Bibliography: leaves 111-119. / This study proposes an alternative model for housing and caring for the aged, without admitting them to the care of total institutions. Ordinary houses on ordinary streets are converted into neighbourhood old age homes in which a small number of elderly people live together. The home may be sponsored by any body, and, other than the cost of purchasing the house and furniture, it can be financially self-sufficient. The study seeks to examine the difficulty of defining old age, the phenomenon of ageing populations and discrimination against the aged. It provides a brief history of old age homes. Issues in the care of the elderly are discussed, including the role of the state and the individual, and categories of the aged and housing for these groups. Some major controversies in the field, notably the question of age-segregated or age-integrated housing, institutional versus community care and the dangers of moving the aged, are described. The study analyses the South African system of care for the elderly, and highlights the problem of the present focus on expensive institutional care. The suitability of this model of care is questioned and it is recommended that the small neighbourhood old age home model be introduced to broaden the existing continuum of care. The Abbeyfield Society of Great Britain, which pioneered this model of housing and caring for the elderly is described. The model is examined in detail. Finally, the study explores the work of the Catholic Welfare Bureau in Cape Town, which has implemented and adapted this model in South Africa. This agency's network of neighbourhood old age homes will be extended to include care for the frail aged, and the basis of its planning proposed for this phase is examined.

Bibliography : pages 195-197. / The many social problems in Rehoboth could be ascribed to the economic under-development of the region as well structures established for social service delivery. The present context in which the social worker practices community development, the theories which are used as an approach for community development and the methods used for community development cause a conundrum in the practical field. This dilemma leads the social worker to question the specific social work theories and models used for community development, especially when implemented to bring about expectant social change. The need for re-evaluating social work theory and community development practice is pointed out by means of redefining the role of the social worker, the functions and purpose of community development, the approaches used as well as indicating the direction of a more relevant practice towards solving social problems inherent in an under-developed community.

Includes bibliography. / This study examined the response of the Cape Mental Health Society to the mental health problems of Blacks in the Western Cape. This response has been examined against the organisational and the community contexts in which such services are provided. Environmental constraints which surround service provision were examined at macro- and micro-level. The macro-level covered the unfavourable political, social and economic aspects as experienced by both the organisation and its clientele. The micro-level covered those aspects which impinge on service delivery but are within the scope of the organisation. It is agreed that these aspects affect the nature of the response of the organisation to mental health needs of blacks negatively. The study emphasizes the need to define mental health within the South African context from a psychiatric and socio-political perspective as such a definition allows for appropriate service provision. Data was collected from primary and secondary sources. Interviewing was used as a technique for collecting primary data. Structured and unstructured interviews were carried out with people from various disciplines, community members, and present and prospective service consumers. The exploratory-descriptive approach was used. The problems and needs of clients were quantified in terms of the organisation's waiting lists and other criteria. Services rendered by the Society were quantified in terms of clients being served and the number of projects and programmes undertaken to meet different mental health needs. Ideas have been developed about mental health services amongst the black communities and their cultural perception of mental health needs. The findings emphasize inadequacy of the response of the Cape Mental Health Society to mental health needs of blacks. The present facilities are insufficient and inappropriate to mental health needs of blacks. They are characterised by inaccessibility, inefficiency and ineffectiveness where they do exist. A marked inequality in the provision of services to the two population groups, that is, Coloureds and Blacks, has been identified. A framework for developing mental health services for blacks in the Western Cape has been recommended. This framework proposed various steps which can be taken in such development.

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Orientador: Renato Bueno Franco / Banca: Robespierre de Oliveira / Banca: José Pedro Antunes / Banca: Edmundo Antonio Peggion / Banca: Antonio Álvares Soares Zuin / Resumo: Esta pesquisa aborda um fenômeno típico das sociedades contemporâneas, a administração social das atividades físicas no tempo livre em meio à natureza. O objetivo é analisar/compreender a potencialidade emancipatória dessas atividades a partir dos estudos dos pensadores da Escola de Frankfurt. A hipótese é de que o contato das pessoas com a natureza no tempo livre pode promover uma relação em que tanto a natureza quanto o sujeito não são percebidos como objeto de exploração e dominação; relação que nas condições de administração social encontra-se prejudicada e até obstaculizada. Constituída de três capítulos, os dois primeiros apresentam e discutem o aporte conceitual e teórico que analisa historicamente o trabalho e o tempo livre, enquanto o último analisa e reflete criticamente os dados coletados por meio de pesquisa empírica de práticas de lazer em meio à natureza na cidade de Carrancas/MG, conhecida como uma espécie de refúgio daqueles que vivem em centros urbanos maiores devido às suas belezas naturais. / Abstract: This research deals with a typical feature of the contemporary societies, the social administration of the physical activities in the free time along with the nature. The objective is to understand the emancipatory potentiality of these activities from the studies at Frankfurt's School. The hypothesis is that the people's contact with the nature in their free time can promote a relationship that both the nature and the individual are realized like non-stuffed nature, relation that, in the social conditions of administration is damaged and even obstructed. This survey is constituted by three chapters, in the two first, it shows a conceptual and theoretical aphostl studied in the last analysis, and reflects critically the collected data through the empirical investigation-work in the town of Carrancas/MG, known as a kind of refuge for the ones who live in bigger urban centers due to the beautiful waterfalls. / Doutor

