Implementation of the alternative form of social service “foster home or senior citizens” in Irkutsk Region: empirical study of the problem

2021 ◽  
pp. 72-85
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Viktorovna Zimina ◽  
Ol'ga Gennad'evna Sedykh
Keyword(s):  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Senior Citizens ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Alternative Form ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Foster Home ◽  
Foster Homes ◽  
The Government

The object of this research is the senior citizens, who are the objects of close attention of the corresponding government bodies, institutions of social and medical care, nonprofit organizations, and social entrepreneurs. It is revealed that despite joint efforts of the government and society aimed at maintaining the quality of their lives, senior citizens, for various reasons, often find themselves lonely, deprived of the care of their families. Therefore, the subject of this research is the alternative form of social service for senior citizens – foster home. The article examines the social, economic, psychological, and sociological aspects of implementation of such service. Special attention is given to the concept of foster home for senior citizens, as a form of organization of life, which implies sharing living space and household of citizens who concluded a foster home agreement. The article explores such aspects as the procedure for creating foster families, basic statistical data, regional peculiarities, social and economic effectiveness. The studied indicators reveal the factors that impede the creation of more foster homes. The authors’ special contribution lies in systematization of the key indicators of social effectiveness of foster homes: improvement of psychological state of senior citizens, mending family relationships, joint overcoming of different household problems, mutual respect and help, living in a home environment, and revival of the traditions of family and community care for older generation.

Challenges and opportunities for social entrepreneurs in civil engineering in Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernesto Ferreira Vasconcellos ◽  
Bernardo Henrique Leso ◽  
Marcelo Nogueira Cortimiglia
Keyword(s):  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Government

Purpose This paper aims to identify challenges and opportunities for social enterprises (SE) in civil engineering in Brazil. Design/methodology/approach Starting from the transformative social innovation theory and inspired by grounded theory principles, this paper conducts three-stage exploratory research. First, this paper mapped the Brazilian SE civil engineering ecosystem. Next, this paper classified the SE initiatives along with an organizing framework. Finally, this paper conducted 11 interviews with key ecosystem actors and analyzed data through iterative, parallel and interrelated content analysis procedures. Findings The 37 SE found were classified along “Sustainability,” “Housing,” “Transportation” and “Sanitation” pillars, which are aligned with the United Nations’ social development goals. This paper found 50 challenges and opportunities, which were aggregated along seven dimensions. Three elements are particularly relevant as opportunities: opportunities for SE with ecosystem supporters, specialized investors and partnership with major companies; while government and early investment are the most relevant challenges. Research limitations/implications Research findings and conclusions cannot be extended to other sectors and countries. Usual limitations associated with exploratory qualitative research must also be highlighted. Practical implications The government should offer financial and technical support for civil engineering in working in partnership with ecosystem supporters. Academy could use SE content and ecosystem for its students and should offer diverse resources for network creation. Originality/value Focusing on civil engineering SE in Brazil, this study sheds light on a high-impact sector that has not been studied yet.

scholarly journals Implementation of Community Service Activities at the Class I Immigration Office for West Jakarta Non-TPI Specialists

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Catur Susan ◽  
Khotma Rubah Khoiroh Dalimunthe
Keyword(s):  
Community Service ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Class I ◽  
Work Unit ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
The Future ◽  
Service Activities ◽  
The Government

The practice of field recognition (PPL) is one of the main educational activities at the Immigration Polytechnic. The Taruna annually will conduct this activity and can be placed anywhere throughout Indonesia. When implementing the field introduction practice Taruna is expected to apply the theory that in the learning process can be real as supporting the skills before plunging directly at the place of placement when already graduated. A taruna is not only demanded to be smart academically, the taruna formed a healthy attitude and mental to be a leader and a useful person in the future. As a community servant, the welfare and prosperity of society also became the responsibility of the cadets who would someday work with the government. One of the forms of caring for the community can be realized with the simple things like social service, Socialisai and other positive actions that can give positive influence to the community. Therefore, when implementing the field introduction practice the Taruna also conducts community devotion as a manifestation of taruna concern to the community and the environment around the area of work Unit field introduction  

scholarly journals Persepsi Pegawai Unit Kearsipan SKPD terhadap Aplikasi Sistem Informasi Kearsipan Daerah (SIKEDA) dan Jaringan Informasi Kearsipan Daerah (JIKEDA) di Pemerintahan Kota Bukittinggi

