COVID-19 AND SICKNESS INSURANCE BENEFITS (SELECTED ISSUES)

2021 ◽  
Vol specjalny (XXI) ◽  
pp. 717-727
Author(s):  
Anna Napiórkowska
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Insurance Benefits ◽  
Fire Brigade ◽  
Special Solutions ◽  
Sick Pay

The Act of 2 March 2020 on special solutions related to the prevention, counteraction and combating of COVID‑19, other infectious diseases and crisis situations caused by them introduced a preferential sickness allowance for certain insured persons (i.e. insured persons who are employed in medical entities; insured persons who are employed in social assistance organisational units providing twenty-four-hour services, night shelters and other facilities providing twenty-four-hour care to persons with disabilities, the chronically ill or the elderly; insured persons carrying out the tasks of a member of the voluntary fire brigade). The article analyses the changes made to the legal regulation and the differences between them (e.g. right to sick pay and sickness allowance or only to sickness allowance). The article also draws attention to certain irregularities in the practical application of these provisions.

HOME CARE IN OUTPATIENT CARE – STATE AND DEVELOPMENT IN BULGARIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 571-574
Author(s):  
Ivanka Stambolova ◽  
Stefan Stambolov
Keyword(s):  
Home Care ◽  
Outpatient Care ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Elderly Person ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Health And Social Care

In outpatient care the home care, including hospices, is recognized as a model for providing quality, cost-effective and charitable care. The focus is mainly on the care that helps everyday lifeof the patient as well as the relatives, rather than on treatment, and in most cases it takes place in the patients' home. In Europe, in recent years there has been a real "boom" in home care due to demographic processes linked to increased needs for elderly care and chronically ill under the conditions of limited financial resources.In outpatient medical care in our country by means of a national framework contract there are regulated visits to the patient's home by a doctor, as well as visits by medical staff employed by him - nurse, midwife, medical assistant / paramedic / for manipulation, counseling and monitoring. At the same time there is no regulated legal activity in the Republic of Bulgaria, which is essentially the subject of home care.Since 1994 „Caritas“ has carried out the "Home Care" service, which provides a complex - health and social care for over 360 sick adults in a place where the elderly person feels the most comfortable - in their own home. „Caritas Home Care“ is provided by mobile teams of nurses and social assistants who visit the elderly at home and provide them with the necessary care according to their health and social needs.With the establishment of the first „Home Care Center“ in Lozenets region, Sofia, with the support of the PHARE ACCESS program in 2003, the Bulgarian Red Cross introduces in Bulgaria an integrated model for provision of health care and social services in the home of adults, chronically ill and people with permanent disabilities. To date, there are a number of problems in home care related to the realization of home care for patients in need in out-of-hospital settings: lack of legal regulation for home care, lack of qualified staff in outpatient care; lack of organization and structures for care; unsettled funding and the inability of the part of the population that is most in need of care to pay for it, there is no regulation to control the activity. Although home care began over 20 years ago, our country is yet to make its way to the European program called „Home care in Europe“.

scholarly journals Umowa o pomocy przy zbiorach

2018 ◽  
pp. 61-76
Author(s):  
Damian Puślecki
Keyword(s):  
Social Insurance ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Specific Form ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Ability To Work ◽  
Insurance Benefits ◽  
New Type ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Narrow Structure

The purpose of this article is to define the normative form of a harvesting help contract and to resolve any doubts that may arise in its practical application. Due to the occurrence of accidents in agriculture, it is also necessary to answer the question to what extent the legal regulation of agricultural social insurance should provide protection for farmers’ helpers (assistants) against the loss of their ability to work. In conclusion, the author states that the Insurance Act regulates a new type of contract − a harvesting help contract − but the scope of its regulation raises serious doubts. The legislator has introduced a non-synthetic definition of the term and while only vaguely defining the rights and obligations of the farmer, defines in too much detail those of the helper. The analysed regulation does not provide for any specific form of the contract or its contents regarding the activities of duties performed during harvesting or the level of pay for the work provided. The protection of the helper is limited to the provision of health insurance and accident insurance benefits only. In view of the subject of insurance protection and the specificity of work in agriculture, such a narrow structure, does not seem to be justified.

