Related care for the elderly in the long-term care

Abstract

This paper presents the results of an analysis of in-depth interviews with people
caring for their elderly relatives. In Russia, as in most
other countries, it is the relatives who bear the main burden of caring for
the elderly and people with disabilities, which cannot but
affect their social and economic status in one way or another. Since 2018
year in Russia, a system of long-term care is being introduced, within which a number of
important principles for the organization of social services, including the development of
a set of support measures for relatives caring for their loved ones
(training schools, day centers, equipment rentals). Person support,
employed in related care is extremely important, given that for people of working age
age, the main problem is the difficulty of combining the assistance provided and
paid work, in connection with which they often have to make a choice in favor of
reduction of working hours or complete refusal to work, which affects not only their
income, but also complicates the search for a job in the future and reduces the likelihood of returning
to the labor market. In addition, this type of long-term care can lead to
increase in stress levels, which can potentially lead to a deterioration in physical
and mental health. In international studies on the situation
caregivers of their relatives and friends with disabilities
health opportunities or at older ages, the main finding is that countries
where the main type of care for the elderly and disabled is informal
home, measures should be implemented, primarily designed to ensure the preservation
labor income of caregivers, as well as a decrease in financial,
physical and psychological costs of care. An analysis of the interview showed that all
respondents showed interest in the long-term care system and its individual
elements. At the same time, families that are relatively well-off in social terms are less likely to
express the need for additional assistance to their relatives. Partly -
because they consider it their duty to take care of their loved one, on the other hand,
a certain role is played by the norms accepted in society and deliberately negative attitudes
to any institutional form of long-term care outside the family. results
this R&D can be used in the interests of the Ministry of Labor and Social
protection of the Russian Federation and the social protection authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation for adoption
solutions for the development of a long-term care system.

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