This thesis explores speech-language pathologists' (SLPs) perceptions of, experiences with, and perceived barriers to providing psychosocial support to couples impacted by aphasia. A survey was conducted, with 50 responses analyzed. All participants were licensed SLPs who work in the United States and have people with aphasia (PWA) on their caseload. Participants responded to a portion of survey questions, viewed five short videos of Relationship-Centered Communication Partner Training (RC-CPT), then answered a portion of repeated questions to measure the change in perceived confidence, comfort, knowledge, and experience. Results indicate that SLPs perceive counseling to be within their scope of practice and are aware of the psychological distress experienced by PWA. Additionally, SLPs reported increased confidence in counseling couples impacted by aphasia after watching the RC-CPT video vignettes. However, reported barriers to providing counseling to PWA and their significant others included lack of significant other availability, and time/caseload pressures. SLPs reported greater comfort in tasks such as coaching couples on communication strategies and less comfort on topics such as addressing relationship roles and responsibilities or helping couples set goals regarding relationship roles and responsibilities. These findings have implications for SLP training and practice, emphasizing the importance of addressing the psychosocial needs of both individuals and couples impacted by aphasia. Further research is needed to determine the impact of counseling training for SLPs and the development of effective training to increase SLPs' confidence and comfort in counseling couples affected by aphasia.

Section A: Article 1.Due to the increasing number of people being infected with or affected by HIV or AIDS, the need for home-based care services has increased. The psycho-social needs of families have also increased due to HIV infection resulting in a need for more extensive service rendering by relevant service providers. By exploring the role of Hospice T.L.C. caregivers in meeting these needs, recommendations could be made for service rendering to families infected with or affected by HIV or AIDS. Main focus areas for service rendering to these families were identified. / Section B, Article 1: In Kokstad, Kwazulu-Natal Hospice caregivers have been rendering services to families infected with and affected by HIV and AIDS. The role of these caregivers was explored by means of a qualitative study making use of focus groups. The focus of this article is the role that Hospice caregivers fulfil in meeting the needs of these families. Through their training and knowledge they obtain access to families infected with and affected by HIV and AIDS. From the study, certain recommendations could be made that could improve future service rendering, and assist the caregivers in meeting the needs of their patients more effectively. / Section B, Article 2: Literature indicates that people are widely affected by the presence of HIV or AIDS in their lives. The effects are of a physical, psychological, as well as a social nature. This has several implications for the affected families. In this study the bio-psychosocial needs, as identified by families themselves, receive attention. This qualitative study was conducted with the help of caregivers of Hospice T.L.C. operating in the Kokstad area, Kwazulu-Natal and involved home visits to affected families where an interview schedule guided the process of data collection. Material needs, as well as a need for emotional support were the most prevalent. The relationship between the caregivers and affected families are very positive, allowing an open door for further service rendering. / Section B, Article 3: Hospice T.L.C. is a non-profit organization (NPO) operating since 2006. They are rendering holistic, palliative and frail care services to ail patients in the Kokstad area, southern. KwaZulu-Natal. This qualitative study was aimed at exploring the extent of involvement of welfare organisations in meeting the bio-psychosocial needs of families infected with and affected by HIV or AIDS. This article deals with the stakeholders rendering services to these families and possible ways in which service rendering could be improved. Data was obtained during a focus group session with the caregivers and their supervisor. Interviews were conducted with members of the relevant resources that could meet the bio-psychosocial needs of families infected with or affected by HIV and AIDS. / Thesis (M.A. (MW))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2010.

