Solidarumas yra esminė Europos Sąjungos vertybė, ypatingai svarbi krizės metu. Žodis “Sąjunga” reiškia būtent tai – esame kartu, kad kovotume su krize, tuo tarpu solidarumas sukuria apsauginį skydą mums visiems. Lietuvos integracija į Europos Sąjungą bei naujų visuomenės požiūrių į vaiką formavimasis skatina tobulinti socialinę politiką Lietuvoje. Tai skatina tobulinti ir politiką vaiko atžvilgiu, taip pat ir vaikų socialinių įgūdžių formavimą globos įstaigose. Taigi, šio darbo tikslas: Išanalizuoti vaikų globos namuose teikiamą socialinių įgūdžių formavimo dinamiką, indėlius, galimybių įgyvendinimus rengiant globotinį savarankiškam gyvenimui. Siekiant įgyvendinti tikslą, atlikome literatūros analizę, taip pat vykdėme penkių etapų tyrimą: apklausti trijų globos įstaigų vadovai, 11 globos namuose dirbančių specialistų bei 23 buvę globos namų auklėtiniai, buvo trys metus stebimi vaikai išėję iš globos įstaigos, pravesta diskusija su buvusiais ugdytiniais. Nustatyta, kad globos įstaigose teikiamos įvairaus pobūdžio paslaugos, formuojant vaikų socialinius įgūdžius. Vaikams sudarytos galimybės lankyti mokyklą, jiems suteikiamos medicininės paslaugos, stengiamasi globos institucijos aplinką padaryti kuo artimesne šeimos aplinkai. Taip pat rūpinamasi vaikų laisvalaikiu, sudaromos galimybės lankyti būrelius. Vaikai aprūpinami rūbais, gauna kišenpinigių, maitinami. Ugdomi ir vaikų socialiniai įgūdžiai. Analizė atskleidė, kad vaikų globos namų galimybės, įvertinant juos... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Solidarity is a fundamental EU value, particularly important during an economical recession. The word "Union" means just that - we are together to fight the crisis - creating a protective shield of solidarity for all of us. Lithuania's integration into the European Union and accomplish public attitudes to child support, improving the formation of social policy in Lithuania. This forces to improve child policies, as well as the social skills of children in institutional care. Thus, this work is: To analyze child’s social skills dynamics input and realization of possibilities at foster homes. In order to achieve the objective, literature was analyzed, as well as five stages of the investigation was done: Three heads of institutional care, 11 social workers and 23 children in foster home was interviewed, children who came out of care institutions have been monitored during three years and discussion with former learners was held. It was found that care homes provide a wide range of services in shaping children's social skills. For children able to attend school, they provided medical services, residential institutions seek to make the environment very close to the family environment. As well as care for children in leisure activities, allowing it to attend the section. Children are provided with clothes, pocket money, meals. Children social skills are also trained. Analysis revealed that child care home options, assessing their regulatory framework, the existing... [to full text]

The aim of this study was to investigate fall risk and predisposing factors for fall among the residents in long-term care institutions. Methods. Elderly care homes residents 48 men (mean ± SD, 78,6±7,0) and 101 women (mean ± SD, 81,6±6,4), all 149 residents, participated in the study. For investigation a questionnaire was used, which was made according literature and including following instruments: Environmental Falls Audit Tool – Individual, Falls Risk Assessment Tool and Risk Factor Checklist, Mini Mental State Examination. Results. The most frequently diseases among men and women were heart and vascular (89,6 % and 92,1 %) and eyes diseases (70,8 % and 75,2 %). Ambulatory aid was needed for a half of all residents (54,4 %); ambulatory aid, which respondents didn’t want to used were three times common for women than men (p=0,007). Most residents had low fall risk (72,5 %), but high fall risk was more common in women (14,9 %) than men group (4,2 %); there were no significant difference between groups. High fall risk significantly dominated among the residents older than 85 year in comparison with 65-74 and 75-84 year age groups. Residents who had lower education (p<0,001), were older (p=0,005) and took more medications (p=0,002) had higher fall risk scores evaluated by Fall Risk Assessment Tool. Residents who had such risk factors as unsafe mobility, over-reaches transfer, forgot gait aids, observed behavioural agitation, disorientation had more medium-high fall risk... [to full text]

Primary objective in our consumer education work is to develop a financially literate community, where Lithuanian consumers can make informed decisions about financial products and services, and identify and avoid scams and swindlers. To help us achieve this objective, we have developed a consumer education strategy to guide our activities over the period 2004– 2006. As part of our strategy, we have set out: • the scope of our consumer education role; • the priority topic areas that our strategy should focus on. • the delivery mechanisms we intend to use for our consumer education initiatives. As the primary consumer protection regulator in the financial services sector, we believe that our consumer education role should include the following main elements: • Making consumers aware of the need to be informed, educated and active; • Informing consumers about: – How they can look after their money; – Scams and swindles to avoid; – Consumer rights and how to exercise them; • Helping coordinate consumer education across different groups; • Helping improve financial literacy; • Undertaking or commissioning relevant research. • Providing referral information. Its very important, that children (specialy from sheltered houses) can acquirement developink skills for the individual consumer – skills such as how to buy quality goods at fair prices and how to spot fraudulent trade practices in the marketplace, and how to be a responsible consumer (ecology problems). Consumer education... [to full text]