TY  - JOUR
T1  - An Examination of Effective Coping Strategies Against Role Loss Among Older Adults Receiving Institution-Based Care: A Focus Group Study
TT  - Kurumsal Bakım Alan Yaşlı Bireylerde Rol Kayıplarına Karşı Etkili Başa Çıkma Stratejilerinin İncelenmesi: Bir Odak Grup Çalışması
AU  - Açan, Bilge
AU  - Gökçearslan Çifci, Elif
PY  - 2025
DA  - October
Y2  - 2025
DO  - 10.33417/tsh.1719250
JF  - Toplum ve Sosyal Hizmet
PB  - Hacettepe University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2147-3374
SP  - 821
EP  - 840
VL  - 36
IS  - 4
LA  - en
AB  - This qualitative study examines the effective coping strategies developed by older adults receiving institution-based care in response to role losses and investigates how these strategies support group members in coping with role loss. Data were collected through a focus group conducted with eight participants at Darülaceze, a residential care institution located in Istanbul, Türkiye, and analyzed using thematic analysis. Three main themes emerged: current roles, self-selected roles, and structured roles. The findings indicated that, in order to compensate for role losses, participants adopted meaningful roles and organized their role-related behaviors in ways that aligned their individuality with their social environment. This restructuring of social roles had a positive impact on participants’ social functioning and their adaptation to institutional life. In conclusion, the study underscores the significance of assuming meaningful roles in coping with role losses and demonstrates that the empowerment approach in social work practice, together with the life wisdom shared in focus group discussions, can inform the design of interventions at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels.
KW  - role losses
KW  - focus group
KW  - qualitative research
KW  - social work
KW  - older adults
N2  - Bu niteliksel çalışma, kurum temelli bakım alan yaşlı yetişkinlerin rol kayıplarına karşı geliştirdikleri etkili başa çıkma stratejilerini ve bu stratejilerin grup üyelerinin rol kaybıyla başa çıkmalarına nasıl katkı sağladığını incelemektedir. Veriler, İstanbul’da bulunan Darülaceze kurumunda sekiz katılımcı ile gerçekleştirilen bir odak grup çalışması yoluyla toplanmış ve tematik analiz yöntemiyle değerlendirilmiştir. Analiz sonucunda üç ana tema ortaya çıkmıştır: mevcut roller, kendi seçtikleri roller ve yapılandırılmış roller. Bulgular, rol kayıplarını telafi etmek için katılımcıların anlamlı roller üstlendiklerini ve bu rollere ilişkin davranışlarını bireyselliklerini sosyal çevreleriyle uyumlu hale getirecek şekilde düzenlediklerini göstermiştir. Sosyal rollerin yeniden yapılandırılması, katılımcıların sosyal işlevsellikleri ve kurumsal yaşama uyumları üzerinde olumlu etki yaratmıştır. Sonuç olarak, bu çalışma, rol kayıplarıyla başa çıkma sürecinde anlamlı roller üstlenmenin önemini vurgulamakta ve sosyal hizmet uygulamalarında güçlendirme yaklaşımının, odak grup tartışmalarında ortaya çıkan yaşam bilgeliğiyle birlikte, mikro, mezzo ve makro düzeylerdeki müdahalelerin tasarımına katkı sağlayabileceğini göstermektedir.
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.33417/tsh.1719250
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/4957216
ER  -