This paper examines how students with disabilities in Croatia perceive support, experience barriers and propose ways forward for equality of opportunities in the higher education system. In qualitative interviews, students were satisfied with the informal support they received from family and friends but dissatisfied with the formal support they received from universities and the government. Obstacles to inclusion included: inadequate transport and finance to attend university and minimal adaptation of buildings, toilets, lifts, classrooms and dormitories. Students proposed: investment in adapting buildings, personal assistants, educational grants and transport; coordination within the formal systems from national government to universities and non-governmental organisations; and measures to increase disability awareness for academics, professionals and other students within higher education. The situation for students with disabilities in Croatia is a reminder for those working in countries where policy and practice is relatively advanced that many disability battles are still to be won in newer nations. Points of interest• Students with disabilities discuss their experiences of the Croatian higher education system. They report positively on the social and emotional support and advice and information from family and friends, but negatively on the support from central and local government and the coordinators employed by the Office for Students with Disabilities. • Barriers to equality of opportunities in the higher education system include:physical barriers -minimal adaptation of toilets, lifts, classrooms and dormitories; inadequate transport and finance; a lack of awareness and sensitivity of professionals and peer groups in higher education; and a lack of literature in user-friendly forms for young people with disabilities.

Purpose: This paper looked into the experiences of refugee parents with an aim to uncover the challenges of parenting encountered during and after the asylum procedures in Bulgaria-a country placed at the bottom of the asylum recognition scale in Europe. Methods: Qualitative research through semi-structured interviews of eight parents originating from Iraq, Syria and Palestine was conducted during the 3 months' period in 2016. Results: Empiric research conducted revealed that procedural shortcomings of refugee protection system in Bulgaria causes severe psychosocial stresses to families in that the factors, such as slow and deficient asylum procedures, inadequate social protection and absence of integration programs, have a direct impact on the family life, parenting and children's wellbeing. Discussion: These results point to a clear need for improvement of the access to asylum right and subsequent refugee integration in Bulgaria. They also call for a systemic approach in which the refugee rights are fully respected and vulnerability inherent to the refugee parents' liminal position properly addressed. We further recommend the interventions of social work and mental health professions in ameliorating existent stresses of exclusion and marginalisation of refugee families with an aim to advance their full integration rights.

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Ostvarivanje ljudskih prava u starosti znači prije svega skrb za kvalitetu života osoba oboljelih od Alzheimerove bolesti i sprječavanje diskriminacije na osnovi starosti i bolesti. U ovome radu analiziramo najkvalitetnije instrumente zaštite ljudskih prava oboljelih od Alzheimerove bolesti, a koji se temelje na načelima autonomije, samoodređenja i najboljeg interesa oboljele osobe. Takvi se zahtjevi najbolje mogu ostvariti u sustavima koji predviđaju više različitih modaliteta zaštite oboljelih od Alzheimerove bolesti. Pravni status skrbnika i odlučivanje o pravima, interesima i potrebama osoba oboljelih od Alzheimerove bolesti uz podršku, informirani pristanak oboljele osobe na medicinski tretman i/ili istraživanje o samoj bolesti kao i mogućnost sklapanja anticipirane naredbe instrumenti su zaštite njihovih ljudskih prava. Život osoba treće dobi reguliran je zakonskim mjerama i politikama koje nisu posebno okrenute njihovim potrebama, te u svojoj suštini krše temeljna ljudska prava, osobito kada je riječ o osobama oboljelima od Alzheimerove bolesti. Palijativna skrb jedna je od tih mjera koje treba smatrati temeljnim ljudskim pravom oboljelih od Alzheimerove bolesti. / The management of human rights in old age primarily refers to providing care related to the quality of life of people suffering from Alzheimer's disease and preventing discrimination on the basis of age and illness. This paper analyses the best instruments for the protection of human rights of those suffering from Alzheimer's disease based on the principles of autonomy, self-determination, and the patient's best interests. Such requirements can best be met in systems providing several various forms of protection for people suffering from Alzheimer's disease. The legal status of caregivers and making decisions regarding the rights, interests, and needs of people suffering from Alzheimer's disease with the support, informed consent of the patient to medical treatment, and/or research of the disease itself, as well as the option of anticipated disposition, are all instruments for the protection of their human rights. The life of the elderly is regulated by legal measures and policies which are not directly focused on their needs and inherently violate basic human rights, especially in the case of people suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Palliative care is one of the measures which should be considered a basic human right of people suffering from Alzheimer's disease.

SAŽETAKDjeca su najosjetljivija populacija pogođena ratom, te uslijed svih posljedica koje rat i izbjeglištvo donose, prijeko im je potreban savjetovališni rad. Savjetovatelji koji provode savjetovališni rad uzimaju u obzir sve kulturološke kontekste i pronalaze individualni pristup u radu s pojedinim djetetom. Karakteristike i kompetencije stručnjaka u radu s djecom ključne su zbog kompleksnosti procesa savjetovališnog rada i težine života u izbjeglištvu. Primjena savjetovališnog rada važna je i za budućnost djeteta budući da intenzivna iskustva izbjeglištva ograničavaju prostor koji djeca imaju za razvijanje budućnosti i otežavaju njihovo zdravo funkcioniranje i razvoj u sadašnjosti. Potreba za stručnjaci-ma zadnjih godina se povećava što je primijećeno i od strane važnih svjetskih aktera koji u sve aktivnosti koje provode nastoje uključiti što veći broj psihosocijalnih intervencija. Savjetovanje kao jedna od metoda u radu s djecom izbjeglicama i njihovim obiteljima jedan je od prvih koraka u procesu sveobuhvatne inkluzije djeteta u društvo i jačanja kapaciteta za život u novoj okolini.