Includes bibliography. / This study is a critical analysis of educare policy in South Africa with recommendations towards effective provision for the preschool child. The need for a radically revised policy, structure and provision system is based on the inadequacies, inefficiency and ineffectiveness of the present system. A quantitative descriptive research design is used in which use is made predominantly of secondary data and field experience of the writer. Data collection was hindered by the lack of information available and the reluctance of certain authorities to provide information as requested. The historical development of educare in South Africa is outlined. Legislation which, impacts on educare is recorded and the present education and care policies and structures are described. The extent of educare provision is quantified focusing on who is provided for and who is not. Gil's (1981) framework for Analysis and Synthesis of Social Policies is used in analysing educare policy within the Social Planning and Administration paradigm. The study contends that there is no clear unitary discernible educare policy in existence and this has resulted in fragmented structures controlling educare in this country. Particular attention is made to the ideological and value underpinnings of educare policy, structure and provision. The result is an array of services which are uncoordinated and inadequate in terms of the need and demand. The study concludes by making recommendations aimed at eliminating the inadequacies highlighted. A radically revised educare policy is proposed. A three-tier structure with defined responsibilities and functions at each level is suggested. It is the writers belief that implementation of these recommendations will contribute to the solution of problems faced in the educare field today.

Bibliography : leaves 142-148. / The study was designed to investigate child labour with particular regard to Black newsvendors in the Cape Peninsula. Data was gathered from interviews with local organisations active in the field of child labour and the employment conditions of newsvendors, as well as a field study carried out in the Cape Peninsula. A review of local and international literature was also undertaken. A brief account of child labour in the Western Cape is given which provided the necessary backdrop to the study. The field study involved in-depth interviews with 52 Black newsvendors in the Cape Peninsula. This comprised interviews with the first available four newsvendors in each of the 13 areas in the Cape Peninsula in which newspapers are sold by vendors. Respondents completed an interview schedule administered by the researcher. The interview schedule furnished information on the employment conditions of newsvendors, their role as wage-earners, their education and training, their safety, health and welfare. Analysis of the data revealed that the majority of newsvendors worked as child labourers under deplorable working conditions. The findings demonstrated that young Black newsvendors comprised a pool of cheap and exploited labour. Their exploitation is evident in their deprivation of family life, of reasonable working hours, of time to pursue social and leisure interests as children, of a negotiated wage, of favourable working conditions, of dignity, of the acknowledgement of the value of their labour, of legal protection, of membership in an effective worker organisation, of further acquisition of knowledge and skills, of opportunities and scope for advancement. The findings reveal that young Black newsvendors work under conditions detrimental to their health, safety and welfare. Many young Black newsvendors who sell newspapers in the early hours of the morning often start to work without breakfast. They spend a considerable amount of time on the streets without any rest periods, leading to irregular mealtimes, while many survive on food of inferior nutritional value. These young newsvendors have to survive in occupational circumstances where robberies and assaults frequently occur. In these circumstances the peer group begins to play an important role. Young newsvendors are often induced to succumb to the influences of co-workers. The newsvendors in this study also expressed a deep sense of hopelessness and despondency about their own lives. Any prospects of a better future are seriously curtailed by the lack of formal education and industrial skills. The majority of the newsvendors said that they enjoyed going to school but had to leave in order to support the family income. The recommendations draw attention to the need for the improvement of working conditions, training and supportive services, but recognises that this is only possible once newsvendors are organised in an effective worker organisation.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:19:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2006-Daniel da Silva Cavalcanti.pdf: 2244270 bytes, checksum: 7118f2e3bedf50f2d1a5fe2684691405 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-08-30 / This study focus on the social responsibility of companies in the vicinity of the Mare Complex located in Rio de Janeiro city and formed by 16 low-income communities. The area human development index ranks as one of the worst. Companies such as Linha Amarela S/A and Petrobras Research Center are located in the surroundings of the Complex and their study emphasizes social responsibility as the duty of the whole society, including governments, NGOs, legal entities and people in general. The purpose here is to study the companies activities in favor of the nearby communities residents' needs, taking into account their expectations and priorities. The study was based on samples provided by the residents and other data supplied by the companies. The literature revision focused on the comprehensiveness, concepts, evolution and history of social responsibility, social balance and the integration between external social responsibility and the companies strategic planning by emphasizing the relationship with the community. The methodology used in this study was the case study , through semi-structured interviews with companies representatives.The outcoming of the research showed that there is a tendency of alignment between the residents' objectives and the social strategies developed by both companies. / Este estudo trata da responsabilidade social de empresas com vizinhan?a do Complexo da Mar?. O bairro Mar? est? localizado no munic?pio do Rio de Janeiro e ? constitu?do por 16 comunidades distintas que formam o Complexo, o qual apresenta um dos piores ?ndices de desenvolvimento humano. As empresas Linha Amarela S/A e Centro de Pesquisas da Petrobras est?o no seu entorno. O estudo enfatiza a responsabilidade social como dever de toda a sociedade: governos, ONGs, pessoas f?sicas ou jur?dicas. Objetivo geral ? o estudo das a??es dessas empresas em favor dessas comunidades ao entorno face ?s necessidades e expectativas dos moradores e suas prioridades como foco da gest?o social empresarial, por interm?dio de uma amostra dos moradores e outros dados fornecidos pelas empresas. A revis?o da literatura enfocou a abrang?ncia, conceitos, evolu??o, hist?rico da responsabilidade social e ainda o balan?o social e a integra??o entre a responsabilidade social externa e o planejamento estrat?gico das empresas, enfocando as rela??es da empresa com a comunidade. A metodologia utilizada foi o estudo de caso, por meio de entrevistas semi-estruturadas com representantes das Organiza??es. Os resultados da pesquisa mostraram que h? uma tend?ncia ao alinhamento dos objetivos dos moradores e as estrat?gias sociais desenvolvidas por ambas empresas.

