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ACTIVE AGING OF SENIORS IN SLOVAKIA

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LENKA L., RENÁTA T., MARIANA R.

Scientific Bulletin of Chełm - Section of Pedagogy

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2020

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issue 1

195-204

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It is very important for an aging society as well as for the elderly themselves that seniors are as active as possible in old age. Older activities bring a higher quality of life for seniors and save money for society. Today, the concept of active aging is an important part of coping with the aging process in developed countries. The work emphasizes the principles of active aging of seniors, based on the National Program of Active Aging for 2014-2020, while appealing to the availability, quality and financial sustainability of social services.

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Dilemmas and challenges of senior policy. Geriatric care – support – social services

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Trafiałek E.

Praca Socjalna

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2017

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vol. 32(3)

128-140

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The text indicates the main and expected directions of senior policy in conditions of the increasing population ageing. The article draws attention to the condition of the institutional support network and geriatric care deficits, which are exacerbated by the further changes in the health system. The text highlights the importance of activity, gerontological knowledge, and social services in the shaping of senior-friendly living arrangement for the elderly.

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Obligacje społeczne – nowy instrument finansowania zadań społecznych

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Marchewka-Bartkowiak K., Wiśniewski M.

Studia BAS

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2015

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issue 4(44)

205-222

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The article analyses a new financial instrument, social impact bond, which aim to achieve social outcomes on a pay-for-success basis. The authors present the mechanism of this instrument, the advantages and challenges related to its use, and selected examples of social impact bonds worldwide. They claim that public entities should not be the only one to bear responsibility for the outcomes of the social tasks, and more and more non-governmental organizations and private entities cooperate and participate in performing public administration tasks.

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The ups and downs of the professionalization of social work in Poland after 1990. The comments on the debate

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Wódz K., Faliszek K.

Praca Socjalna

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2018

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vol. 33(6)

108-124

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The article attempts to present the process of professionalization of social work in Poland after 1989. It was shown in terms of the classical attribution model and in the concept of Abbott, in which the essence of the pro-fessionalization process is primarily the functioning of the profession in a complex system of internal and exter-nal dependencies. Analyses indicate that the process of professionalization of social work in Poland is currently far incomplete, and the ongoing and planned changes in the social welfare system are unlikely to favour its development. We deal with specific monopolistic practices of the state in shaping the institutional foundations of social assistance in accordance with the interests of the central administration, which seeks to shift responsibility for implemented activities to external entities, retaining full and even increased possibilities of exerting influence and control. This is also reflected in the ongoing attempt to standardize social services, which is ultimately an element of deprofessionalisation of social work

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Participatory activation of unemployed people as a chance to increase the effectiveness of social services

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Flaszyńska E.

Praca Socjalna

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2017

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vol. 32(3)

75-89

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Participatory activation – as I understand it – is aconscious involvement in the activities of social services (social welfare services and employment services) by the beneficiaries of these services, that is the unemployed and other people who are, because of their life situation, forced to rely on social welfare and who in consequence are at risk of social exclusion. Because of the awareness of their situation, the citizens receiving support from social welfare system feel co-responsible for the actions taken to help them. The specialist cooperating with such a citizen treats him or her as a partner and is able to offer services better suited to his or her needs. Achieving this state of affairs requires increased efforts from the public social and employment services. The aim of my article is to show that bringing a citizen to the state of employment, and thus social inclusion, is obtained thanks to the cooperation between service providers (in this case labour offices and social welfare centres) and citizens themselves. Let me say, that the development of participatory activation of citizens in the recent years has helped to increase the effectiveness of the social service as a whole.

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Współczesne trendy w psychiatrii środowiskowej w kontekście deinstytucjonalizacji

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Dobrowolska M., Izydorczyk B.

