%0 Journal Article
%T Social Workers¡¯ Attempts to Navigate Among the Elderly, Their Families, and Foreign Home Care Workers in the Haredi Community
%A Anat Freund
%A Tova Band-Winterstein
%J Journal of Applied Gerontology
%@ 1552-4523
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0733464817693377
%X Background: The study¡¯s aim is to examine social workers¡¯ experience in facilitating the integration of foreign home care workers (FHCWs) into the ultraorthodox Jewish (UOJ) community for the purpose of treating older adults. Method: Using the qualitative-phenomenological approach, semistructured, in-depth interviews were conducted with 18 social workers in daily contact with UOJ older adult clients in the process of integrating FHCWs. Results: Data analysis revealed three central themes¡ªintegrating FHCWs into the aging UOJ family: barriers and challenges in the interaction between the two worlds; ¡°even the rabbi has a FHCW¡±: changing trends in caring for older adults; and the social worker as mediator and facilitator of a successful relationship. Discussion: Social workers play a central role, serving as a cultural bridge in the process of integrating FHCWs, as a way of addressing the needs of ultraorthodox elderly and their families, while also considering the needs of the foreign workers
%K social work
%K qualitative research
%K religion
%K culture
%K aged care
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0733464817693377