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Agus Suherman ◽  
Ardoni Ardoni
Keyword(s):  
Social Service ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
City Government ◽  
Electronic Records ◽  
Information Network ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Records Management ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
The Government ◽  
The City

AbstractIn this paper we discuss the SKPD Filing Unit Employee Perception of the Regional Archival Information System Application (SIKEDA) and the Regional Archival Information Network (JIKEDA) in  the City Government of Bukittinggi. The purpose of this study is to determine the competence and optimal shield of SKPD employees in inputting files to the SIKEDA application.This type of research is descriptive research with a qualitative approach. The location of this study was carried out in 5 SKPD Institutions in Bukittinggi, namely: (1) the Library and Archives Office of Bukittinggi City, (2) the Education and Culture Office of the City of Bukittinggi, (3) the Youth and Sports Pariwasata Service of the City of Bukittinggi, (4) the Health Service City of Bukittinggi, (5) Social Service of the city of Bukittinggi. The object of the study was SKPD employees in five government agencies in the city of Bukittinggi. Writing this paper aims to describe (1) To describe the optimization of the use of SIKEDA and JIKEDA applications by Admin node SIKEDA in supporting records management in the city administration of the City of Bukittinggi; (2) To describe the competencies possessed by HR in SKPD in utilizing information technology in the application of SIKEDA and JIKEDA applications in the City Government of Bukittinggi.Data was collected by observation and direct interviews with SKPD employees in the Bukittinggi city government and literature studies in the application of electronic records in the government of the City of Bukittinggi.Based on the discussion, it can be concluded that the First Employee in the SKPD in the City Government of Bukittinggi is still not optimal in inputting the archive to the sikeda Second application.iKeywords: optimization, competence, electronic archives.

scholarly journals Polityka społeczna wobec ludzi starych w Polsce — uwarunkowania, rozwój i kierunki zmian

Ekonomia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 73-84
Author(s):  
Sylwia Wojtczak
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Older People ◽  
Senior Citizens ◽  
Population Aging ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Modern Medicine ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Government ◽  
Human And Social Capital

Social policy toward old people in Poland — conditions, development and directions of changesSocial policy shapes people’s living conditions. In the era of dynamic demographic changes, especially the aging of the population observed in Poland and across the world, the activity of the state focused on improving the quality of life of the elderly is particularly important. Population aging is a demographic process of increasing the proportion of older people while reducing the proportion of children in the society of a given country. Elderly people will continue to be a part of society, mainly due to the progress of civilization, advances in modern medicine and the popularization of so-called healthy living.Social policy toward the elderly should not be limited to managing the social security system and social welfare. Eff ective use of human and social capital of the elderly will be a growing challenge for this policy, and for senior citizens — spending satisfactorily the last years of one’s life. However, for some senior citizens, old age means or will mean poverty and living on the margins of civil society. The Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Polic y is responsible for the social policy of people in Poland, off ering for example in the years 2014–2020 to senior citizens such programs as “Senior +”, the Government Program for Social Activity of the Elderly ASOS or “Care 75+.” Each of the above programs have appropriate criteria that must be met to be able to use them. Are older people eager to use them, or are the eff ects of these programs already visible? This study will attempt to answer the above questions. The main purpose of the article is to diagnose and analyze selected government programs targeted at older people. In addition, perspectives for changes in social policy toward older people in Poland will be determined.

scholarly journals EVALUATION OF EAZY PASSPORT ACTIVITIES AS AN ALTERNATIVE FORM OF SERVICE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC BY IMMIGRATION POLYTECHNIC CADETS

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bagus Muahamad Iskandar ◽  
Rasona Sunara Akbar
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Tract ◽  
Alternative Form ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Hand Sanitizer ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
Directorate General ◽  
The Government ◽  
The City ◽  
Rules Set ◽  
At Home