Section A: Article 1.Due to the increasing number of people being infected with or affected by HIV or AIDS, the need for home-based care services has increased. The psycho-social needs of families have also increased due to HIV infection resulting in a need for more extensive service rendering by relevant service providers. By exploring the role of Hospice T.L.C. caregivers in meeting these needs, recommendations could be made for service rendering to families infected with or affected by HIV or AIDS. Main focus areas for service rendering to these families were identified. / Section B, Article 1: In Kokstad, Kwazulu-Natal Hospice caregivers have been rendering services to families infected with and affected by HIV and AIDS. The role of these caregivers was explored by means of a qualitative study making use of focus groups. The focus of this article is the role that Hospice caregivers fulfil in meeting the needs of these families. Through their training and knowledge they obtain access to families infected with and affected by HIV and AIDS. From the study, certain recommendations could be made that could improve future service rendering, and assist the caregivers in meeting the needs of their patients more effectively. / Section B, Article 2: Literature indicates that people are widely affected by the presence of HIV or AIDS in their lives. The effects are of a physical, psychological, as well as a social nature. This has several implications for the affected families. In this study the bio-psychosocial needs, as identified by families themselves, receive attention. This qualitative study was conducted with the help of caregivers of Hospice T.L.C. operating in the Kokstad area, Kwazulu-Natal and involved home visits to affected families where an interview schedule guided the process of data collection. Material needs, as well as a need for emotional support were the most prevalent. The relationship between the caregivers and affected families are very positive, allowing an open door for further service rendering. / Section B, Article 3: Hospice T.L.C. is a non-profit organization (NPO) operating since 2006. They are rendering holistic, palliative and frail care services to ail patients in the Kokstad area, southern. KwaZulu-Natal. This qualitative study was aimed at exploring the extent of involvement of welfare organisations in meeting the bio-psychosocial needs of families infected with and affected by HIV or AIDS. This article deals with the stakeholders rendering services to these families and possible ways in which service rendering could be improved. Data was obtained during a focus group session with the caregivers and their supervisor. Interviews were conducted with members of the relevant resources that could meet the bio-psychosocial needs of families infected with or affected by HIV and AIDS. / Thesis (M.A. (MW))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2010.

The Masters thesis deals with the psychosocial needs of seniors in residential care. The theoretical part characterizes the old age phenomenon as a natural part of human life. It describes the attitude of society to senior citizens and the status of the senior in the family system. The thesis focuses on the saturation of psychosocial needs of seniors within institutional care. Impact is placed on the role of a social worker in providing social help to these people. The research part detects through semi-structured interviews how the users of social services perceive the quality of their life in the retirement home. The results of the research are compared with the opinions of experts dealing with senior issues.

The thesis on topic "The path of life of young adults after leaving children's home" deals with problems encountered by young people, who spent at least a part of their childhood in some form of institutional, as they now stand at the door-steps of their new, less structured life. The theoretical part of this thesis is oriented toward a description of the system of institutional upbringing, followed by detailing the various psychosocial needs of young people. Attention is also given to negative circumstances effecting the incorporation of such "institutional" children into a general population. The Practical part is concerned with monitoring and description of the new life beginnings undertaken by these young individuals from children's homes. With the help of semi-structured interviews, finding out the experiences and feelings of people, who were growing up in children's homes and their transition to the real world. This whole thesis is pointing out problems of people who are growing up outside of their nuclear family. Emphasis is put on their suitable incorporation into society.

