Analysis of the need for social assistance of families caring for a disabled person

Abstract

The article analyzes the social assistance needs and emerging challenges of families caring for a person with a disability. During the research, the need for provided general social services (information, consulting, mediation and representation) and other services (financial, psychological assistance, physiotherapist services, adapted technical and household assistance, medicinal and nursing measures, communication) became evident. The need for informational, economic and geographical accessibility of social assistance and the need for inter-institutional and inter-sectoral cooperation, provision of daily social care services and continuous communication with a social worker in providing assistance to families caring for a person with a disability have been determined. Keywords: social services, social assistance, needs for social services.