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End-of-year reading and listening recommendations
As many do at the end of a year, I also shared some reading and listening recommendations from 2021. 🕵️♀️ This series of Investigate Europe articles on private money in old people care is definitely worth the time of anyone interested in social services. 🔥 Inclusion Dialogue podcast is always very interesting to get new…
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Budujte vztahy, ne baráky
Příspěvek na konferenci FSS Ostravské univerzity o transformaci sociálních služeb v listopadu 2021: Ústav = kumulované bydlení + segregace prostorem a činností + podřízenost pravidlům zařízení Deinstitucionalizace = sociální služba – negativa výše Tedy poskytování podpory, která má člověka a jeho přání a potřeby v centru pozornosti; pomáhá být součástí světa kolem. Také podpora rodin,…
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Build relationships, not houses
Last 2 days have been about learning how supporting living works in Greece, and how to improve it and make it available to many more people. It was a conference in Athens, held by Estia to mark 10 years of providing supported living services. They kindly invited me to talk about support for independent living and inclusion to…
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Recommendations for Polish deinstitutionalisation strategy
Polskie Forum Osób z Niepełnosprawnościami organised a conference called “We have the right to live independently. We cannot wait any longer”, and I was invited to speak during a panel about the Polish deinstitutionalisation strategy and “whether we have to wait until 2030?” I offered suggestions for deinstitutionalisation: Prevent institutionalisation of those living in the…
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Deinstitutionalisation and families
Today I spoke during a EESC hearing about challenges of the transition from institutional to community-based support for persons with disabilities and the role of families as their carers. I talked about priorities in deinstitutionalisation, one of which must be making the changes work for people with complex support needs too. They are often left…