Bakgrund: Tonåringar och unga vuxna (15–39 år) som insjuknar i cancer möts av emotionella, fysiska och sociala utmaningar. Utöver rädsla för cancersjukdomen kan utbildning och jobb samt den ekonomiska situationen oroa. Forskning visar att tonåringar och unga vuxna med cancersjukdom har högre förekomst och större risk för psykosociala besvär än personer utan cancer i samma ålder och äldre patienter med cancersjukdom. Syfte: Att sammanställa litteratur om de psykosociala behov som tonåringar och unga vuxna med cancer har. Metod: En allmän litteraturstudie genomfördes med fokus på kvalitativa studier och studier med mixad metod. Femton artiklar kvalitetsgranskades och analyserades med innehållsanalys. Resultat: Innehållsanalysen resulterade i fyra kategorier med tillhörande subkategorier: Önskan att upprätthålla ett vanligt liv, Utmanande känslor och tankar, Socialt stöd och Oro för framtiden. Ett flertal psykosociala behov och utmaningar beskrevs vilka omfattade social isolering, fertilitetsoro, oro för jobb/utbildning och ekonomisk situation. I de analyserade artiklarna beskrevs ett behov av att få ha en vanlig vardag och bli behandlad som tidigare, men att de återigen blivit beroende av sina föräldrar. Det psykosociala stödet från familj, partner, vänner och hälso- och sjukvården beskrevs variera i omfattning och utförande. I flera av studierna beskrevs en önskan av att träffa andra i samma situation, att man kände sig malplacerad i cancervården och önskade mer åldersanpassad information. Slutsats: Tonåringar och unga vuxna är en speciell patientgrupp som skiljer sig från de typiska cancerpatienterna. I denna litteraturöversikt omfattande 15 kvalitativa studier framkommer otillfredsställda psykosociala behov hos unga personer med cancer. För att bättre möta den här gruppens psykosociala behov skulle ett arbetssätt utifrån den modell House beskriver kunna utformas, det vill säga genom att ta hänsyn till deras behov av emotionellt, bekräftande, informativt och instrumentellt stöd. / Background: Adolescents and young adults (15–39 years) who develop cancer face emotional, physical and social challenges. In addition to fear of the cancer disease, education and work as well as the financial situation can cause concern. Research shows that adolescents and young adults with cancer have a higher incidence and greater risk of psychosocial problems than people without cancer of the same age and older patients with cancer. Aim: To compile literature on the psychosocial needs of adolescents and young adults with cancer. Method: A general literature study was conducted with a focus on qualitative studies and mixed method studies. Fifteen articles were quality reviewed and analyzed using content analysis. Results: The content analysis resulted in four categories with associated subcategories: The desire to maintain an ordinary life, Challenging feelings and thoughts, Social support and Worry about the future. A number of psychosocial needs and challenges were described, which included social isolation, fertility concerns, concerns about work/education and financial situation. In the analyzed articles, a need to have a normal everyday life and to be treated as before was described, but that they once again became dependent on their parents. The psychosocial support from family, partner, friends and health care was described as varying in scope and execution. In several of the studies, a desire to meet others in the same situation was described, that they felt out of place in cancer care and wanted more age-appropriate information. Conclusion: Adolescents and young adults are a special patient group that differs from the typical cancer patients. In this literature review comprising 15 qualitative studies, unsatisfied psychosocial needs of young people with cancer emerge. In order to better meet the psychosocial needs of this group, a working method based on the model described by House could be designed, that is, by taking into account their need for emotional, affirmative, informative and instrumental support.

For a person stoma means change both in the health as well as psychosocial area. It is necessary to perceive the person as a bio-psycho-socially-spiritual being requiring satisfaction of all his/her needs. Shortage of satisfaction of psychosocial needs can have very serious impacts on the overall health condition of the client. Stoma nurses and stoma clubs significantly contribute to satisfaction of needs. Stoma nurses deal not only with a preoperative, postoperative care for stoma suffering people, their education but they also help them to solve problems, which occurred in connection with stoma, answer their questions and are their consultants and support. Stoma nurses are a great benefit for stoma suffering people and their families. Stoma clubs are voluntary associations where people suffering stoma meet. Their task is to defend the interests and rights of stoma suffering people, organise meetings, special seminars, cultural events and stays. Versatile activity of the clubs is involved in client?s stoma adaptation, improvement of his/her life and making satisfaction of psychosocial needs easier. The target of the Diploma Thesis was to find out the most frequent psychosocial problems of stoma patients and whether stoma stresses more ileostoma patients than colostomy ones. Targets of the thesis were met. There were defined five hypotheses for the targets. First hypothesis dealt with the question, whether stoma patients suffer lack of satisfaction of psychosocial needs. Second hypothesis analysed, whether stoma disturbed partner life of the stoma patient. Third hypothesis analysed, whether stoma nurses bring benefit to a stoma patient and the fourth one, whether stoma clubs are beneficial for a stoma patient. These hypotheses were proved. The fifth hypothesis analysed, whether stoma stresses more ileostoma than colostomy patients. This hypothesis was not proved. To collect data I used the form of quantitative research using non-standardised questionnaire for people suffering ileostoma and colostomy. This Diploma Thesis shall point out the necessity of satisfaction of psychosocial needs of stoma patients in practice.