Legal framework for improvement of agroecology by cultivating jerusalem artichoke

2020 ◽  
pp. 59-66
Author(s):  
Mykhailo Kosmii ◽  
Vasyl. Kasiianchuk ◽  
Ruslan Zhyrak ◽  
Ivan Krykhovetskyi
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Organic Farming ◽  
Alternative Energy ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Jerusalem Artichoke ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Scientific Cognition

The purpose of this paper is to analyze and research the legal mechanisms which make it possible to improve agroecology through the organization of cultivation of Jerusalem artichoke.Methodology. The methodology includes comprehensive analysis and generalization of available scientific, theoretical, practical and applied material and development of relevant conclusions and recommendations. During the research, the following methods of scientific cognition were used: dialectical, terminological, historical and legal, logical and normative, systemic and structural, functional, normative and dogmatic, generalization methods. Results. The process of analysis and research highlighted the possibilities of cultivating Jerusalem artichoke for improving agroecology, namely improving the ecological state of the atmosphere air and soil, preparing them for organic farming. The article contains examples of practical application of tubers of Jerusalem artichoke and herbage for the production of therapeutic and prophylactic products, alternative energy and highly efficient building materials. Scientific novelty. The study found that the authors summarized and systematized the levels of legal regulation in the field of using Jerusalem artichoke for improving agroecology, preparing soil for organic farming, in particular: the inter-sectoral level which covers the interaction of agricultural and environmental law in terms of cultivation and use of Jerusalem artichoke; the level of integrated environmental and legal regulation; level of individual resource (floristic) legal regulation; the level of environmental protection (anthropoprotection) legislation.Practical importance. The results of the study can be used in law-making and environmental protection activities related to issues of cultivating and using the Jerusalem artichoke as a means of improving agroecology.

Historical Foundations of Development of the Institution of Employment Contract

2019 ◽  
pp. 68-75
Author(s):  
Yuliya Chernenilova
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Labor Relations ◽  
Civil Law ◽  
Labor Law ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Economic Management ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Employment Contract ◽  
Labor Legislation ◽  
The Russian Federation

This article describes the periods of development of the legal institution of employment contract in Russia. The characteristic features for each of them are defined. The first period was the longest and was marked by develogment of the contract of personal employment as the origin of the modern institution of employment contract. In the second period, the contract of personal employment represented the institution of civil law, and later became the subject of study of the civil law science. At that time the industrial law of the country was forming. A distinctive feature of the third period was the adoption of codified acts, as well as differentiation in the legal regulation of labor relations of temporary and seasonal workers. The fourth period is characterized by changes in state-legal methods of economic management. With the adoption of the Constitution of the Russian Federation labor legislation was assigned to the joint jurisdiction of the Russian Federation and its subjects. It is concluded that the adoption of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation necessitates a more accurate study of the problems arising in the application of specific rules of law governing the peculiarities of labor of certain categories of workers (for example, labor relations with persons with disabilities are not yet perfect because of the youth of the labor law), conflict of laws issues arising in practice, contradictions that occur in a huge array of legal documents not only in labor law, but also in other branches of law.

