Open AccessSupported Living of Disabled People as Innovative Practice of Social Service (by the Results of the Study at the Altay Kray in 2017–2018)
Author(s) -
Yu. Kalinina,
T. Mazaylova,
Т. В. Сиротина,
Т.В. Чуканова
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
urovenʹ žizni naseleniâ regionov rossii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2713-3397
pISSN - 1999-9836
DOI - 10.19181/1999-9836-2018-10044
Subject(s) - disabled people , business , service (business) , profit (economics) , public relations , marketing , psychology , political science , applied psychology , life style , economics , microeconomics
The Object of the Study. Supported living of disabled people.The Subject of the Study. Supported living of disabled people with disabilities as an innovative practice of social service.The Purpose of the Study. Identifying resources and difficulties of implementation of supported living of disabled people as an innovative practice of social service at the Altay Kray.The Main Provisions of the Article. The resources and difficulties of implementation of supported living of people with disabilities as an innovative practice of social service at the Altay Kray on the bases of the study results are analyzed. The survey and interview of specialists of regional social agencies and non-profit organization rendering services for disabled people were conducted in 2017 – 2018. Respondents were disabled adults and their legal representatives living at the Altay Kray. On the basis of the study results the main problems of implementation of supported living of disabled people as an innovative form of a living arrangement of disabled people at the Altay Kray are identified. There is insufficient awareness about the practice of either experts or disabled people, their legal representatives; lack of federal and regional legal regulation in the field of the supported living of disabled people; absence of the experts trained in the field of the supported living, etc. On the basis of the study results the resources of implementation of supported living of disabled people have been also identified. There is the understanding of importance of practice implementation in the Kray by both the specialists of regional social agencies and non-profit organization as disabled adults and their legal representatives. The main directions of optimization of implementation of supported living of disabled people as innovative practice of social service at the Altay Kray are described.