Blanca Deusdad
Biographic Data
| ID | 134200 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Blanca Deusdad |
| GIVEN NAMES | Blanca |
| FAMILY NAME | Deusdad |
| SIGNATURE | DEUSDAD B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat Rovira i Virgili |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7005-0551 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Service-learning activity
This paper presents a service-learning activity by gerontological social work students with older adults with dementia and their informal caregivers. Students built memory boxes for older adults by collecting significant objects, music, pictures and scents to reconstruct the older adult’s biography, thereby establishing intergenerational relationships and facilitating mechanisms for the social inclusion of older adults with dementia. The paper is…
Participation of older adults in the digital co-creation of long-term care services with the SoCaTel platform
Although the European Commission has promoted the use of co-creation methodology for social services, this innovative practice has not yet been uniformly introduced in Europe. The SoCaTel platform was released with open access to promote and implement a digital co-creation platform involving all stakeholders, especially older adults and their carers, in long-term care. Using an innovative methodology applied in four European sites (Spain, Finland…
On How I Got Through Covid-19 Lockdown
I explore how I—a person born with a physical disability living alone in a foreign country—was able to cope with COVID-19 lockdown. I used the autoethnographic method (Chang, 2016) to scrutinize sources of my resilience. Through evocative autoethnography, I reviewed risks/coping strategies recalling the lessons drawn from my childhood in the care of two supportive women. Then, performing analytical autoethnography, I self-assessed my lived experi…
How Did People with Functional Disability Experience the First Covid-19 Lockdown? A Thematic Analysis of YouTube Comments
People with functional disability endure barriers to health and other services and to full participation in social life. In the context of COVID-19, this discrimination has been intensified worldwide. We examine how the experience of COVID-19 lockdown was depicted in comments to a video about functional disability and COVID published on VICE's YouTube channel. We analysed the first 100 comments on the video, which was posted in spring 2020, durin…
The covid-19 pandemic and care homes for older people in Europe - deaths, damage and violations of human rights
Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). Throughout Europe the most damaging consequences of the coronavirus have fallen disproportionately on older people who live in care homes. This study involves the analysis of secondary data sources relating to deaths, and related harms, in European care homes from seven countries between March and December 2020. The findings are reviewed using the framework of the European Convention on Human Rights to identify exa…
El cuidado de mayores y dependientes
Reseña del libro: Comas-d'Argemir, Dolors y Bofill-Poch, Sílvia (eds.) (2021). El cuidado de mayores y dependientes. Barcelona: Icaria
Des maris qui soignent leurs épouses âgées. Genre, générations et politiques publiques en Catalogne
Dans cet article les auteurs étudient l’implication des hommes âgés dans les soins prodigués à leurs épouses, leurs expériences et perceptions, les soutiens informels qu’ils reçoivent, leur recours à des services publics et privés, ainsi que leurs dilemmes face au placement en maison de retraite. Même si cette implication n’est pas nouvelle, elle devient de plus en plus importante, du fait de l’augmentation de l’espérance de vie, des changements …
Restructuring Long-Term Care in Spain
Care needs of the aging population are increasing in Southern European countries. The purpose of this article is to explore the implications of meeting these needs while taking into account the recent economic crisis, which has deeply affected countries such as Spain. This study is part of a European project (ISCH COST Action IS1102) and is based mainly on qualitative information that focuses on in-depth interviews with social service workers (n …
Facing the Challenges in the Development of Long-Term Care for Older People in Europe in the Context of an Economic Crisis
Deinstitutionalization and privatization are framing and shaping long-term care (LTC) in Western societies. Most countries in the world are facing the challenge of aging societies while at the same
Cost Action Is1102. La Reestructuració Dels Serveis Socials a Europa
La nova situació de crisi financera mundial ha comportat una crisi de les estructures dels estats del benestar europeus. Des de la dècada dels anys vuitanta amb les polítiques neoliberals s’ha estat produint una reestructuració del serveis socials en els països europeus, els quals s’havien desenvolupament des de la fi de la Segona Guerra Mundial. En el marc d’aquest context social va néixer el projecte COST Action IS1102, Social Services, Welfare…
Restructuring Long-Term Care in Spain
Care needs of the aging population are increasing in Southern European countries. The purpose of this article is to explore the implications of meeting these needs while taking into account the recent economic crisis, which has deeply affected countries such as Spain. This study is part of a European project (ISCH COST Action IS1102) and is based mainly on qualitative information that focuses on in-depth interviews with social service workers (n …
Facing the Challenges in the Development of Long-Term Care for Older People in Europe in the Context of an Economic Crisis
Deinstitutionalization and privatization are framing and shaping long-term care (LTC) in Western societies. Most countries in the world are facing the challenge of aging societies while at the same