ORGANIZATIONAL MEASURES FOR SPECIAL TRANSPORT PROCESSING USED FOR CONVICTS AND PERSONS IN CUSTODY ESCORTING INCLUDING PATIENTS WITH INFECTIOUS DISEASES

2020 ◽  
pp. 43-47
Author(s):  
Валерий Викторович Кубанов
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Ultraviolet Radiation ◽  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Ultraviolet Disinfection ◽  
Physical Methods ◽  
Combined Use ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
Hygienic Conditions

В статье анализируются вопросы правового регулирования и организации мероприятий по обработке специального транспорта, используемого для конвоирования осужденных и лиц, содержащихся под стражей, в целях недопущения распространения заболеваний, вызванных новой коронавирусной инфекцией (COVID-19). Охарактеризована правовая регламентация санитарно-гигиенической и противоэпидемиологической деятельности в условиях учреждений, обеспечивающих изоляцию от общества. Показан комплекс проблем, связанных с обеспечением необходимых санитарно-гигиенических условий при перевозках осужденных и лиц, содержащихся под стражей. Исследован вопрос о критериях отбора дезинфицирующего средства, применяемого для обработки специального транспорта. Сформулированы дополнительные требования, предъявляемые к дезинфицирующим средствам, в современных условиях распространения новой коронавирусной инфекции (COVID-19). Сделан вывод о целесообразности сочетания химических и физических способов проведения дезинфекции. Предложено комбинированное использование химических аэрозольных методов и физических ультрафиолетовых дезинфекционных технологий, реализуемых посредством бактерицидных облучателей-рециркуляторов воздуха, предназначенных для обеззараживания воздуха ультрафиолетовым излучением в различных закрытых пространствах, включая салоны транспортных средств. Затронуты вопросы организации дезинфекционных пунктов в учреждениях уголовно-исполнительной системы Самарской области. The article analyzes the issues of legal regulation and organization of measures for processing special transport used for convicts and persons in custody escorting in order to prevent the spread of diseases caused by a new coronavirus infection (covid-19). The article describes the legal regulation of sanitary-hygienic and antiepidemiological activities in institutions that provide isolation from society. The complex of problems related to ensuring the necessary sanitary and hygienic conditions during transportation of convicts and persons in custody is shown. The question of the selection criteria for the disinfectant used for the treatment of special transport is investigated. Additional requirements for disinfectants are formulated in the current conditions of the spread of a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19). The conclusion is made about the expediency of combining chemical and physical methods of disinfection. The combined use of chemical aerosol methods and physical ultraviolet disinfection technologies implemented by means of bactericidal irradiators-air recirculators designed for disinfection of air with ultraviolet radiation in various enclosed spaces, including vehicle interiors, is proposed The issues of organization of disinfection points in institutions of the penitentiary system of the Samara region were discussed.

A Study of Patterns of Dying in a Multilevel Geriatric Setting

1983 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-85
Author(s):  
Isabel Brown
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Death And Dying ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Apartment Complex ◽  
General Community

ABSTRACTA retrospective study was conducted in a large multilevel geriatric centre to analyse the deaths reported in the year 1981. This centre provides accommodation for 750 elderly and/or chronically ill persons in three agencies—an apartment complex, a home for the aged, and a long-term care hospital The study revealed that the hospital is the place of death for a high proportion of the elderly residents of the centre. In particular, residents of the home for the aged are unlikely to remain in the “home” to die. It was found that patterns of death and dying for individuals admitted to the hospital from the general community differ in several ways from the patterns of those who are already living in the centre in terms of age and probable cause of death.

scholarly journals A Survey of Robots in Healthcare

Technologies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Kyrarini ◽  
Fotios Lygerakis ◽  
Akilesh Rajavenkatanarayanan ◽  
Christos Sevastopoulos ◽  
Harish Ram Nambiappan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Robotic Systems ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Robotic Technology ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Survey Paper ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
Art Research

In recent years, with the current advancements in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI), robots have the potential to support the field of healthcare. Robotic systems are often introduced in the care of the elderly, children, and persons with disabilities, in hospitals, in rehabilitation and walking assistance, and other healthcare situations. In this survey paper, the recent advances in robotic technology applied in the healthcare domain are discussed. The paper provides detailed information about state-of-the-art research in care, hospital, assistive, rehabilitation, and walking assisting robots. The paper also discusses the open challenges healthcare robots face to be integrated into our society.

