Intervention strategies on social support in mitigating desolation among elderly residents in old people’s homes in Zimbabwe. A case study of Rutendo Old people’s home in Redcliff.
- Author
- Muzenda, Marvelous
- Title
- Intervention strategies on social support in mitigating desolation among elderly residents in old people’s homes in Zimbabwe. A case study of Rutendo Old people’s home in Redcliff.
- Abstract
- The intervention strategies on social support in mitigating desolation among elderly residents in old people’s homes in Zimbabwe using a case study of Rutendo Old people’s home in Zimbabwe was evaluated by the researcher. The goals were to explore the prevalence and characteristics of desolation among elderly residents in old people’s homes, to determine the intervention strategies that can be utilised in order to deal away with desolation among elderly people and to identify the challenges faced in trying to provide social support so as to deal away with desolation among elderly people in old people’s homes. The study consisted of a total number of 10 participants that were selected using simple random sampling and stratified sampled. The study employed qualitative methods using thematic analysis. The study also employed in-depth interviews with 2 key informant and 2 focus group discussions on the 8 elderly participants where each group consisted of 4 participants, one for males and the other for females. The researcher found out that desolation is most prevalent in low-income countries due to lack of resources to fully provide social support and desolation is characterised by feelings of loneliness and isolation, depression and anxiety among others. Various in intervention strategies so as to deal away with desolation among elderly people who resides in institutional care homes were discovered through in-depth interviews and focus group discussions, these include enhanced social support interaction programs ,counselling and emotional support services ,family reconnection initiatives ,volunteer and community engagement and lastly personalised care and relationship building .The researcher discovered that there are challenges that hinder the provision of social support so as to mitigate and these include limited resources and others.
- Date
- June 2025
- Publisher
- BUSE
- Keywords
- Desolation
- Elderly Residents
- Old People’s Homes
- Social Support
- Intervention Strategies
- Supervisor
- Dr. P. Mangwiro
- Item sets
- Department of Social Work
- Media
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