At the beginning of 2020 the whole world was in an uproar with the emergence of a virus that can attack the respiratory tract and can even make its victims die. Covid-19 or Corona Virus is the cause. When entering the end of 2019 in December the first Covid-19 cases appeared in the city of Wuhan, China (People's Republic of China). This virus spreads very quickly through droplets or fluids. At the beginning of March 2020, Covid-19 cases had started to enter Indonesia, precisely in Depok City. It is reported that there are 2 people who have contracted Covid-19.. People began to self-quarantine at home, and always maintain cleanliness by washing hands and using hand sanitizer. Some people even spray disinfectant in their homes to kill the Covid-19 virus. The government has also stepped in to tackle this problem. The government asks residents to always comply with health protocols and use masks and reduce activities outside the home if it is not too urgent. The Indonesian Directorate General of Immigration issues policies related to making passports during the pandemic, such as limiting the number of passport applicants in the immigration office. Applicants are also required to follow the health protocol rules set by the immigration authorities.

scholarly journals MODERN APPROACHES TO MEDICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT OF FAMILIES WITH INFANTS WITH SEVERE CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 142-145
Author(s):  
O.E. Dukhovskyy
Keyword(s):  
Family Relationships ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Craniocerebral Trauma ◽  
Main Group ◽  
Psychological Support ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Family Interactions ◽  
Severe Craniocerebral Trauma

