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Quality in Alternative Care. De-Institutionalization. Željka Matić Ertion Axha Zuzana Matĕjková Mariela Ilieva Ines Baletin Ai Sasaki Anna Dubinina. Prague 2011. Agenda. Ideal Care Environment What is De-I Forms of A lternative Care C h allenges and Opportunities of De-I.
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Quality in Alternative Care De-Institutionalization Željka Matić Ertion Axha Zuzana Matĕjková Mariela Ilieva Ines Baletin Ai Sasaki Anna Dubinina Prague 2011
Agenda • Ideal Care Environment • What is De-I • Forms of Alternative Care • Challenges and Opportunities of De-I
What is De-I • It is a process that will help children to get more attention from the care givers by creating small family homes instead of big residential institutions • Moving from residential institutions into more individual and family type care solutions
Basic definitions • Alternative care – an out of home care which provides stability, safety and support to children without proper parental care • SOS Children Villages, family homes, foster families and institutions • Caregivers – adults (either biological or step parents) who provide care for children and young people
Basic definitions • Residential care – alternative way of non family based care where a lot of children live in buildings and people in shifts take care of them
Basic definitions • Foster care – a family where a child is placed by a competent authority and where the caregivers are not his/her biological parents • Kinship care – an arrangement where a child lives with people who he knows from the past (either his/her relatives or friends)
Challenges of De-I • There are not enough families willing to take care of children due to lack of motivation • The child could be placed into inappropriate foster family • Long processthat needs a lot of resources and organization • Depends on the politic and social will
Opportunities of De-I • Healthier relationships with caring caregivers • Have a “real” family • Proper self-development • Better education • Hobbies • Sense of confidence and security • Active participant is a healthier and stronger society