Grandparents and Social Work Services: A Social Work Appraisal in Tehran, Iran
- Author Mohammad Taghi Sheykhi
- DOI
- Country : Iran
- Subject : Social Science
Abstract
The article explores how due to demographic change the number of the elderly people and grandparents is increasing with surging needs and expectations. In such a case adequate number of social workers is not available to comply with the elderly's needs. Similarly, social work is concerned with individual and personal problems which may include poverty, unemployment, domestic violence etc. Because of the emergence of the new lifestyle, social work services need to be provided to fill the vacuum. As a whole, the amount and quality of help requested by the grandparents of different backgrounds is not the same. Nowadays, the elderly remain longer in married life. In such settings social workers have a better role to play. Social workers provide counseling to individuals, families and senior citizens to meet their needs. During the tragic transition too, when one spouse dies, the contributions of social workers are quite important. The samples of the present article is 452 men and women of age 65 and over. The main hypothesis of the research is: provision of social work services leads to improved quality of life of grandparents.
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