The Role of Rehabilitative Social Welfare Services in Improving the Life Quality of Families Which Have Family Members With Special Needs in Jerusalem From the Parents Perspective.
Keywords:
Social Welfare Services, parents, special needs, life quality.Abstract
This study aimed to identify the role of rehabilitative social welfare services
in improving the quality of life among families with the mentally retarded
children in East Jerusalem. The sample of the study consisted of (204) parents
of the mentally retarded children known to the welfare office in East Jerusalem,
who receive rehabilitative services for the year 2011/2012, through a
cluster sample. The study used a descriptive approach based on the description
of the real situation through the questionnaire that was designed for the
purpose of the study, and was characterized by high of the validity and reliability
which allow it to be considered suitable for the purposes of the study.
The results showed that the total degree of the quality of life of families
with the mentally retarded children from the viewpoint of parents was average
with a percentage of (66.7%), the counseling and psychological health
got the highest level in the quality of life, followed by awareness-raising towards
rights, then the social domain, and finally the economic domain of life
quality, which got the lowest level.
The results indicated that no statistically significant differences were
found at the level of significance (α<0.05) in the quality of life of families
with the mentally retarded children from the perspective of parents, depending
on the variable of sex in the social domain, counseling and psychological
health, and economic domain, while significant differences were found in the
awareness-raising towards rights domain, in favor of females.
The results also showed that no statistically significant differences were
found at the level of significance (α≤ 0.05) in the quality of life of families
with the mentally retarded children from the perspective of parents, depending
on the variable of the age of the retarded in the social domain, counseling and
psychological health, and awareness-raising towards rights, while differences
were found in the economic domain, in that as the mentally retarded were getting
older, the quality of life became lower in the economic side. Results also showed
that no statistically significant differences were found in the quality of life of
families with mentally retarded children from the perspective of parents, depending
on the variable of the degree of disability, the number of retarded persons in
the house, family income, and the guardian (father/mother) in all aspects.
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