The covid-19 pandemic and care homes for older people in Europe - deaths, damage and violations of human rights
Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). Throughout Europe the most damaging consequences of the coronavirus have fallen disproportionately on older people who live in care homes. This study involves the analysis of secondary data sources relating to deaths, and related harms, in European care homes from seven countries between March and December 2020. The findings are reviewed using the framework of the European Convention on Human Rights to identify exa…
Des maris qui soignent leurs épouses âgées. Genre, générations et politiques publiques en Catalogne
Dans cet article les auteurs étudient l’implication des hommes âgés dans les soins prodigués à leurs épouses, leurs expériences et perceptions, les soutiens informels qu’ils reçoivent, leur recours à des services publics et privés, ainsi que leurs dilemmes face au placement en maison de retraite. Même si cette implication n’est pas nouvelle, elle devient de plus en plus importante, du fait de l’augmentation de l’espérance de vie, des changements …
Cost Action Is1102. La Reestructuració Dels Serveis Socials a Europa
La nova situació de crisi financera mundial ha comportat una crisi de les estructures dels estats del benestar europeus. Des de la dècada dels anys vuitanta amb les polítiques neoliberals s’ha estat produint una reestructuració del serveis socials en els països europeus, els quals s’havien desenvolupament des de la fi de la Segona Guerra Mundial. En el marc d’aquest context social va néixer el projecte COST Action IS1102, Social Services, Welfare…
Restructuring Long-Term Care in Spain
Care needs of the aging population are increasing in Southern European countries. The purpose of this article is to explore the implications of meeting these needs while taking into account the recent economic crisis, which has deeply affected countries such as Spain. This study is part of a European project (ISCH COST Action IS1102) and is based mainly on qualitative information that focuses on in-depth interviews with social service workers (n …
Facing the Challenges in the Development of Long-Term Care for Older People in Europe in the Context of an Economic Crisis
Deinstitutionalization and privatization are framing and shaping long-term care (LTC) in Western societies. Most countries in the world are facing the challenge of aging societies while at the same
Des maris qui soignent leurs épouses âgées. Genre, générations et politiques publiques en Catalogne
Dans cet article les auteurs étudient l’implication des hommes âgés dans les soins prodigués à leurs épouses, leurs expériences et perceptions, les soutiens informels qu’ils reçoivent, leur recours à des services publics et privés, ainsi que leurs dilemmes face au placement en maison de retraite. Même si cette implication n’est pas nouvelle, elle devient de plus en plus importante, du fait de l’augmentation de l’espérance de vie, des changements …
The covid-19 pandemic and care homes for older people in Europe - deaths, damage and violations of human rights
Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). Throughout Europe the most damaging consequences of the coronavirus have fallen disproportionately on older people who live in care homes. This study involves the analysis of secondary data sources relating to deaths, and related harms, in European care homes from seven countries between March and December 2020. The findings are reviewed using the framework of the European Convention on Human Rights to identify exa…
El cuidado de mayores y dependientes
Reseña del libro: Comas-d'Argemir, Dolors y Bofill-Poch, Sílvia (eds.) (2021). El cuidado de mayores y dependientes. Barcelona: Icaria
How Did People with Functional Disability Experience the First Covid-19 Lockdown? A Thematic Analysis of YouTube Comments
People with functional disability endure barriers to health and other services and to full participation in social life. In the context of COVID-19, this discrimination has been intensified worldwide. We examine how the experience of COVID-19 lockdown was depicted in comments to a video about functional disability and COVID published on VICE's YouTube channel. We analysed the first 100 comments on the video, which was posted in spring 2020, durin…
On How I Got Through Covid-19 Lockdown
I explore how I—a person born with a physical disability living alone in a foreign country—was able to cope with COVID-19 lockdown. I used the autoethnographic method (Chang, 2016) to scrutinize sources of my resilience. Through evocative autoethnography, I reviewed risks/coping strategies recalling the lessons drawn from my childhood in the care of two supportive women. Then, performing analytical autoethnography, I self-assessed my lived experi…
Participation of older adults in the digital co-creation of long-term care services with the SoCaTel platform
Although the European Commission has promoted the use of co-creation methodology for social services, this innovative practice has not yet been uniformly introduced in Europe. The SoCaTel platform was released with open access to promote and implement a digital co-creation platform involving all stakeholders, especially older adults and their carers, in long-term care. Using an innovative methodology applied in four European sites (Spain, Finland…
Service-learning activity
This paper presents a service-learning activity by gerontological social work students with older adults with dementia and their informal caregivers. Students built memory boxes for older adults by collecting significant objects, music, pictures and scents to reconstruct the older adult’s biography, thereby establishing intergenerational relationships and facilitating mechanisms for the social inclusion of older adults with dementia. The paper is…
Medicine (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Business (3 works) · Humanities (3 works) · Long-term care (3 works) · Pandemic (3 works)