WHAT DO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND OLDER PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THE TRAINING OF THE PERSONAL CARE GIVERS? A TRANSNATIONAL STUDY

Yıl 2018, Cilt: 3 Sayı: 2, 42 - 52, 25.06.2018

Bulent Elbasan , Deran Oskay Alper Güzel Abdullah Alper Ertem Seyhan Fırat Karel Van Isacker Konstantinos Mourlas

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The aim of this study is to investigate the profile of the Personal Care
Givers (PCGs), for the preparation of the basic training curriculum, who are
serving for the older people and the people with disabilities (PwD) among the
selected European countries. A total of 276 questionnaires were completed by
respondents living in Flanders (Belgium), Bulgaria, Germany and Turkey, online
or during an interview/focus group. All the questionnaires were completed by
the participants online in those EU countries who took part in this study. Concerning
the demographics of the beneficiaries, there were respondents exceeded 75 years
of age (34.8%) and there was equal representation of the two genders. The 67.0%
of the respondents encountered motor disabilities, while 27.9% stated that they
encountered problems with vision, 24.9% with hearing, 15% encounter
intellectual disabilities and 19.3% suffer from chronic diseases. While most of
the respondents (84%) need assistance at home, they also highlighted the need
of assistance in the workplace, in education, as well as in vocational
rehabilitation. 35% of the respondents stated that they need assistance in at
community. The results are extremely encouraging for the development of the personal
care giver (PCG) training curriculum and material, since people from target
groups identified that the preferred methods for training cover all areas that
the selected EU countries plan to address. Together with the training modules
that are already in practice by vocational and educational training (VET)
centers, which were identified during the desktop research, the research’s
results will work as a guide for the production of the study's outcomes.

Bu çalışmanın amacı, seçilmiş Avrupa ülkelerinde kişisel bakım
verenlerin (KBV) genel profilinin araştırılması ve hazırlanacak eğitim müfredatına
temel oluşturmasıdır. Belçika, Bulgaristan, Almanya ve Türkiye’de yaşayan
toplam 276 anket çevrimiçi veya yüz yüze olarak tamamlandı. Avrupa Birliği
ülkelerindeki tüm anketler çevrimiçi olarak uygulandı. Yararlanıcıların demografik
verilerine bakıldığında, 75 yaşını geçenlerin (%34,8) de yer aldığı ve her iki
cinsiyetin eşit şekilde yer aldıkları görüldü. Cevap verenlerin %67,0’si
fiziksel engelliyken, %27,9’u görme, 24,9’u işitme %15’i bilişsel ve %19,3’ü
kronik hastalığa sahipti. Katılımcıların %84’ü evde bakıma ihtiyaç duyarken,
birçoğunun iş ortamında, eğitim aldıkları yerlerde ve meşguliyet merkezlerinde
yardıma ihtiyaçları olduğu tespit edildi. %35 katılımcı toplum içerisinde
desteğe ihtiyacı olduğunu bildirdi. Ortaya çıkan sonuçlar, bakım verenlerin ihtiyaçlarını ortaya koyarak,
seçilen Avrupa Birliği ülkelerinde geliştirilmesi gereken eğitim müfredatının
içeriğinin belirlenmesinde çok önemli veriler ortaya koymuştur. Mesleki eğitim
merkezlerinde hâlihazırda vergilemekte olan eğitimlerin değerlendirilmesine
fırsat vererek önemli veriler ortaya koymuştur.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Care giver, older people, disability, Bakım veren, yaşlı, engel

Kaynakça

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