilkka; Niemi, Mia & Korpelainen, Anne (2023). Gerontologisen sosiaalityön osaamista tarvitaan - tuloksia GERIT-hankkeesta. Gerontologia, 37(3), 281-288. https://doi.org/10.23989/gerontologia.130628

Soukiala, Tiina (2023). Sosiaalityöntekijöiden työlleen asettamat tavoitteet gerontologisessa sosiaalityössä. Gerontologia, 37(3), 264-280. https://doi.org/10.23989/gerontologia.127598

Niemi, Mia & Pietilä, Ilkka (2023). Perhesuhteiden diskursiivinen rakentuminen gerontologisen sosiaalityön asiakkaiden asiakirjoissa. Gerontologia, 37(3), 247-263. https://doi.org/10.23989/gerontologia.126182

Zechner, Minna & Rossi, Eeva (2023). Narrated social distance: generational ties. Teoksessa Shahnaj Begum, Joan Harbinson, Päivi Naskali & Minna Zechner (toim.) Distance, Equity and Older People's Experiences in the Nordic Periphery. Centering the Local. Abingdon: Routledge, 30-46. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003280330

Peiponen, Jenna, Tiilikainen, Elisa, & Kinni, Riitta-Liisa (2023). Pyörivää kehää ja pallottelua : Tuen tarpeisiin vastaamisen haasteet ikääntyneiden asiakas- ja palveluohjauksessa. Focus Localis, 51(2), 26-42. https://journal.fi/focuslocalis/article/view/122968

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Niemi, Mia; Soukiala, Tiina; Rossi, Eeva; Hirvonen, Jenna; Ruotsalainen, Suvi; Korpelainen, Anne; Kinni, Riitta-Liisa; Skaffari, Pia; Pietilä, Ilkka; Tiilikainen, Elisa; Zechner, Minna & Seppänen, Marjaana (2021). Gerontologinen sosiaalityö erityisen tuen tarpeisiin vastaamassa. Gerontologia 35(2): 204-209. https://doi.org/10.23989/gerontologia.107922

Pohjanvirta, Tuija (2024). Omaisolettama ja erityisen tuen tarve gerontologisen sosiaalityön käytännöissä. Pro gradu -tutkielma. Itä-Suomen yliopisto: Yhteiskuntatieteiden laitos. http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:uef-20240133

Peiponen, Jenna, Tiilikainen, Elisa, Kinni, Riitta-Liisa & Rissanen, Sari (2024) Navigating Social Services from the Perspective of Finnish Older Adults with Complex Needs: An Examination of Different Dimensions of Access. Journal of Social Service Research, 1-18. DOI: 10.1080/01488376.2024.2388627

Soukiala, Tiina & Pietilä, Ilkka (2024) Elements of trust and trust-building in gerontological social work. The social worker's perspective. Nordic Social Work Research, 1-13. DOI: 10.1080/2156857X.2024.2414123

Soukiala Tiina, Rossi Eeva, Peiponen Jenna, Niemi Mia & Kinni Riitta-Liisa (2024) Vaikuttavaa gerontologista sosiaalityötä erityisen tuen tarpeet tunnistamalla. Teoksessa Marja Hekkala, Jenni Repo, Jenni-Mari Räsänen & Katja Kuusisto (toim.) Tutkiva sosiaalityö. Vaikuttava sosiaalityö muuttuvissa toimintaympäristöissä. Sosiaalityön tutkimuksen seura & Talentia, 101-114.

Rossi, Eeva, Soukiala, Tiina & Seppänen, Marjaana (2024) ”Me ollaan vahvasti rinnalla kulkijoita” Kolmannen sektorin, diakoniatyön ja gerontologisen sosiaalityön toimijoiden rationaliteetit vanhuspalveluissa. Yhteiskuntapolitiikka 89(4), 336-349. https://www.julkari.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/149760/YP2404_Rossiym.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Ruotsalainen, Suvi & Tiilikainen, Elisa (2024) Ikääntyvien tuen tarpeiden tunnistaminen ja niihin vastaaminen etsivässä vanhustyössä. Gerontologia, 38(3), 243-259. DOI: 10.23989/gerontologia.142423

Rossi, Eeva, Korpelainen, Anne, Hirvonen, Jenna & Ruotsalainen, Suvi (2021) Erityisen tuen tarpeet iäkkäiden arjessa. Vanhustyö 3, 12-13.

Ruonala, Elina (2024) Gerontologisen sosiaalityön haasteet sosiaalityöntekijöiden kuvaamana. Sosiaalityön pro gradu -tutkielma. Turun yliopisto. https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2024060342526

Maijala, Anu & Kurki, Elisabeth (2024) Ikääntyneiden huono-osaisuus kolmannen sektorin toimijoiden näkökulmasta. Pro gradu -tutkielma. Sosiaalityö. Lapin yliopisto. https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2024031611563

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