Ignatius Gutsa

Institutional care for the elderly at Bumhudzo

Meeting residents'' individual needs in the face of diversity?

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Institutional care for elderly people is increasingly being favoured compared to community care in most developing countries.Many reasons abound for this shift ranging from collapse of traditional forms of care for elderly people because of breakdown of the extended family caused by impacts of colonialism, urbanisation and the increasing geographical spread of relatives.On the other hand institutional care is accused of disregarding individual needs of residents in the name of efficiency.This book is a study of institutional care for the elderly at Bumhudzo Hospital Home in Chitungwiza,Zimbabwe.The aim of the research was to examine whether institutional care for the elderly recognizes and takes into consideration the individual needs of the elderly in its care.At Bumhudzo these individual needs arise as a result of the elderly's differences along age,gender, nationality,class and religious background.Emphasis is on understanding the different strategies that the residents as individuals employ in attempts to ensure that their needs are met at Bumhudzo.This book will be useful to those in Sociology,Anthropology,Social Work and associated caring professions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 102g
• ISBN-13: 9783844308198
• ISBN-10: 3844308199
• Artikelnr.: 33212265

Autorenporträt

Ignatius Gutsa trabaja actualmente como profesor en el Departamento de Sociología de la Universidad de Zimbabwe. Tiene una maestría en Sociología y Antropología Social y una licenciatura en Sociología (con honores), ambas de la Universidad de Zimbabwe (UZ). Su investigación se centra en la seguridad social de los ancianos.