PROCESS OF DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
Journal Title: Journal of Special Education and Rehabilitation - Year 2007, Vol 8, Issue 3
Abstract
This paper presents national and international documents, as well as the current situation of the institutionalized and deinstitutionalized care, principles and aims in the process of the deinstitutionalization of people with disabilities and children with developmental disabilities and their problems in the Republic of Macedonia. Recommendations and activities were presented to enhance the level of psycho-social support of the biological families for taking care of children with developmental disabilities and increase the compensation, as preconditions for decrease of the need for stay in institutions for social care. Strategic directions and activities for the process of deinstitutionalization of people with disabilities, participants in carrying out this process in the Republic of Macedonia were presented. The activities and the dynamic of carrying out the process of deinstitutionalization of people with disabilities in the Republic of Macedonia, planned in three phases for the period from 2008 to 2018, were also given.
Authors and Affiliations
lobodanka LAZOVA-ZDRAVKOVSKA| Member of the National Coordinative Body for equal rights of people with disabilities in RM
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