Open AccessOsteoporosis Patients with Fall-Related Injuries in Residential Environments: Challenges for Social Work
Author(s) -
Jörgen Lundälv
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of social work
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2332-7278
DOI - 10.5296/ijsw.v5i1.12675
Subject(s) - visibility , osteoporosis , social media , work (physics) , qualitative research , psychology , social support , medicine , medical education , social psychology , sociology , engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , social science , physics , world wide web , optics , endocrinology
The study describes the osteoporosis patient’s need of support from medical social workers because of risks and injury events in residential environments. The study includes qualitative interviews of patients and a survey of medical social worker visibility in the media. Findings show that patients feel a lack of knowledge, recognition, and moral respect from the environment. Support from a medical social worker is significant, and activation in a patient association and an osteoporosis school is seen as employing valuable information channels. However, these have a fairly limited visibility in the media, when it comes to describing support opportunities and preventive work.