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Possibilities of non-institutional forms of care for elderly people
- Author:
- BOUILLET Dejana
- Journal article citation:
- Revija Za Socijalnu Politiku Journal of Social Policy, 10(3-4), 2003, pp.321-333.
- Publisher:
- University of Zagreb
Presents the results of research from the National Institute for the Protection of Family, Motherhood and Youth conducted in 2002 to evaluate a pilot project and assess non-institutional forms of aid for older people. The research was carried out on a sample of 164 users of the programme. Based on a questionnaire examining the features of the households of older people, which also included general characteristics, their socio-economic status, family structure, health status, special needs, assessment of needs and accessibility of the support services in the local community, as well as satisfaction with the programmes' provisions. Concludes that the programme contributed to the improvement of older people's quality of life. The programme has brought about the employment of a particular group of less easily employable women, and has facilitated the fulfillment of many needs of the programme's beneficiaries, especially in performing everyday domestic chores, satisfying personal hygiene and health demands. Concludes that the programme is a considerable contribution to the realisation of a number of measures of the National Family Policy adopted by the Croatian Government in January 2003. [Article in Croatian].