Społeczeństwo i Edukacja. Międzynarodowe Studia Humanistyczne

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2016

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issue 2(21)

227-241

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The article presents reflections on the deinstitutionalization in relation to trends in psychiatry and social services for people with mental illnesses on the bases of the latest “Pan-EU Guidelines transition from institutional care to the care provided at the local level”. It is available in all EU languages at www.deinstitutionalisationguide.eu.

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Analysis Of Development Of Social Services Provided By State And Non-Public Providers In Slovakia

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Cintulová L. L.

Polonia Journal

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2020

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issue 12

139-154

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Development of social services in Slovakia is connected with the big reform of transformation and decentralisation held in 2002, but there are still differences between state and non-public social providers described in this analysis. An overview of the relevant social law shows that, in addition to municipalities and higher territorial units, social services can also be provided by private entities, such as non-profit organisations, civic associations, church organisations. Unlike these “private” public providers, who are authorized to provide social services under the same conditions as public providers, a non-public provider has to pass legal conditions for the provision of social services. The main differences are visible in the way of funding and in the access to public sources of a number of social care users as well as in condition of providing community-based services. Slovakia and other countries in Europe are facing the demographical changes that affect the quality of life of the elderly, economics, and long-term health and social care. It is necessary to develop community-based services in the basis of sustainability due to ageing of the population and the increased number of the vulnerable people requiring social care.

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Improving the quality of life of seniors in Slovakia through community care services in the light of the experiences of the civic assssociation “Familiaris”

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Drozd F.

Praca Socjalna

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2017

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vol. 32(5)

54-66

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The article analyzes the quality of life of seniors in the natural environment and in the institution based on the experience of the Slovak civic association “Familiaris”. It presents types of nursing services, support and care for seniors. The standards and quality control of the provision of social services, the participation of the family in the provision of nursing services in the field, financing social services (financing models), qualifications of supervisors and supervision and lifelong learning within care services were discussed.

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Social Services Co-production as a Source of the Personal and Social Productivity Among the Older People – a Conceptual Model Proposal

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Gawron G.

Studia Socjologiczne

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2022

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issue 4(247)

129-152

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While the notions of social services co-production and older people productivity have already been employed in the academic literature independently of one another, the relationship between the two has not been established yet. The article proposes a pioneering conceptual model that combines these two issues. Since the proposal is novel, the article introduces the concepts that allow to operationalize the model as well as the graphic diagram that explains the relationships between these concepts. The article presents social services co-production as a potential source of the personal and social productivity among the older people generated by the use of their human and social capital. Its aim is to stimulate a debate on this crucial topic and invite for a further development of the proposed conceptual model.

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Work ability of employees in changing social services and health care organizations in Finland

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Kokkinen L., Konu A.

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

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2012

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vol. 25

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issue 2

151-165

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Objectives: In this study, we examined the connection between organizational changes and employees own evaluations of their work ability. Materials and Methods: In early 2010, we asked employees (n = 2429) working in the Finnish social services and health care industry to identify all the organizational changes that had occurred at their workplaces over the previous two years, and to evaluate their own work ability and whether different statements related to the elements of work ability were true or false at the time of the survey. For our method of analysis, we used logistical regression analysis. Results: In models adjusted for gender, age, marital status, professional education and managerial position, the respondents who had encountered organizational changes were at a higher risk of feeling that their work ability had decreased (OR = 1.49) than the respondents whose workplaces had not been affected by changes. Those respondents who had encountered organizational changes were also at a higher risk of feeling that several elements related to work ability had deteriorated. The risk of having decreased self-evaluated work ability was in turn higher among the respondents who stated they could not understand the changes than among those respondents who understood the changes (OR = 1.99). This was also the case among respondents who felt that their opportunities to be involved in the changes had been poor in comparison to those who felt that they had had good opportunities to be involved in the process (OR = 2.16). Conclusions: Our findings suggest that the organizational changes in social and health care may entail, especially when poorly executed, costs to which little attention has been paid until now. When implementing organizational changes, it is vital to ensure that the employees understand why the changes are being made, and that they are given the opportunity to take part in the implementation of these changes.

