Wsparcie osób niesamodzielnych oraz ich potrzeby jako przedmiot polityki publicznej w Polsce
The Formation of public policy in the field of support for dependent people in Poland

Summary/Abstract: The article tries to identify the most important issues related to the formation of public policy in the field of support for dependent persons in Poland. It briefly discusses the most important consequences of the increasing number of people with disabilities, indicating that this issue is a public problem and is clearly present in the agenda of public policy. Attention was also paid to the diversity of stakeholders involved in the process of its formation, emphasizing the need to include the voice of dependent persons and their caregivers, especially in the area of diagnosing the needs for support directed to them. The second part of the paper also served to underline the need to take into account the perspective of dependent persons in designing care activities. It presents selected results of a research carried out on a sample of dependent people and their caregivers in the framework of the project dedicated to the development of standards of care for dependent people. Based on the results, an analysis was made of the adequacy of standard activities performed by caregivers and time of care in relation to the needs of dependent people.

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