{"title":"The interaction of the volunteer and the elderly in the process of providing institutional social care","authors":"Loreta Kumžienė, Inesė Ratnikaitė","doi":"10.56131/tmt.2023.2.2.167","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The article presents the features of interaction between a volunteer and an elderly person in the process of providing institutional social assistance. The theoretical aspects of an elderly person in an institution and the possibilities of interaction between a volunteer and an elderly person in institutional care are considered. 3 volunteers and 7 elderly persons were interviewed. Challenges and directions for improvement of the interaction of volunteers with the elderly are revealed. Keywords: social work, volunteering, elderly person, institutional care.","PeriodicalId":360544,"journal":{"name":"Applied Scientific Research","volume":"132 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Applied Scientific Research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.56131/tmt.2023.2.2.167","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The article presents the features of interaction between a volunteer and an elderly person in the process of providing institutional social assistance. The theoretical aspects of an elderly person in an institution and the possibilities of interaction between a volunteer and an elderly person in institutional care are considered. 3 volunteers and 7 elderly persons were interviewed. Challenges and directions for improvement of the interaction of volunteers with the elderly are revealed. Keywords: social work, volunteering, elderly person, institutional care.