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POSTRZEGANIE USŁUG KIEROWANYCH DO OSÓB STARSZYCH W POLSCE PRZEZ ŚWIADCZENIOBIORCÓW I ŚWIADCZENIODAWCÓW

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Stypuła A., Brzyska M., Tobiasz-Adamczyk B.

Polityka Społeczna

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2011

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vol. 38

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issue 9(450)

12-17

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The advancing ageing of Polish society along with transformations in the contemporary model of family cause the rise of demand for services supporting functioning of elderly people in their home environment. As part of the project “Improving Access to Community-Based Services for Older People Living at Home” there were organized two focus groups in order to examine the perception of health and social services directed to older persons by senior citizens and service-providers. The main reasons for using community-based services, the most common sources of information on services as well as the barriers and factors facilitating the using of the community-based services were identified.

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Key success factors for social services organizations in Poland

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Kotas M.

Management

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2015

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vol. 19

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issue 2

122-135

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The basic goal behind any action undertaken in an organization management is the will to achieve success. Key (or critical) success factors are the organization’s resources, competence and qualification that create its competitive advantage on a particular market at a given time, and are able to determine its possible future success. The aim of this article is the analysis of the discrepancies between the factual and perceived key success factors of the social service organizations. The results point to the management of social services organisations not possessing enough knowledge about the factors responsible for the success of the entities they manage. This signifies the need to equip the management of the social services organisations with a theoretical background and practical knowledge which will allow them to manage with the expected results.

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Humer A., University of Vienna D. o. G. a. R. R., alois.humer@univie.ac.at

European Spatial Research and Policy

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2014

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vol. 21

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issue 1

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This paper discusses Social Services of General Interest, a political term of the European Union, which lies at the heart of the European Model of Society and Cohesion concepts. How and why is the organization and provision of services across Europe rooted in, and shaped by, the prevailing national constitutional components of social welfare and spatial planning systems? A high degree of interrelation between these two systems is confirmed and Social Services of General Interest are detected and conceptualized as a substantiation of components of both systems. In a concluding step, an analytical framework is introduced which enables us to research Social Services of General Interest from different angles for the purpose of deploying promising policy solutions.

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Social sphere and sustainable development of urban territories

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Murzin A., Cherkashina A., Matrosova V.

Czech Journal of Social Sciences, Business and Economics

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2014

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vol. 3

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issue 2

55-65

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The article is devoted to the problem of social services quality analysis in urban areas, as an important factor of sustainable development of the urban environment. The social sphere is the basis for effective human life, the lack of attention to social problems in the formation of strategic priorities of urbanized territories development can lead to poor health, increased losses of working time and reduce the competitiveness of regions in the inter-regional mobility of labour. During the study the factors of formation of favourable social sphere of the city are examined, the approaches to their analysis and evaluation are distinguished, and they are determined by the degree of their influence on sustainable development of urban territories. As results of the research in this paper, there are a system of indicators of social tension, taking into account the experience of an estimation of social welfare of the school of the University of Cambridge, and reflecting the attitude of the population to their needs and existing social institutions, as well as recommendations on the determination of threshold values of the respective indicators. The proposed system of indicators allows to analyse social efficiency and to make an objective choice of directions and projects of city territories development, taking into account their social significance.

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CITIZEN AS A RECIPIENT AND PARTICIPANT IN SOCIAL SERVICES IN MUNICIPAL SELF-GOVERNMENT

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MONIKA S.

Scientific Bulletin of Chełm - Section of Pedagogy

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2020

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issue 1

183-194

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Municipal self-government as a territorial administrative unit responds in the provision of social services, mainly to the needs and possibilities of its inhabitants. However, it must perceive indicators that correspond to the individual needs and possibilities of the citizen, his opportunities to participate and his willingness to participate in their implementation.

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