Support for seniors and their families – a case study of the Warsaw Uprising Veterans’ Home
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Akademia Pedagogiki Specjalnej im. Marii Grzegorzewskiej, Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii, Szczęśliwicka 40, 02-353 Warszawa, Polska
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Submission date: 2024-08-09
Acceptance date: 2024-11-10
Online publication date: 2024-11-15
Publication date: 2024-11-15
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Magda Prokopczuk
Akademia Pedagogiki Specjalnej im. Marii Grzegorzewskiej, Instytut Filozofii
i Socjologii, Szczęśliwicka 40, 02-353 Warszawa, Polska
Wychowanie w Rodzinie 2024;31(3):49-65
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Aim. The purpose of this article is an attempt to describe the needs of the elderly participants of the Warsaw Uprising, and to answer the question of how an institution, dedicated to this specific group, the Warsaw Insurgents’ Home, run by the city unit of the Center for
Intergenerational Activity, responds to these needs. An important thread under consideration is also the cooperation of the House staff with families in terms of daily support and care. Methods and materials. The empirical material was collected in a qualitative research
carried out by means of individual in-depth interviews with the employees of the Warsaw Insurgents’ Home, volunteers and insurgents, as well as analysis of the content of websites and materials (articles, information brochures, mentions) both those indicated by the management
of the institution, as well as those available in the virtual space, on the official portals of the Warsaw City or other partners cooperating with the institution. Results and conclusion. The needs of the insurgents are changing as a result of the progressive aging process, limiting psychophysical fitness and the possibility of social adaptation; a large group of insurgents live in single-person households and require support
in daily functioning; the Warsaw Insurgents’ House responds to the changing needs of the insurgents by undertaking new functions (coordination of the services of the City’s institutions, new services of the House); in meeting the needs of the frequenter, the Insurgents’
House cooperates with the City’s institutions and with families.
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