magistrsko delo
Žana Kovačič (Author), Darja Zaviršek (Mentor)

Abstract

Neodvisno življenje pomeni, da ima oseba pravico živeti enako kot drugi in lahko samostojno odloča o svojem načinu življenja, ključnega pomena pri zagotavljanju neodvisnega življenja oseb s hendikepom pa je osebna asistenca. Ker je osebna asistenca sistem, sestavljen iz več podsistemov, kot so izvajalci osebne asistence, koordinatorji na centru za socialno delo in osebni asistenti, sem se odločila, da v svoji kvalitativni raziskavi raziščem, kako uporabniki in uporabnice doživljajo posamezne podsisteme osebne asistence. V teoretičnem delu sem se za lažje razumevanje položaja oseb s hendikepom najprej osredotočila na opredelitev hendikepa, razne modele pogleda na hendikep, njegovo zgodovino in način, kako je prišlo do razvoja osebne asistence. Podrobno sem opisala ureditev sistema osebne asistence v Sloveniji in le-tega primerjala z osebno asistenco v nekaterih državah vzhodne Evrope. Na koncu sem dodala še tuje raziskave, ki so se naslanjale na kvaliteto osebne asistence, zlorabe oseb s hendikepom in odnose med uporabniki in uporabnicami ter osebnimi asistenti in asistentkami. V raziskavo so bile vključene osebe, stare nad 18 let, ki imajo telesno oviro in v Sloveniji koristijo osebno asistenco že več kot dve leti. S pomočjo delno standardiziranega vprašalnika sem opravila 12 intervjujev. S sogovorniki in sogovornicami sem se dotaknila tem, kot so postopek pridobivanja osebne asistence, koordinatorji in koordinatorke na centru za socialno delo, izvajalci osebne asistence ter osebni asistenti in asistentke. Rezultati raziskave so pokazali, da se pomanjkljivosti pojavljajo pri vseh podsistemih osebne asistence. Veliko izzivov je bilo izpostavljenih pri obisku strokovne komisije na domu uporabnikov in uporabnic, prav tako pa so poročali o odsotnosti obiskov koordinatorjev iz centrov za socialno delo. Sodelujoči in sodelujoče so bili predvsem zadovoljni z izvajalci osebne asistence, pojavile pa so se težave pri zagotavljanju nadomeščanja osebnih asistentov in asistentk. Ugotovila sem, da so sogovorniki in sogovornice v večini zadovoljni s svojimi osebnimi asistenti in asistentkami, čeprav je večina sodelujočih poročalo o negativnih izkušnjah in občutkih z osebnimi asistenti in asistentkami v preteklosti.

Keywords

osebe z ovirami;hendikep;neodvisno življenje;osebna asistenca;postopki;izvajalci;koordinatorji;osebni asistenti;

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Language: Slovenian
Year of publishing:
Typology: 2.09 - Master's Thesis
Organization: UL FSD - Faculty of Social Work
Publisher: [Ž. Kovačič]
UDC: 364-056.26
COBISS: 240874755 Link will open in a new window
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Secondary language: English
Secondary title: Personal assistance through the perspective of its users
Secondary abstract: Independent living means that a person has the right to live like others and can make independent decisions about their way of life. Personal assistance plays a crucial role in ensuring independent living for persons with disabilities. Since personal assistance is a system composed of multiple subsystems, such as personal assistance providers, coordinators at social work centers, and personal assistants, I decided to explore how users experience these individual subsystems of personal assistance in my qualitative research. In the theoretical part of my work, to better understand the position of persons with disabilities, I first focused on defining disability, various models of disability perspecitives, its history, and the development of personal assistance. I provided a detailed description of the personal assistance system in Slovenia and compared it with personal assistance systems in several Eastern European countries. Additionally, I included foreign studies that focused on the quality of personal assistance, the abuse of persons with disabilities, and the relationships between users and their personal assistants.The study included individuals over 18 years of age with physical disabilities who have been using personal assistance in Slovenia for more than two years. Using a semi-standardized questionnaire, I conducted 12 interviews. With the interviewees, I addressed topics such as the process of obtaining personal assistance, coordinators at social work centers, personal assistance providers, and personal assistants.The results of the study revealed shortcomings in all subsystems of personal assistance. Many irregularities were pointed out regarding visits by expert committees to users' homes, as well as the absence of visits by coordinators from social work centers. The participants were generally satisfied with personal assistance providers, though challenges arose in ensuring substitute personal assistants. I found that most interviewees were satisfied with their personal assistants, although many reported negative experiences and feelings with personal assistants in the past.
Secondary keywords: people with disabilities;independent living;handicap;personal assistance;providers;coordinators;personal assistants;
Type (COBISS): Master's thesis/paper
Study programme: 0
Embargo end date (OpenAIRE): 1970-01-01
Thesis comment: Univ. v Ljubljani, Fakulteta za socialno delo
Pages: 197 str.
ID: 25775959