TY - CHAP
T1 - Ubuntu-informed care for the elderly
T2 - Towards a holistic care for older persons
AU - Murote, Kang'ethe Simon
AU - Mungai, Ndungi wa
N1 - Ndũngi wa Mũngai, PhD
Ndũngi was born in Kenya and is currently a senior lecturer and researcher in social work at Charles Sturt University, Australia. Ndũngi teaches a variety of social work subjects. He has a keen interest in Ubuntu and Afrocentric social work. His publications on these topics include Adopting Ubuntu in teaching social work (2021), Afrocentric social work: implications for practice issues (2015) and Ubuntu approaches to working with [African] immigrant communities (2014).
PY - 2023/3/21
Y1 - 2023/3/21
N2 - This chapter presents a theoretical discussion on how an Ubuntu-based approach could transform practices and policies in improving the lives of older people, their families, and their communities. Ubuntu calls for a society that is caring, sharing, respectful and compassionate towards all its members. Ubuntu underscores respect for the older persons who are the source of great wisdom. Based on the Ubuntu worldview, we argue for a holistic approach for older persons, their families, and communities. This also calls for societies to go back to the fundamentals of caring and call for the restoration of the social capital that sustained human societies in the past. Further, the book chapter criticizes the individualist approaches for inadequate support for older persons.
AB - This chapter presents a theoretical discussion on how an Ubuntu-based approach could transform practices and policies in improving the lives of older people, their families, and their communities. Ubuntu calls for a society that is caring, sharing, respectful and compassionate towards all its members. Ubuntu underscores respect for the older persons who are the source of great wisdom. Based on the Ubuntu worldview, we argue for a holistic approach for older persons, their families, and communities. This also calls for societies to go back to the fundamentals of caring and call for the restoration of the social capital that sustained human societies in the past. Further, the book chapter criticizes the individualist approaches for inadequate support for older persons.
KW - Ubuntu; Oder persons; Families; Communities; Elder abuse; Traditional philosophies; Indigenization.
UR - https://www.ifsw.org/product/books/the-ubuntu-practitioner-social-work-perspectives/
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
SP - 359
EP - 383
BT - The Ubuntu practitioner
A2 - Mayaka, Bernard
A2 - Uwihangana , Consolée
A2 - van Breda, Adrian D.
PB - The International Federation of Social Workers
CY - Rheinfelden, Switzerland
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