The rights in the care relationship in elderly home
https://doi.org/10.53809/2021-01-TS-n.1-132-147
Abstract
Social workers in the development of the care relationship with elderly people integrated in elderly home, aim at well-being, dignity and rights. This care relationship transports to ethical values and principles, in the effective guarantee of the dignity and rights of the elderly. This article deals with the care relationship developed by social workers with elderly people integrated in elderly home, in a qualitative approach, through documentary research, in order to broaden the debate on the development of the care relationship, starting from ethics, dignity and the rights of elderly people integrated into the home. Every care relationship must develop based on values, self-determination, decision-making power, individualization, dignity and respect. Through this action, training is developed, free decision-making, the guarantee of respect for convictions, needs and privacy. The rights, desires and tastes of the elderly are still invisible in the care relationship, so there is a need to be an effective practice.
Downloads
Open Access Policy
Temas Sociais Journal is an open access journal, providing free, immediate and unrestricted access to its contents, with the aim of promoting the circulation of scientific knowledge and academic exchange at national and international levels.
By submitting their manuscripts, authors authorize the publication, dissemination and public communication of their work within the scope of the journal, while retaining full responsibility for the content of the submitted manuscripts.
Copyright
Authors retain copyright over their works and grant Temas Sociais Journal the right to publish, reproduce, disseminate and archive the contents in digital format, in accordance with the journal’s editorial policy and open access principles.
Any reuse of published content must comply with the conditions established by the journal and with applicable copyright legislation.
Code of Ethics and Good Practices
Temas Sociais Journal is committed to the ethical principles of research and scientific publishing, promoting academic integrity, editorial transparency, and equal opportunities in access to knowledge. To this end, it adopts the following Code of Ethics and Good Practices:
-
Submitted manuscripts must be original, unpublished, and of exclusive authorship, and must not have been previously published, disseminated, or submitted to another journal.
-
Authors are responsible for obtaining all necessary permissions for the publication of their work and for properly acknowledging all sources and references used.
-
Research resulting from external funding must ensure, where applicable, authorization for the dissemination of the results.
-
All submitted manuscripts are subject to plagiarism detection, using the tool in force at the Universidade Lusófona – Centro Universitário de Lisboa.
-
Articles are evaluated by external peer reviewers with expertise in the relevant field, under a double-blind peer review system, ensuring the anonymity of both authors and reviewers throughout the process.
-
Research involving human participants must ensure informed consent, strict respect for data confidentiality, and, where applicable, approval by an Ethics Committee.
-
Authorship must reflect exclusively those individuals who have made a significant intellectual contribution to the conception and execution of the research, analysis of results, drafting of the manuscript, and approval of the final version.