Dispositive Model of Active Legal Capacity of People with Mental Disabilities in France and Quebec in the Context of the Russian Civil Code Reform (Part II)

2021 ◽  
pp. 80-87
Author(s):  
Terdi E. S. ◽  
◽  
Skrynnik I. K. ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorder ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Civil Code ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Legal Capacity ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Legal Norms ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Legal Method

The article is devoted to the problem of the inconsistency of the Russian imperative model of active legal capacity, according to which the content of active legal capacity in case of its restriction due to mental disability of a person is prescribed by the law, to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ratified by Russia in 2012. The purpose of the paper is to demonstrate the shortcomings of the imperative model, the main of which is the lack of authority of the Russian court to individually determine the consequences of restriction of active legal capacity of a person due to mental disorder, taking in account degree of actual decrease of his cognitive and volitional abilities. This purpose is achieved by the consistent implementation of the following tasks. First of all, characteristic of the Russian imperative model of active legal capacity is given. Secondly, the French dispositive model of legal capacity is described. In this model the forms of legal protection, but not the categories of active legal capacity, incapacitation and restricted active legal capacity are the backbone concepts for the legal regulation of this group of relationship. It is noted that under the influence of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities the more progressive, from the point of view of international law, forms of this model are stipulated in many foreign countries. Thirdly, the evolved form of the French dispositive model of active legal capacity, implemented in the Bill 18 «An Act to amend the Civil Code, the Code of Civil Procedure, the Public Curator Act and various provisions as regards the protection of persons», that was adopted by the National Assembly of Quebec in 2 June 2020, is analyzed. The main advantage of the latter is that the court, establishing the form of protection, is not bound by the legal norms that imperatively determine the content of active legal capacity of a person with mental disorder. The court is able, based on the cognitive and volitional abilities of particular person, to individually determine which acts person can perform by himself, alone or with the assistance of the tutor, and which one can be performed by the tutor only. The objectives of the study determine the leading role of the comparative legal method in its implementation. The provided research makes possible to assess the perspectives of borrowing of French or Quebec dispositive models of active legal capacity of people with mental disorder by the Russian legislator.

scholarly journals Healthcare Applications of Smart Watches

2016 ◽  
Vol 07 (03) ◽  
pp. 850-869 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsung-Chien Lu ◽  
Chia-Ming Fu ◽  
Matthew Ma ◽  
Cheng-Chung Fang ◽  
Anne Turner
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Usability Testing ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Healthcare Research ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
Healthcare Applications ◽  
Systematic Review Methodology ◽  
Smart Watch

SummaryThe aim of this systematic review is to synthesize research studies involving the use of smart watch devices for healthcare.The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) was chosen as the systematic review methodology. We searched PubMed, CINAHL Plus, EMBASE, ACM, and IEEE Xplore. In order to include ongoing clinical trials, we also searched ClinicalTrials.gov. Two investigators evaluated the retrieved articles for inclusion. Discrepancies between investigators regarding article inclusion and extracted data were resolved through team discussion.356 articles were screened and 24 were selected for review. The most common publication venue was in conference proceedings (13, 54%). The majority of studies were published or presented in 2015 (19, 79%). We identified two registered clinical trials underway. A large proportion of the identified studies focused on applications involving health monitoring for the elderly (6, 25%). Five studies focused on patients with Parkinson’s disease and one on cardiac arrest. There were no studies which reported use of usability testing before implementation.Most of the reviewed studies focused on the chronically ill elderly. There was a lack of detailed description of user-centered design or usability testing before implementation. Based on our review, the most commonly used platform in healthcare research was that of the Android Wear. The clinical application of smart watches as assistive devices deserves further attention.Smart watches are unobtrusive and easy to wear. While smart watch technology supplied with biosensors has potential to be useful in a variety of healthcare applications, rigorous research with their use in clinical settings is needed.Citation: Lu T-C, Fu C-M, Ma M H-M, Fang C-C, Turner AM. Healthcare applications of smart watches: A systematic review.

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