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http://dx.doi.org/10.22156/CS4SMB.2019.9.5.228

Experience and Task of Public Guardianship Service Activity for the mentally disabled -in Perspectives of advocacy  

Kim, Hyojung (Korean Research Center for Guardianship and Trusts)
Park, Inhwan (Inha University Law School)
Choi, Yunyoung (Division of Social Welfare, Baekseok University)
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Journal of Convergence for Information Technology / v.9, no.5, 2019 , pp. 228-235 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to explore the experiences and challenges of public guardianship services project for the mental disabled as a system of supporting the decision-making and the rights advocacy. For this purpose, interviews with 11 social workers who act as public guardians were conducted and a model of practice was suggested through analysis using the grounded theory of Strauss and Corbin(1998). As a results, the possibility of rights advocacy through public guardian services for the mentally disabled, the positive change of attitude of the facilities and the establishment of direction for the restoration of rights for the mentally disabled were derived. Public guardians experienced excessive empowerment of their guardians or difficulties in the process of their duties, but were also able to defend the rights of the mental disabled and support self-determination right. Through this study, expansion of budgets and expansion of beneficiaries for public guardianship services, establishment of infrastructure for integration in the community, set-up a support organization for public guardian services and Raising awareness of the mental disabled and public guardian services were suggested.
Keywords
Mental disabled; Public guardian; Rights advocacy; Mental Health Welfare Act; Guardian corporation;
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