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This article is devoted to the deinstitutionalisation of support for people with disabilities. It presents the strategic framework for this process at different levels and the conditions and instruments that can be used. The author presents the experiences and partial conclusions of a pilot programme on deinstitutionalisation, which was implemented in a number of municipalities and districts in Poland between 2022 and 2023. The aim is to show these experiences, the instruments used and the benefits that those responsible for the pilot have indicated in the course of implementing the measures in their communities.

This paper analyses a myriad of roles played by the social economy entities in selected sub-areas of social policy, such as family and foster care support, senior citizen policy or prevention of poverty and social exclusion. The author points out the role of social economy entities in programming and implementation, monitoring and evaluation of performance, analysis of challenges and development scenarios, and advocacy for the rights and interests of various groups in need of social policy support.

This paper analyses a myriad of roles played by the social economy entities in selected sub-areas of social policy, such as family and foster care support, senior citizen policy or prevention of poverty and social exclusion. The author points out the role of social economy entities in programming and implementation, monitoring and evaluation of performance, analysis of challenges and development scenarios, and advocacy for the rights and interests of various groups in need of social policy support.

Article focuses on various aspects of the family carers activity in the age of pandemia. The carers activity has been divided into several categories: care activity; activity related to the health issues; occupational activity and the activity in the sphere of new technologies, especial digital tools and social media. The researches used in the article has shown that the decline of the access to the formal services (both social and medical) and the shortening of the informal, social contacts led to the increasing burden of the family carers. Thus, the care activity has been intensified, so that other forms of activities could be retrenched. Also, other restrictions and risks of that time could have impact on non-care activities of family caregivers. Pandemic time affected also the use of digital technologies in many aspects, such as searching for information, communication, contacts with formal institutions, groups of support and webinars attendance. Also labour activity opportunities has been changed that time. On the one hand, development of tele-work has given potential chance to reconciliation between working and caring duties, but on the other hand additional care burdens and difficult situation on labour market could make the labour activity of carers difficult to manage.

Artykuł poświęcony jest współczesnej agendzie polityki senioralnej w Polsce w kontekście zagadnień związanych z opieką długoterminową i usługami opiekuńczymi wobec osób starszych. W pierwszej części definiowane są zasadnicze pojęcia jak "agenda", "polityka senioralna" czy rozumienie "kwestii opiekuńczej". W następnej części dokonano przeglądu dokumentów różnych podmiotów publicznych w zakresie działań na rzecz osób starszych pod kątem tego, czy i jak obecne są w nich zagadnienia związane z opieką. Na tej podstawie rekonstruowana jest agenda polityki senioralnej w aspekcie opiekuńczym. Najpierw omawiane są dokumenty i programy rządowe, a następnie działalność innych podmiotów, jak Rzecznik Praw Obywatelskich, Najwyższa Izba Kontroli czy Urząd Ochrony Konkurencji i Konsumenta. Artykuł wieńczą wnioski.

Artykuł poświęcony jest współczesnej agendzie polityki senioralnej wPolsce wkontekście zagadnień związanych zopieką długoterminową iusługami opiekuńczymi wobec osób starszych. Wpierwszej części definiowane sązasadnicze pojęcia jak "agenda", "polityka senioralna" czy rozumienie "kwestii opiekuńczej". Wnastępnej części dokonano przeglądu dokumentów różnych podmiotów publicznych wzakresie działań narzecz osób starszych pod kątem tego, czy ijak obecne sąwnich zagadnienia związane zopieką. Na tej podstawie rekonstruowana jest agenda polityki senioralnej waspekcie opiekuńczym. Najpierw omawiane sądokumenty iprogramy rządowe, anastępnie działalność innych podmiotów, jak Rzecznik Praw Obywatelskich, Najwyższa Izba Kontroli czy Urząd Ochrony Konkurencji iKonsumenta. Artykuł wieńczą wnioski. ; The article is about the contemporary agenda of the policy for senior citizens in Poland, concerning especially the long-term care issue. In the first part, there are key concepts of the article defined, such as "agenda in the public policy", "policy for senior citizens" and long-term care issue". In the second part, there are several policy documents and programmes for the aged examined, which provides the overview of the current elderly and long-term policy and its agenda. The analysis includes the governmental documents and programmes, as well as the activity (concerning long-term care for the elderly) of some other central institutions such as the Ombudsman and Supreme Audit Office and Office of Competition and Consumer Protection. The article ends with the conclusions.

The article is about the contemporary agenda of the policy for senior citizens in Poland, concerning especially the long-term care issue. In the first part, there are key concepts of the article defined, such as "agenda in the public policy", "policy for senior citizens and long-term care issue". In the second part, there are several policy documents and programmes for the aged examined, which provides the overview of the current elderly and long-term policy and its agenda. The analysis includes the governmental documents and programmes, as well as the activity (concerning long-term care for the elderly) of some other central institutions such as the Ombudsman and Supreme Audit Office and Office of Competition and Consumer Protection. The article ends with the conclusions.

Artykuł stanowi rekonstrukcję i analizę procesu kształtowania się polityki wsparcia osób długoterminowo zajmujących się bliskimi niezdolnymi do samodzielnej egzystencji.W pierwszej części przedstawiono cechy omawianej grupy oraz pokazano jej doświadczenia i odrębności na szerszym tle sytuacji osób niepełnosprawnych, a także ich rodzin.W drugiej części dokonano periodyzacji zmian, jakie zaszły w systemie wsparcia pieniężnego omawianej grupy w okresie od początku wejścia w życie ustawy o świadczeniachrodzinnych, na mocy której do dziś wypłaca się świadczenia dla opiekunów. Ukazanie tego procesu dowodzi braku stałej tendencji, jeśli chodzi o kierunek kolejnych reform, natomiast dużej roli zewnętrznych wobec decydentów czynników oraz aktorów społecznych i publicznych. To owym aktorom polityki publicznej i ich wpływowi na kształt zmian prawnych poświęcono trzecią część artykułu.Autor wyróżnił wśród aktorów polityki wsparcia oprócz Rady Ministrów, także Trybunał Konstytucyjny i jego kolejne wyroki, Rzecznika Praw Obywatelskich oraz samych adresatów wsparcia i środowiska ich reprezentujące.

The article aims to portray a reconstruction as well as conduct an analysis of the changes in public support policy for the people who provide long-term care to their heavily disabled relatives. The first part presents the characteristic traits of the carer allowance recipients as well as their experiences and distinctiveness in the broader context of the situation of the disabled and their families. The second part provides a chronology of the changes in financial support policy toward carers since 2003 when the Act of Family Benefits took effect. Under the Act carers are entitled to allowances up to the present time. The process shows not only the lack of any stable trend as far as the direction of the policy in that field is concerned, but also a big role of external factors as well as social and public actors in that matter. The actors of public policy in this area as well as their impact on the construct of the legal changes in place constitute the subject of the third part of the article. Apart from the Council of Ministers, the author regards the Constitutional Tribunal and its rulings, the Ombudsman and also public support recipients along with their representative parties as the actors of public support policy.

During the discussion, the panellists analyzed several main issues: I. The role of the family and public institutions in long-term care. II. System solutions in the policy of supporting carers of dependent people. III. The method of financing care for elderly dependent people (including the role of social insurance). IV. The ability to provide care to dependent people and public expenditure on it, forms of support for carers. V. The role of the market in providing care and state activities. Outsourcing of carers of dependent people. Relationship between bottom-up actions and top-down actions taken by central authorities. VI. Reconciling the role of a caregiver with work on the free market.