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The relationship between practical experience in community-based care and attitudes toward caring for people with psychosocial disabilities

RELATIONSHIP OF PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES IN COMMUNITY CARE BETWEEN STANCE TOWARD CARE FOR PERSON WITH MENTAL DISABILITIES

Practical experience in community-based care shapes staff attitudes toward care and their understanding of the reality of recovery.

The study aimed to investigate the relationship between practical experience in community-based care for people with psychosocial disabilities and staff attitudes toward care and their understanding of recovery from psychosocial disability. Participants were 27 staff members working in clinic-based day care services and social service agencies: 2 psychiatrists, 2 nurses, 5 occupational therapists, 14 social workers, 1 dietitian, 2 peer support workers, and 1 support worker; the poster reported the gender distribution as 9 men and 17 women. Semi-structured interviews lasting approximately one hour explored positive and challenging experiences in providing care, attitudes toward care, and perspectives on recovery from psychosocial disability. The data were examined using qualitative analysis based on a grounded theory approach. Three main categories were identified: experiences in care, attitudes toward care, and understanding recovery from psychosocial disability; these categories included 20 labels, and 5 shared subcategories were developed. The subcategories shared by experiences in care and attitudes toward care were learning, commitment to community-based support, relationships with service users, team collaboration, changes in staff members themselves, and outcomes of support; the subcategory shared by experiences in care and understanding recovery was understanding recovery. Frequently occurring labels included difficulty establishing relationships (79 quotations), service-user-centered support (63), closely observing service users’ recovery processes (68), and growth while living with mental illness (68). Staff considered establishing good relationships with service users and relating to them as equals important, and reported learning a great deal from them. However, they struggled to maintain appropriate boundaries and felt puzzled by less visible outcomes, as recovery is an individual and varied process. In conclusion, experiences of community-based support were reported to influence staff attitudes toward care and their understanding of the reality of recovery, with many staff members experiencing a sense of achievement in community-based care and wishing to provide higher-quality support.

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