DeCovidation = Deinstitutionalization. Independent Living and Inclusion in the Community

Genienė, Rasa

doi:10.15388/stepp.2020.21

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“…Lietuvos akademiniame diskurse pertvarka suvokiama ir analizuojama iš skirtingų perspektyvų, apimant mikro-ir makrolygmens procesus. Ruškus (2020) ir Genienė (2020) pertvarką analizavo kaip teisinį procesą Jungtinių Tautų (JT) neįgaliųjų teisių konvencijos (2006) įgyvendinimo kontekste. Pūras et al (2013) ir Pivorienė (2020) savo tyrimuose orientavosi į socialinės politikos pokytį.…”

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The Deinstitutionalization of Persons with Psychosocial Disabilities from the Perspective of Ecological Systems Theory

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Šumskienė

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The deinstitutionalization of social care in Lithuania started in 2012 after the adoption of the strategic guidelines by the Ministry of Social Security and Labour. The goal of this reform was to improve the care conditions and introduce new community-based services for persons with disabilities. Almost ten years of the reform resulted in only five percent of persons with disabilities who moved to community settings, mainly group-living homes. The slow-motion of the reform, as well as the tensions in the communities, suggests the need for a thorough analysis of the process of deinstitutionalization and its improvement. Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory is applied as a conceptual and methodological tool for understanding the roles of deinstitutionalization agents at different levels, including the Ministry of Social Security and Labour, municipalities, non-governmental organizations, social care institutions, and local communities. All of these agents are involved and diversely interact among themselves during the transformation process of the social care system. The ecological theory provides the necessary integrated approach to the analysis of the process of deinstitutionalization of the social care system at the micro-, meso-, exo-, and macro levels. Deinstitutionalization and the trajectories of its participants reveal resilient connections with different fields of the ecological system and show that different system components not only represent different systems but become microsystems themselves that affect all elements in the ecological system. The complexity of environmental systems constitutes the basis of ecological systems theory. It serves as a lens to guide the analysis of the transformation of a particular person’s life in the context of deinstitutionalization. Herewith, it is an appropriate tool for understanding the impact of deinstitutionalization on specific local communities.

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The Deinstitutionalization of Persons with Psychosocial Disabilities from the Perspective of Ecological Systems Theory

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Envisioning the future of (techno) social work education: perspectives of Japanese and Lithuanian social work educators

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Seniutis

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Care Centers and Professional Caregivers: from the Project to a Sustainable Social Child Care Policy

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Nedvecka²

2021

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In Lithuania the deinstitutionalisation of children left without parental care is being implemented since 2014. The term of transformation is more recognizable in the political context of the country. Various alternative services to institutional care are being developed during the transformation process, but some have become massive and overly institutional in nature (e.g., community children living homes), while the institute of professional caregivers has not gained popular attention when comparing child care rates across different alternatives. This article presents and discusses the activities of care centers that train permanent guardians (caregivers) and professional guardians. The article presents a research during which the staff of the care center evaluated the effectiveness of the activities of the care center and the guardians on duty. The results of the study revealed that care centers face the risk of projectivity at both micro and macro levels. Cooperation and support between the Ministry of Social security and labout and municipalities and other institutions is also very important for the effectiveness of care centers.

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DeCovidation = Deinstitutionalization. Independent Living and Inclusion in the Community

Cited by 3 publications

References 7 publications

The Deinstitutionalization of Persons with Psychosocial Disabilities from the Perspective of Ecological Systems Theory

The Deinstitutionalization of Persons with Psychosocial Disabilities from the Perspective of Ecological Systems Theory

Envisioning the future of (techno) social work education: perspectives of Japanese and Lithuanian social work educators

Care Centers and Professional Caregivers: from the Project to a Sustainable Social Child Care Policy

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