Marju Medar
Biographic Data
| ID | 4145205 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marju Medar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marju |
| FAMILY NAME | Medar |
| SIGNATURE | MEDAR M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tallinn University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Launching support groups for informal caregivers of people living with dementia within participatory action research
Support groups are one possibility to empower informal carers and accordingly have spread across many countries because of their informal, inexpensive nature and because of their effectiveness. This paper aims to reflect on the viewpoints and experiences of the lessons learned from the participatory action research (PAR) conducted from 2016 to 2019. During PAR, several support groups in different regions of Estonia were launched to empower the in…
Support groups for informal caregivers of people with dementia as opportunities for empowerment in Estonia
Support groups for informal caregivers of people living with dementia have been recognised as an effective intervention for empowering caregivers. Regular support groups for caregivers who care for people living with dementia were launched from 2017 to 2019 over different regions of Estonia. Using a participatory action research approach, the aim of this study was to explore empowerment within these support groups from the perspective of the indi…
Co-creation of social services on the example of social hackathon
Drawing on three semi-structured focus group interviews with a sample of 14 social hackathon participants in southern Estonia, this article reports the findings of participants’ experiences of the co-creation process in developing new services or innovative solutions to community problems by using a method of social hackathon. In general, hackathon was perceived as a creative and ‘out-of-the-box’ type of approach, a non-traditional way of thinkin…
Informal caregivers’ experiences of caring for persons with dementia in Estonia
This paper presents the results of a qualitative study aimed at exploring the experiences and needs of informal caregivers of persons with dementia and identifying caregiver expectations for support. The research was based on phenomenological and social constructionist approaches; it also took experience-centred and culturally oriented approaches to narratives. It was conducted in Estonia in 2017 by means of unstructured in-depth interviews with …
Community orientation of services for persons with a psychiatric disability. Comparison between Estonia, Hungary and the Netherlands
This article explores the way mental health services and social services are orientated on assisting people with a psychiatric disability to participate in different areas of community life. A large research project about community participation in three different countries (Estonia, Hungary and the Netherlands) confirms the findings of other studies that – regardless of geographical location – people with a psychiatric disability have difficulty…
Co-creation of social services on the example of social hackathon
Drawing on three semi-structured focus group interviews with a sample of 14 social hackathon participants in southern Estonia, this article reports the findings of participants’ experiences of the co-creation process in developing new services or innovative solutions to community problems by using a method of social hackathon. In general, hackathon was perceived as a creative and ‘out-of-the-box’ type of approach, a non-traditional way of thinkin…
Informal caregivers’ experiences of caring for persons with dementia in Estonia
This paper presents the results of a qualitative study aimed at exploring the experiences and needs of informal caregivers of persons with dementia and identifying caregiver expectations for support. The research was based on phenomenological and social constructionist approaches; it also took experience-centred and culturally oriented approaches to narratives. It was conducted in Estonia in 2017 by means of unstructured in-depth interviews with …
Community orientation of services for persons with a psychiatric disability. Comparison between Estonia, Hungary and the Netherlands
This article explores the way mental health services and social services are orientated on assisting people with a psychiatric disability to participate in different areas of community life. A large research project about community participation in three different countries (Estonia, Hungary and the Netherlands) confirms the findings of other studies that – regardless of geographical location – people with a psychiatric disability have difficulty…
Community orientation of services for persons with a psychiatric disability. Comparison between Estonia, Hungary and the Netherlands
This article explores the way mental health services and social services are orientated on assisting people with a psychiatric disability to participate in different areas of community life. A large research project about community participation in three different countries (Estonia, Hungary and the Netherlands) confirms the findings of other studies that – regardless of geographical location – people with a psychiatric disability have difficulty…
Informal caregivers’ experiences of caring for persons with dementia in Estonia
This paper presents the results of a qualitative study aimed at exploring the experiences and needs of informal caregivers of persons with dementia and identifying caregiver expectations for support. The research was based on phenomenological and social constructionist approaches; it also took experience-centred and culturally oriented approaches to narratives. It was conducted in Estonia in 2017 by means of unstructured in-depth interviews with …
Support groups for informal caregivers of people with dementia as opportunities for empowerment in Estonia
Support groups for informal caregivers of people living with dementia have been recognised as an effective intervention for empowering caregivers. Regular support groups for caregivers who care for people living with dementia were launched from 2017 to 2019 over different regions of Estonia. Using a participatory action research approach, the aim of this study was to explore empowerment within these support groups from the perspective of the indi…
Co-creation of social services on the example of social hackathon
Drawing on three semi-structured focus group interviews with a sample of 14 social hackathon participants in southern Estonia, this article reports the findings of participants’ experiences of the co-creation process in developing new services or innovative solutions to community problems by using a method of social hackathon. In general, hackathon was perceived as a creative and ‘out-of-the-box’ type of approach, a non-traditional way of thinkin…
Launching support groups for informal caregivers of people living with dementia within participatory action research
Support groups are one possibility to empower informal carers and accordingly have spread across many countries because of their informal, inexpensive nature and because of their effectiveness. This paper aims to reflect on the viewpoints and experiences of the lessons learned from the participatory action research (PAR) conducted from 2016 to 2019. During PAR, several support groups in different regions of Estonia were launched to empower the in…
Sociology (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Mental Health and Patient Involvement (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Social Work (3 works) · Dementia (2 works) · Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Empowerment (2 works)