Working with seniors in the case of abuse is challenging and demanding, and social workers need to use an anti-oppressive approach in order to address the issue and meet seniors’ needs. Additionally, social workers need to have a deep knowledge about risk factors, symptoms of neglect and elder abuse, in order to address the consequences and prevent them from reoccurrence (Donovan & Regehr, 2010).
Elder abuse is a result of oppression based on age, which means that structural anti-oppression intervention surrounding aging is required in order to “confront and change social institutions, policies, laws, and economic and political systems that operate in a way that benefit the dominant group at the expense of subordinate groups” (Mullaly, 2007, …show more content…
Hence, Gil (1998), defined guidelines and anti-oppressive principles that I will take in consideration on social work practice: “alleviate suffering from systemic oppression and injustice” (as cited in Mullaly, 2007, p. 273) and implement consciousness-raising in order to understand and raise awareness regarding the root of elder abuse, and eradicate injustice and oppression causes (Mullaly, 2010). By implementing consciousness-raising, I will be educating other people regarding elder abuse, by providing detail information about the social issue and through this, I will be able to change perceptions around seniors and different forms of …show more content…
Social work professionals who work in this setting turn into monitors of public policies and social conditions. Therefore, they are fundamental in “refining the social work profession and society-at-large, regarding anticipated or unanticipated consequences that might result from public policies and practices in Canada” (Graham, Swift, & Delaney, 2003, as cited in Yee, 2016, October 20). In this context, the role of social workers is to advocate for social justice by using social policy to promote political solutions for social issues, which means that practitioners can “promote social equality and social justice not only in the service community but also in the population at large” (Graham, Swift, & Delaney, 2003, as cited in Yee, 2016, October
Elder abuse is a result of oppression based on age, which means that structural anti-oppression intervention surrounding aging is required in order to “confront and change social institutions, policies, laws, and economic and political systems that operate in a way that benefit the dominant group at the expense of subordinate groups” (Mullaly, 2007, …show more content…
Hence, Gil (1998), defined guidelines and anti-oppressive principles that I will take in consideration on social work practice: “alleviate suffering from systemic oppression and injustice” (as cited in Mullaly, 2007, p. 273) and implement consciousness-raising in order to understand and raise awareness regarding the root of elder abuse, and eradicate injustice and oppression causes (Mullaly, 2010). By implementing consciousness-raising, I will be educating other people regarding elder abuse, by providing detail information about the social issue and through this, I will be able to change perceptions around seniors and different forms of …show more content…
Social work professionals who work in this setting turn into monitors of public policies and social conditions. Therefore, they are fundamental in “refining the social work profession and society-at-large, regarding anticipated or unanticipated consequences that might result from public policies and practices in Canada” (Graham, Swift, & Delaney, 2003, as cited in Yee, 2016, October 20). In this context, the role of social workers is to advocate for social justice by using social policy to promote political solutions for social issues, which means that practitioners can “promote social equality and social justice not only in the service community but also in the population at large” (Graham, Swift, & Delaney, 2003, as cited in Yee, 2016, October