Pavlína Pospíšilová, Soňa Kalenda
The Role of Social Work in the Process of Implementing Active Ageing Policy in the Czech Republic
Číslo: 1/2023
Periodikum: Sociální práce
Klíčová slova: active ageing, social work, strategic documents, deductive qualitative analysis
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Anotace:
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this article is to present the document analysis method and its application
to social work research as a complementary data analysis technique and the procedures of this technique
on the specific example of document analysis of the implementation of active ageing policy as a partial
research output. THEORETICAL BASE: Active ageing is the basis for the current social policy on
ageing in Europe, along with a number of changes that are reflected in social policy, and also in the
practise of social workers. METHODS: We combined content analysis and deductive qualitative analysis
(DQA) according to Gilgun (2020) as a complementary research technique. We analyse the overarching
strategic documents at the level of the EU and the Czech Republic dedicated to active ageing policies.
OUTCOMES: The analysis showed that the role of social work is rather implicitly defined in documents.
Then we continue to deepen the analysis, and the results showed an essential connection to social work
practice. SOCIAL WORK IMPLICATIONS: Based on the results, we can say that the role of social
workers is irreplaceable, though it is not clear. It is then necessary to overcome this at a local level, i.e., at
the level of regions and municipalities, which should specify the role of various stakeholders.
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to social work research as a complementary data analysis technique and the procedures of this technique
on the specific example of document analysis of the implementation of active ageing policy as a partial
research output. THEORETICAL BASE: Active ageing is the basis for the current social policy on
ageing in Europe, along with a number of changes that are reflected in social policy, and also in the
practise of social workers. METHODS: We combined content analysis and deductive qualitative analysis
(DQA) according to Gilgun (2020) as a complementary research technique. We analyse the overarching
strategic documents at the level of the EU and the Czech Republic dedicated to active ageing policies.
OUTCOMES: The analysis showed that the role of social work is rather implicitly defined in documents.
Then we continue to deepen the analysis, and the results showed an essential connection to social work
practice. SOCIAL WORK IMPLICATIONS: Based on the results, we can say that the role of social
workers is irreplaceable, though it is not clear. It is then necessary to overcome this at a local level, i.e., at
the level of regions and municipalities, which should specify the role of various stakeholders.