The aim of the diploma thesis is to map out the subjective view of volunteers on the psychosocial needs of patients at the Long-term care department in the Královské Vinohrady Faculty Hospital. The work first focuses on the characteristics of patients in a long-term treatment. It also provides the overview of their psychological and social needs and about those who play a role in meeting these needs. The reconnaissance survey identifies areas where volunteers complement the work of social workers and care staff. In the evaluation, the results of the interviews with volunteers are compared with the opinions of the patients themselves

Les recherches actuelles sur la résilience s’intéressent à l’intervention psychoéducative sur les facteurs de risque, en vue de passer d’une résilience naturelle à une résilience assistée : nous considérons la promotion des pratiques de résilience comme un facteur de développement des capacités psychologiques des enfants. Dans ce sens, le milieu scolaire peut constituer un espace d’interactions sociales et avec le soutien de la famille favoriser l’émergence de ressources socio-affectives, cognitives et conatives. Comment les pratiques scolaires peuvent-elles promouvoir la résilience ? Pour répondre à cette question, nous avons travaillé auprès d’un échantillon de 119 enfants à haut risque fréquentant des écoles défavorisées du Pérou. Notre approche méthodologique a pris en compte la perception qu’ont les enseignants et les élèves du climat social scolaire, en particulier des relations entre élèves, des relations entre enseignants, des relations entre élèves et enseignants, de l’organisation, de l’établissement des règles, et du développement d’activités périscolaires. En outre, nous avons identifié les besoins psychosociaux des élèves sur la base de leurs déclarations. Ces analyses nous ont apporté des éléments de réponse qui nous servent à proposer des pratiques psychoéducatives de résilience.Les pratiques psychoéducatives sont réparties en quatre catégories : la salle de classe et l’école, l’école et la famille, les parents et l’enfant, et les besoins psychosociaux de l’enfant/élève. / The research on resilience has focused mainly on psycho educational intervention on risk factors in children. Studying not only "natural resilience" but how "assisted resilience" helps children deal with trauma. This change of strategy suggests that promoting practices of resilience may be a means of developing psychological skills of resilience into children. To that respect, the schools’ social environment, with the help of the family, can be used as a place of interaction that promotes the emergence of social, emotional, cognitive and volitional skills whitin the students. The key question of this study is how schools can include practices that enhance the development of resilience skills into children? To answer this question, we used a sample of 119 high-risk children attending disadvantaged Peruvian schools. Our methodology takes into account the teachers’ and students’ perceptions of the school’s social climate, in particular the relationship among students, among teachers, and between students and teachers, the school’s organization, the establishment of rules, and the development of extracurricular activities. The study also includes the students’ thoughts about their psychosocial needs. The analysis of these elements provides a basis to suggest psychoeducational practices to promote resilience. These psychoeducational practices come into four categories: practices related to the classroom and the school, to the school and the family, to the parents and their children, and to the psychosocial needs of the child/student.

The incidence of HIV and AIDS is rising rapidly and has become a serious concern in South Africa. In order to address the HIV and AIDS problem, Community Based Care was introduced to render an effective service to the HIV and AIDS patient. The volunteers receive training to equip them to render a holistic service to the HIV and AIDS patient. The researcher’s concern is that despite the training programme offered, there are still problems regarding the service delivery by the volunteers. Volunteers focus on the physical needs of the HIV and AIDS patient only and do not attend to their psychosocial needs, despite the fact that they are trained to take care of the needs of the HIV and AIDS patient from a holistic approach. Due to this problem, the researcher decided to explore the experiences of the volunteers regarding the implementation of the training programme on HIV and AIDS Community Based Care in order to find answers as to why they do not attend to the psychosocial needs of the HIV and AIDS patient, although they were holistically trained. The research question was formulated as follows: What is the experience of volunteers in the Potchefstroom Municipality regarding the implementation of the training programme on HIV and AIDS Community Based Care? The researcher used a quantitative approach to explore the research question. Twenty (20) volunteers from the two Community Based Care programmes, namely Baptist Children’s Centre and Bambanani Youth Project, were randomly selected for inclusion in the study. The data collection method used was a group questionnaire. Three themes were explored, namely, the content of the training programme, presentation of the training programme and empowerment of the volunteers to render an effective service to the HIV and AIDS patient. The findings showed that volunteers experienced limitations regarding the content and the presentation of the training programme, and much so in the area of attending to the psychosocial needs of the HIV and AIDS patient. They recommended changes to the training programme, based on their experiences in practice. / Dissertation (MSW)--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Social Work and Criminology / unrestricted