О. Dukhovskyy The study involved a comprehensive survey of 137 families (mother and father) of children with severe somatic disease aimed at the development and evaluation of the system of medical and psychological support of families with a somatically challenged child. The main group comprised 97 families participating in the program of medical and psychological support, and the control group included 40 families who did not receive psychological support. According to our findings, a serious disease of the child became a psychotraumatic situation for all the parents, resulting in the development of anxiety-depressive reactions and conditions. Psychodiagnostic examination showed that the parents had mild, moderate depressive and anxious episodes on the Hamilton Rating Scale; high levels of situational and personal anxiety according to the C.D. Spielberger Inventory, a high level of neuropsychic stress on T.A. Nemchin Scale. The couples under investigation noted tensions in family relationships, family conflicts, related to the treatment of the child and escalation of pre-existing interpersonal and marital problems that led to distancing and a decrease in internal family resource. Based on these data, we have developed a system of medical and psychological support of the families with somatically challenged child, which consisted of four consecutive phases and included the use of individual cognitive-behavioral therapy (Beck AT, 2006), family therapy (Eidemiller E. G., 2003), rational therapy (classic Dubois P., 1912) and psychological educational programs. Case monitoring in the main group following the employment of the proposed system of medical and psychological support showed a stable positive pattern of psychological state with a statistically significant total reduction of anxiety-depressive states and the harmonization of the marital relationship.Key words: Medical and psychological support, anxiety, depression, family interactions, infants with severe craniocerebral trauma. СУЧАСНІ ПІДХОДИ ДО МЕДИКО-ПСИХОЛОГІЧНОГО СУПРОВОДУ СІМ’Ї ДИТИНИ ПЕРШОГО РОКУ ЖИТТЯ З ВАЖКОЮ ЧЕРЕПНО-МОЗКОВОЮ ТРАВМОЮ.Духовський О.Є.У ході роботи з метою розробки та апробації системи медико-психологічного супроводу сім’ї дитини першого року життя з важкою черепно-мозковою травмою проведено комплексне обстеження 137 родини (мати та батько) дітей першого року життя які отримали важку черепно-мозкову травму. Основну групу склали 97 родин, які прийняли участь у програмі медико-психологічного супроводу, контрольну групу 40 родин, які не отримували психологічну підтримку. Як показали результати дослідження черепно-мозкова травма дитини стала психотравмуючою ситуацією для усіх батьків, яка приводила до розвитку тривожно-депресивних реакцій та станів. За даними психодіагностичного обстеження у батьків відмічалися легкій помірний депресивний та тривожний епізоди за шкалою Гамільтона; високі рівні ситуативної й особистісної тривожності за методикою Ч.Д. Спілбергера, високій рівень виразності нервово-психічної напруги по шкалі Т.А. Немчина. Обстежені родини відзначали наявність напруженості в сімейних відносинах, сімейні конфлікти, як пов’язані з лікуванням дитини, так і ескалації існуючих раніше міжособистісних та подружніх проблем, що призводило до дистанціювання та зниження внутрішньосімейного ресурсу. Базуючись на отриманих даних нами розроблена система медико-психологічного супроводу сімʼї дитини першого року життя з важкою черепно-мозковою травмою, яка складалася із чотирьох послідовних етапів та включла використання індивідуальної когнітивно-поведінкової терапії (Бек A. T., 2006), сімейної терапії (Ейдміллер Е. Г., 2003), раціональної психотерапії (класичний варіант Дюбуа П., 1912) та псих освітніх програм. Як показали результати динамічного спостереження, на фоні застосування запропонованої системи медико-психологічного супроводу в основній групі відзначена стійка позитивна динаміка психологічного стану з повною редукцією тривожно-депресивних та гармонізацією подружніх відносин.Ключові слова: Медико-психологічний супровід, тривога, депресія, родинна взаємодія, дитина з важкою черепно-мозковою травмою. СОВРЕМЕННЫЕ ПОДХОДЫ К МЕДИКО-ПСИХОЛОГИЧЕСКОМУ СОПРОВОЖДЕНИЮ СЕМЬИ РЕБЕНКА ПЕРВОГО ГОДА ЖИЗНИ С ТЯЖЕЛОЙ ЧЕРЕПНО-МОЗГОВОЙ ТРАВМОЙ.Духовской А.Э.В ходе работы с целью разработки и апробации системы медико-психологического сопровождения семьи ребенка первого года жизни с тяжелой черепно-мозговой травмой проведено комплексное обследование 137 семей (мать и отец) детей первого года жизни получивших тяжелую черепно-мозговую травму. Основную группу составили 97 семей, принявших участие в программе медико-психологического сопровождения, контрольную группу 40 семей, не получавшие психологическую поддержку. Как показали результаты исследования, черепно-мозговая травма ребенка стала психотравмирующей ситуацией для всех родителей, которая приводила к развитию тревожно-депрессивных реакций и состояний. По данным психодиагностического обследования у родителей отмечались легкой умеренный депрессивный и тревожный эпизоды по шкале Гамильтона; высокие уровни ситуативной и личностной тревожности по методике Ч.Д. Спилбергера, высокий уровень выраженности нервно-психического напряжения по шкале Т.А. Немчина. Обследованные супруги отмечали наличие напряженности в семейных отношениях, семейные конфликты, как связанные с лечением ребенка, так и эскалацией существующих ранее межличностных и супружеских проблем, чт приводило к дистанцированию и снижению внутрисемейного ресурса. Основываясь на полученных данных нами разработана система медико-психологического сопровождения семьи ребенка первого года жизни с тяжелой черепно-мозговой травмой, которая состояла из четырех последовательных этапов и включала использование индивидуальной когнитивно-поведенческой терапии (Бек AT, 2006), семейной терапии (Ейдмиллер Е. Г., 2003), рациональной психотерапии (классический вариант Дюбуа П., 1912) и психобразовательных программ. Как показали результаты динамического наблюдения, на фоне применения предложенной системы медико-психологического сопровождения в основной группе отмечена устойчивая положительная динамика психологического состояния с полной редукцией тревожно-депрессивных состояний и гармонизацией супружеских отношений.Ключевые слова: Медико-психологическое сопровождение, тревога, депрессия, семейное взаимодействие, ребенок с тяжелой черепно-мозговой травмой.

Within Source Diversification When the Going Gets Tough: Examining Alterations to Human Service Nonprofit Funding by Levels of Government

2021 ◽  
pp. 45-66
Keyword(s):  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Human Service ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
The United States ◽  
Government Funding ◽  
Federal State ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
Nonprofit Funding ◽  
State And Local ◽  
The Government

Government increasingly relies on nonprofit organizations to deliver public services, especially for human services. As such, human service nonprofits receive a substantial amount of revenue from government agencies via grants and contracts. Yet, times of crises result in greater demand for services, but often with fewer financial resources. As governments and nonprofits are tasked to do more with less, how does diversification within the government funding stream influence government-nonprofit funding relationships? More specifically, we ask: How do the number of different government partners and the type of government funder—federal, state, or local—influence whether nonprofits face alterations to government funding agreements? Drawing upon data from over 2,000 human service nonprofits in the United States, following the Great Recession, we find nonprofit organizations that only received funds from the federal government were less likely to experience funding alterations. This helps to illustrate the economic impact of the recession on state and local governments as well as the nonprofit organizations that partner with them.

