Open AccessPERSPECTIVES AND CHALLENGES OF INTERPROFESSIONAL WORK IN INSTITUTIONS FOR THE ELDERLY
Author(s) -
Sabira Gadžo-Šašić,
Ivana Ristić
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
human
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2232-996X
pISSN - 2232-9935
DOI - 10.21554/hrr.042008
Subject(s) - accommodation , work (physics) , social work , elderly people , working population , elderly care , care of the elderly , population , population ageing , occupational therapy , psychology , gerontology , nursing , sociology , medicine , political science , engineering , environmental health , psychiatry , mechanical engineering , neuroscience , law
The main characteristic of the 21st century is the increase in the number of third-age persons in the total human population of the world. Therefore, it is an imperative to create new modes and to improve existing modes of assistance and support to this group of people. This paper specifically seeks to draw attention to possible directions for the development of care services for the elderly. The tasks of the professionals (social workers and occupational therapists), working in institutions for the permanent placement/accommodation and care of the elderly, were also analyzed. In addition to the above-mentioned, the status of the elderly population in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia hasbeen reviewed.