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / The creation of protected areas is one of the main historical claims of conservation of the nature movements and also one of the main strategies adopted by the governments and environmental entities for the conservation of the environment and of their natural resources. The responsible organs for the creation and administration of the units of conservation as the ecological stations, have employed authoritarian and technocratic political, that result in conflicts with the local communities, with prominence for the expropriation of the lands; dispute of waters; restrictions to the hunt and fishing; among other, with so much damage to the conservation ends as of development of the populations of the spill (especially traditional groups). Front to this scenery compatible forms have been looked between the conservation objectives and development by diverse strategies, with emphasis in the valorization of the vision and participation of the local populations in the actions and decisions of the administration. The researches about perception of local community offer instruments for the understanding of behaviors and they aid in the improvement of the process of environmental administration. This work approaches the problem of the harmonization between conservation objectives and development in the case of the Ecological Station of Taim that is constituted in an area of integral protection that, in his implantation, it implicated the removal of some families and introduction of new restrictive norms for the populations that live in yours spill. In that context intends to observe the conflicts that appeared with the new scenery, and the conciliation initiatives among the conservation purposes and development that it has been accomplished in the area. The data of this qualitative research were obtained in the period of January from 2009 to January of 2010, with the technique of the semistructured interview, combined with secondary data, bibliographical consultations and observations in the place. The lifted up data indicate that the population notices the existence of several embarrassments in the conservationist speech and divergences among the purposes of the unit of conservation and of the resident population in the spill. The initiatives of harmonization of the conservation purposes and development are several, but still incipient and dependent of external resources, what restricts their impacts. / A criação de áreas protegidas é uma das principais reivindicações históricas de movimentos preocupados com a conservação da natureza e também uma das principais estratégias adotadas pelos governos e entidades ambientais para a conservação do meio ambiente e de seus recursos naturais. Os órgãos responsáveis pela criação e gestão das unidades de conservação como as estações ecológicas, têm empregado políticas autoritárias e tecnocráticas que resultam em conflitos com as comunidades locais, com destaque para a desapropriação das terras; disputa pelas águas; restrições à caça e pesca; entre outras, com prejuízo tanto aos fins de conservação quanto de desenvolvimento das populações do entorno (especialmente grupos tradicionais). Frente a este quadro têm sido buscadas formas de compatibilização entre os objetivos de conservação e desenvolvimento mediante estratégias diversas, com ênfase na valorização da visão e participação das populações locais nas ações e decisões da gestão. As pesquisas sobre a percepção da comunidade local do entorno das unidades de conservação oferecem instrumentos para a compreensão de comportamentos e auxiliam na melhoria do processo de gestão ambiental. Este trabalho aborda a problemática da harmonização entre objetivos de conservação e desenvolvimento no caso da Estação Ecológica do Taim, RS, que se constitui em uma área de proteção integral que, na sua implantação, implicou a remoção de algumas famílias e introdução de normas restritivas para as populações que residem no seu entorno. Nesse contexto se pretendem identificar os conflitos existentes e as iniciativas de conciliação entre os propósitos de conservação e desenvolvimento que vem sendo realizadas na região. Os dados desta pesquisa qualitativa foram obtidos no período de janeiro de 2009 a janeiro de 2010, pela técnica da entrevista semi-estruturada, combinada com consulta a dados secundários, consultas bibliográficas e observações no local. Os dados levantados indicam que a população percebe a existência de diversas contradições no discurso conservacionista e divergências entre os propósitos da unidade de conservação e da população residente no entorno. As iniciativas de harmonização dos propósitos de conservação e desenvolvimento são diversas, mas ainda incipientes e dependentes de recursos externos, o que restringe seus impactos.

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