The NGOization of Refugee Resettlement

2020 ◽  
pp. 57-91
Author(s):  
Jennifer Erickson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
The United States ◽  
The State ◽  
Refugee Resettlement ◽  
Master Narrative ◽  
Everyday Practices ◽  
The Government ◽  
And Migration

This chapter explains the policies, politics, and everyday practices of the New American Services. It highlights the tensions surrounding citizenship and the role that nongovernmental (or nonprofit) organizations play in Fargo under neoliberalism by analyzing these practices in terms of the “NGOization” of refugee resettlement. The chapter defines NGOization as the proliferation of NGOs under neoliberalism as extensions, or new faces, of the state. It views NGOs from a feminist's lens, and challenges the master narrative that refugee resettlement was purely humanitarian or simply unaccountable. The chapter provides an overview of everyday resettlement practices and beliefs about resettlement staff, and how their work can be interpreted in regard to the larger social issues laid out in this book: race, citizenship, and diversity. It also talks about the Cooperative Agreement between the Government of the United States (the State Department and the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration) and VOLAGS or voluntary agencies.

Public Subsidies for Private and Public Education: The Dutch Case

1986 ◽  
Author(s):  
Estelle James
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Product Variety ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Subsidies ◽  
The Government

The possibility of “privatizing” education and other quasi-public services has been widely discussed in the United States today, and in other chapters of this volume. Policies such as a voucher or tax credit system, which would give public subsidies to private schools, are examples of privatization proposals. Many people feel that such policies would bring variety, choice, consumer responsiveness, and greater efficiency to our schools. Others fear that they would increase social segmentation, damage the public schools, and enable wealthy people to receive a better education for their children privately, but (partially) at the public expense. To expore these issues, this chapter examines the experience of the Netherlands, a country which, in effect, has had a voucher system in education for many years. In Holland, education and most health and social services are financed by the government but delivered by private nonprofit organizations, often religious in nature. As shall become evident below, the Dutch educational system avoids many of the possible pitfalls of privatization. This is due partially to particular mechanisms the Dutch have adopted to avoid these problems, which could conceivably be replicated here, and partially to broader structural features of the Dutch educational system and its role within society, which could not readily be replicated. The chapter proceeds as follows: The first section summarizes the historical background of the public-private division of responsibility for education in the Netherlands. The policy of privatization is seen as a response to diverse tastes about education, stemming from basic cultural (religious) differences, in a political setting where no one group was in a position to impose its preferred product variety on the others. This is consistent with a hypothesis I am testing in a multicountry study: that degree of reliance on private provision of quasi-public goods is positively related to cultural (particularly religious and linguistic) heterogeneity in democratic societies. It also is relevant to the discussions, found in several previous chapters, of why families choose private schooling.

The Democratic Implications of npos and the Control Strategy of the State

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Changjuan Geng ◽  
Lucas Meijs
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Control Strategy ◽  
Essential Role ◽  
Rational Choice Theory ◽  
Choice Theory ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
The State ◽  
Financial Instruments ◽  
The Government

Liberal scholars attribute an essential role to nonprofit organizations (npos) in the process of democratization, due to their roles in raising public awareness and supervising the hegemony of the state. Nevertheless, the current literature has yet to pay sufficient attention to the ways in which governments respond to the dynamics of power. As argued inpublic rational choice theory, the government is a self-benefit maximizing bureaucrat that spares no effort to adopt various strategies aimed at keeping society under control. We have studied this postulation by comparing the two contrasting civil societies of China and the Netherlands. Results from our investigation of campaigningnpos from China and the Netherlands confirm that states tend to apply a range of strategies (e.g., political restrictions and financial instruments) in order to assimilatenpos into the developmental planning of the government (e.g., by stimulating the economic functions ofnpos while weakening their democratic functions in intangible ways).

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