the support system for the elderly in the voivodeship of silesia katowice, 12th may 2015 the seminar...
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The support system for the elderly in the Voivodeship of Silesia
Katowice, 12th May 2015
The seminar „Loneliness and depression of the elderly”
Bożena Stępieńthe Social Policy Department of the Silesian Voivodeship Office
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND SOCIAL POLICY
Voivodeship Office
The provincial government
Social Policy DepartmentRegional Center of Social Policy
DISTRICT Family Assistance Centre
MUNICIPALITYSOCIAL WELFARE
CENTER
Department of Social Assistance and Integration
Supralocal nursing homes
SupralocalSupport Centres
Municipal facilities stationary and temporary stay
Municipal day care centers
Care services
NGO’s, the Catholic church and
other religious organizations
cooperation
supervision
„Appropriate satisfaction of the needs is a requirement of a ageing”
• Universities of the third age• Senior clubs• Discount on tickets of cultural events and means of
transport• Organizing various activities for the elderly• Activity in associations• Participation in support groups• Participated in creating programs for the elderly
The possibility of development and self-realization
Universities of the third age have been establishing in Poland since 1975 by universities, local government
units foundations and associations.
In the academic year 2012/2013 in classes and lectures organized by more than 400 universities in the country involving more than 74,000 women and
14,000 men.*
The possibility of development and self-realization
* Source: http://www.fpnp.pl/pdf/raport_uniwersytet_trzeciego_wieku.pdf
• Daily nursing homes• Senior clubs• Sheltered housing• Environmental self-help houses• Care services• Social assistance benefits
Maintaining independent living- forms of assistance in the living environment
In 2014 in the Voivodeship of Silesia were been working 48 daily nursing houses.
During that year in their classes were attended a total of 4,580 people.
* MPiPS-05 Sprawozdanie o placówkach zapewniających całodobową opiekę i wsparcie za rok 2014
Forms of assistance in the living environment - in the social welfare system
People because of age or illness may use the care services organized in their place of
residence.
In 2014 in the Voivodeship of Silesia with the care services benefited 9.212 people,
including approx. 8.500 the elderly.
* MPiPS-05 Sprawozdanie o placówkach zapewniających całodobową opiekę i wsparcie za rok 2014
Forms of assistance in the living environment - in the social welfare system
In 2014 the Voivodeship of Silesia had 42 environmental self-help houses for persons
with mental disorders.
In Chorzow set up the first branch in the region for a group of people with Alzheimer's disease.
Forms of assistance in the living environment - in the social welfare system
In the Voivodeship of Silesia are working 102 nursing houses of the total number of seats
8.733.
For the elderly and chronic somatic diseases services are provided by 51 nursing houses -
that is half of all registered homes in the voivodeship. That houses have the total number
of seats 4.055.
*/Data from the register of social welfare homes run by the governor of Silesia
Forms of assistance in the living environment - in the social welfare system
The Voivodeship of Silesia has registered 61 providing full-time care facilities for
persons with disabilities, the chronically ill of the total number of seats 1.845. Three of them take only the elderly, and the other both elderly and people with
disabilities.
Forms of assistance in the living environment - in the social welfare system
• 42 institution of care and treatment• 30 institution of care and therapeutic• 1 geriatric hospital• 19 geriatric units
Forms of assistance in the living environment - in the health care system
The multiannual program "Senior - WIGOR "
for the years 2015-2020
Program „Senior – Wigor”The Council of Ministers adopted the multiannual program "Senior - WIGOR " for the years 2015 – 2020 on 17th March 2015. That program assumes a founding the daily nursing houses called „Senior – Vigor” through financial support to
governments in implementing their own tasks.
The aim of the program is improving the quality of life of older people through enabling them to benefit from a wide range of care, educational, cultural and recreational.
On the implementation of the programme provided support to local governments in the total amount of 370 million zł
(30 million zł in 2015).
Bożena Stępieńthe Social Policy Department of the Silesian Voivodeship Office
THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION