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”Inställt tillsvidare”: Diakonernas arbete att hitta nya vägar ut under covid-19-pandemin
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Det yttersta skyddsnätet i tider av pandemi – Kvinnojourer satt under press Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift. 98(1):91-99
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Swedish
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0037-833X
Abstract
Artikeln undersöker hur diakoner inom kyrkan kom att få en central roll i att snabbt omstrukturera kyrkans arbete för att möta den grupp som också skulle komma att bli den mest utsatta gruppen i covid-19-pandemin, nämligende äldre. Genom intervjuer med fyra diakoner under våren 2020 analyserashur de på ett mycket självständigt sätt ställde om sitt arbete utifrån de riktlinjer som kom. På detta sätt kunde de hantera covid-19-pandemin som ett ”heterogent element” och fortsätta erbjuda stöd och omsorg till de gruppersom vänder sig till kyrkan. I artikeln argumenteras för att denna omställning byggde på att diakonerna redan innan pandemin såg sig och kyrkan som ett skyddsnät i kris och oro, när övriga samhället stänger ner eller inte lyckaserbjuda stöd till sårbara grupper.
The article examines how deacons within the Church came to play a central role in quickly restructuring the Church work to meet the group that would also become the most vulnerable group in the covid-19 pandemic, namelythe elderly. Through interviews with four deacons in the spring of 2020, it isanalyzed how the deacons in a very independent way changed their work based on the guidelines that came. In this way, they were able to handle the covid-19 pandemic as a “heterogeneous element” and continue to offer supportand care to the groups that turn to the Church. The article argues that this change was based on the fact that even before the pandemic, the deacons saw themselves and the Church as a safety net in times of crisis, when the rest of society shuts down or fails to offer their support to vulnerable groups.
The article examines how deacons within the Church came to play a central role in quickly restructuring the Church work to meet the group that would also become the most vulnerable group in the covid-19 pandemic, namelythe elderly. Through interviews with four deacons in the spring of 2020, it isanalyzed how the deacons in a very independent way changed their work based on the guidelines that came. In this way, they were able to handle the covid-19 pandemic as a “heterogeneous element” and continue to offer supportand care to the groups that turn to the Church. The article argues that this change was based on the fact that even before the pandemic, the deacons saw themselves and the Church as a safety net in times of crisis, when the rest of society shuts down or fails to offer their support to vulnerable groups.