In defence of professional care
Margo Trappenburg
Conference on social work and sociology,
Zwolle, August 26th
Non-professional care
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tuc3zjvJU8
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Be glad you still have them
Mother, when will you finally die?
When the care for elderly parents becomes
too much
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It’s all around
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Do it yourself
Home care, family care givers
Neighborhood care, community care
Family group conference
UK: the big society
Belgium: responsabiliseren
Italy
The Netherlands: participation society
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What does it mean
• For care receivers, service users, vulnerable
citizens?
• For the others: family members, neighbors,
co-workers, friends?
• For professionals: paid care workers, social
workers?
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Vulnerable groups: do it yourself
TODDLER LOGIC
EMPLOYEE LOGIC
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Vulnerable groups:
depend on your nearest and dearest
• Remember the disability movement
• Do we really prefer family care or do we want it
because others want it?
• Remember The Client Speaks
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The others
• A strain on family relations
• Work performance deteriorates; co-workers suffer
the consequences
• Possible turn back of women’s emancipation
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Professional (social) carers
• Loss of jobs jobs
• Loss of professional pride
• Continue work without pay
Why professional (social) care?
Superior knowledge?
Helping attitude: patience, endurance, non
judgementalism
Not everybody can do it nor should everybody have to
learn. Abide with us. We need you.
Further reading
• www.margotrappenburg.nl
• www.mariekamphuisstichting.nl
• [email protected]
http://margotrappenburg.nl/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ZqxxwamJoD_Margo_Trappenburg_-_Helpen_als_ambacht.pdf