In the context of integration of the Lithuanian
social service sector into the international social security system of the
European Union where relations of market economy are getting more and
more stronger, it is important to substantiate the trends and priorities for
efficient development of the mentioned services. In order to ensure
rendering of one of the types of the mentioned services – institutional
care services – for elderly population not only by the objective structure
and scope, but also to ensure sufficient funding thereof, it is necessary to
identify the priorities and principles of efficient rendering of the
mentioned services. Researches carried out in the European Union show
that most of the goals of effectiveness of institutional care services
(further – “the ICS”) for the elderly are short-term, driven to technical
efficiency, where efforts are taken to render maximal quantity of services
(of the definite quality) for the minimal ICS costs. However, the
increasing need for these services in a result of new changes in the
structure and values of the society is not adequate to public resources and
does not ensure satisfaction of the ICS need either. As we can see from
EU and Lithuanian experience, the old model of rendering of the
mentioned services, which is based on the unified conception of the
customers, is not a long-term model, as it does not meet the objectives of
economic and social efficiency. Researches covered by this thesis
demonstrate that... [to full text]
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LABT_ETD/oai:elaba.lt:LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2005~D_20050524_121104-77092 |
| Date | 24 May 2005 |
| Creators | Bikmanienė, Raimonda |
| Contributors | Simanauskas, Leonas, Bivainis, Juozas, Mackevičius, Jonas, Žalimienė, Laimutė, Tvaronavičienė, Manuela, Ginevičius, Romualdas, Rutkauskas, Aleksandras Vytautas, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University |
| Publisher | Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), Vilnius Gediminas Technical University |
| Source Sets | Lithuanian ETD submission system |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Doctoral thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2005~D_20050524_121104-77092 |
| Rights | Unrestricted |
Page generated in 0.007 seconds