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Serviço de apoio domiciliário em crianças com necessidades específicas – o papel dos cuidadores formais
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A presente dissertação de mestrado tem como problemática central as perceções e experiências dos cuidadores formais sobre o seu papel nos serviços de apoio domiciliário a crianças com necessidades específicas. O interesse e justificação para a presente investigação reside na extrema importância do papel dos Cuidadores Formais no apoio às atividades da vida diária de crianças com necessidades específicas, e ainda pelo facto de que esta função é por vezes desvalorizada e esquecida pela nossa sociedade.
Como objetivo geral pretende-se conhecer e analisar os fatores que influenciam a prática dos cuidadores formais nos serviços de apoio domiciliário. Para explorar o papel dos cuidadores formais, o presente estudo fundamentou-se numa metodologia fundamentalmente qualitativa de pesquisa fenomenológica, utilizando entrevistas semiestruturadas como instrumento de recolha de dados e a respetiva análise de conteúdo. Pretende-se ainda, alicerçando-se numa metodologia quantitativa, adicionar alguns dados quantitativos através da aplicação de um questionário para apoiar os resultados.
Os questionários foram aplicados a 8 cuidadores formais (N = 8), com idades compreendidas entre os 30 e mais de 50 anos. Numa segunda fase do estudo, foram selecionados dois cuidadores formais para responderem às entrevistas semiestruturadas.
Os resultados indicaram que os cuidadores formais sentem falta de apoio por parte dos responsáveis do SAD, e apontam a escassez de formações apropriadas para a realização dos serviços que desempenham, como sendo, a maior problemática no seu dia-a-dia e o maior fator de insatisfação.
Espera-se que esta investigação contribua para que os participantes possam sentir que vão realizar aportações importantes que possam colmatar um pouco o hiato de informação no que diz respeito ao papel de um cuidador formal em contexto de serviço de apoio domiciliário com crianças com necessidades específicas, valorizando o seu papel enquanto profissionais, mas também, como seres humanos que diariamente procuram melhorar a qualidade de vida destas crianças.
This master's thesis focuses on the perceptions and experiences of formal caregivers about their role in home care services for children with specific needs. The interest and purpose for this research lies in the extreme importance of the role of formal caregivers in supporting the activities of daily living of children with specific needs, and also in the fact that this role is sometimes undervalued and forgotten by our society. The general objective is to identify and analyze the factors that influence the practice of formal caregivers in home care services. To explore the role of formal caregivers, this study was based on a fundamentally qualitative methodology of phenomenological research, using semi-structured interviews as a data collection tool and its the respective content analysis. Based on a quantitative methodology, it also intended to add some quantitative data by using a questionnaire to support results. The questionnaires were applied to 8 formal caregivers (N = 8), aged between 30 and over 50 years old. In a second phase of the study, two formal caregivers were selected to respond to semi-structured interviews. The results indicated that the formal caregivers felt lack of support from those responsible for the SAD, and pointed out the lack of appropriate training to perform the services they perform as the biggest problem in their daily lives, as well as the biggest factor of dissatisfaction. It is hoped that this research will contribute to the participants' feeling that they will make important contributions that may bridge the information gap regarding the role of a formal caregiver in a home care setting with children with specific needs, valuing their role as professionals, but also as human beings who daily seek to improve the quality of life of these children.
This master's thesis focuses on the perceptions and experiences of formal caregivers about their role in home care services for children with specific needs. The interest and purpose for this research lies in the extreme importance of the role of formal caregivers in supporting the activities of daily living of children with specific needs, and also in the fact that this role is sometimes undervalued and forgotten by our society. The general objective is to identify and analyze the factors that influence the practice of formal caregivers in home care services. To explore the role of formal caregivers, this study was based on a fundamentally qualitative methodology of phenomenological research, using semi-structured interviews as a data collection tool and its the respective content analysis. Based on a quantitative methodology, it also intended to add some quantitative data by using a questionnaire to support results. The questionnaires were applied to 8 formal caregivers (N = 8), aged between 30 and over 50 years old. In a second phase of the study, two formal caregivers were selected to respond to semi-structured interviews. The results indicated that the formal caregivers felt lack of support from those responsible for the SAD, and pointed out the lack of appropriate training to perform the services they perform as the biggest problem in their daily lives, as well as the biggest factor of dissatisfaction. It is hoped that this research will contribute to the participants' feeling that they will make important contributions that may bridge the information gap regarding the role of a formal caregiver in a home care setting with children with specific needs, valuing their role as professionals, but also as human beings who daily seek to improve the quality of life of these children.
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Serviço de apoio domiciliário Crianças com necessidades específicas Cuidadores formais Educação especial Valorização dos profissionais