AN OVERVIEW OF ELDERLY CARE TECHNICIANS IN ELDERLY CARE SERVICES AS A SOCIAL POLICY FIELD

Year 2024, Volume: 23 Issue: 91, 1306 - 1322

Harika Şen

https://doi.org/10.17755/esosder.1447581

Abstract

Abstract
As in the rest of the world, in Turkey, the ageing population has become an issue that needs to be focused on. Elderly care service includes a social, economic and psychological process. Social policy, elderly care services are carried out by nursing and daycare homes. However, since placing elderly individuals in nursing homes is not a widely accepted approach under the traditional family structure in Turkey, care services are primarily provided in the elderly person's own home or their children's. In addition, the participation of women in working life mainly results in the elderly individuals at home being cared for by a newcomer woman, and this care service is often carried out by people who have not received the necessary training in elderly care and often by foreign national employees; accordingly, the care that should be supplied to the elderly is not provided proficiently. Particularly in the present, the lack of sufficient quantitative health professionals to meet the increasing elderly population causes deficiencies in providing the necessary care. Considering that this deficiency can be met at the technician level, geriatric care technician training programmes are being initiated, and the gap in this field is being filled with trained personnel shortly.

Keywords

Social Policy, Elderly Care Services, Geriatric Care Technician, Health Services

SOSYAL POLİTİKA ALANI OLARAK YAŞLI BAKIM HİZMETLERİNDE YAŞLI BAKIM TEKNİKERLERİNE BAKIŞ

Abstract

Öz
Dünya nüfusunun giderek yaşlandığı bilinen bir gerçektir. Tüm dünyada olduğu gibi Türkiye’de de yaşlanan nüfus üzerinde durulması gereken bir konu olmuştur. Yaşlı bakım hizmeti sosyal bir mesele olduğu kadar aynı zamanda ekonomik ve psikolojik bir süreci de kapsamaktadır. Bu süreçte yaşlı bireylerin bakımı önemi gün geçtikçe artan bir konudur. Sosyal politika olarak yaşlı bakım hizmetleri huzurevleri, gündüz bakım evleri eliyle yürütülmektedir. Ancak ülkemizde geleneksel aile yapısı gereğince yaşlı bireylerin huzurevine yerleştirilmesi çok fazla kabul gören bir yaklaşım olmadığı için bakım hizmeti daha ziyade yaşlı bireyin kendi evinde ya da çocuklarının evinde bakım şeklinde gerçekleşmektedir. Ayrıca özellikle kadınların çalışma hayatına girmesi, evdeki yaşlı bireylerin genellikle başka bir kadın tarafından bakılması sonucunu doğurmakta, bu bakım hizmeti çoğu zaman yaşlı bakımı konusunda gerekli eğitimi almamış kişiler ya da yabancı uyruklu çalışanlar eliyle yürütülmekte; yaşlı bireye sağlanması gereken bakım olması gerektiği gibi verilememektedir. Özellikle son dönemde sağlık profesyonellerinin artan yaşlı nüfusa nicel olarak yeterli gelmemesi, gerekli bakımın yapılması konusunda eksiklikler yaşanmasına neden olmaktadır. Bu eksikliğin tekniker düzeyinde sağlanabileceğinden hareketle, yaşlı bakım teknikerleri yetiştirilmeye başlanmış, sahadaki boşluk eğitimli personelle doldurulmaya çalışılmıştır.

Keywords

Sosyal Politika, Yaşlı Bakım Hizmetleri, Yaşlı Bakım Teknikeri, Sağlık Hizmetleri

Ethical Statement

Makale derleme makale olduğu için etik kurul izni bulunmamaktadır.

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