Integruotos sveikatos priežiūros paslaugos ‒ į įmonių poreikius orientuotos sveikatos priežiūros sistemos skatinimas Europos regione

Social work perspective in integrated care for elderly people with chronic diseases

“…A literature review was applied to identify the roles and functions social workers implement in integrated care (1) and observe the challenges of implementing integrated care (2). While collecting articles from Lithuanian and foreign researchers, national documents, and integrated care regulations, attention was paid to seeing the perspective of social work practice in integrated care.…”

“…Due to the aging of Lithuanian society, a considerable challenge arises for the social services and healthcare sectors to meet the growing needs of assistance to the elderly. Older people with chronic diseases visit healthcare professionals more often [1] and turn to social services organizers and social workers when their health deteriorates when performing activities of daily living and self-care becomes too difficult or impossible [2,3]. The elderly constitute the most significant social services and healthcare users.…”

Care for the Caregiver : Internet intervention for informal caregivers in Lithuania

“…These reforms focused on decentralizing the healthcare system, providing the general practitioners with a position as gatekeepers for access to healthcare, as well as introducing compulsory National healthcare insurance policies (Murauskiene et al, 2013). In addition, one of the following and more recent goals was to integrate social and healthcare systems (Kudukytė-Gasperė & Jankauskienė, 2015). The integrated model should have offered individuals an easier way to access the services.…”

Living with HIV in post-Soviet states: Rejecting individual stigma through social activism

“…Both have two separate state systems operating in relation to HIV/AIDS treatment: the medical – provided by ministries of health – and the social – provided by ministries of labour and social services. Inpatient healthcare is still prevalent in Lithuania and alternative ambulatory services are not adequately developed (Kudukytė-Gasperė and Jankauskienė, 2014). Trying to better address patient needs and diminish the divide between health and social care sectors, Lithuania is currently set to promote a collaboration of specialists from both sectors (involving psychologists and social workers) and strengthen service delivery on a community level (Kudukytė-Gasperė and Jankauskienė, 2014).…”

“…Inpatient healthcare is still prevalent in Lithuania and alternative ambulatory services are not adequately developed (Kudukytė-Gasperė and Jankauskienė, 2014). Trying to better address patient needs and diminish the divide between health and social care sectors, Lithuania is currently set to promote a collaboration of specialists from both sectors (involving psychologists and social workers) and strengthen service delivery on a community level (Kudukytė-Gasperė and Jankauskienė, 2014). In practice, however, it is focused primarily on palliative and elderly care and on developing preventive approaches to general health issues.…”