specific needs of children and elderly left behind as a ... - IOM Moldova

Mechanisms for coping with difficult situations
not help them as we, social workers, do not have such services in place.
In each community within the Social Assistance Department should be
held a «rehabilitation hour” where one can request to invite a lawyer or
a psychologist for advice” (FG_EE_urban_rural);
- To develop specialized day-care services for the elderly:”It would be
good to involve them in performing certain works within the day-care
centre, or some clubs of interest thus keeping them occupied... It would
be beneficial to open a laundry providing services in return for payment
thus making the work of the social worker who has to do the laundry
for the elderly who benefit from home-care services easier” (FG_EE_urban_rural);
“Maybe to open some workshops for dancing, writing poems,
singing or embroidering thus making them socialize plus having an
occupation” (FG_EE_urban);
- To conduct activities that will be socially useful, including volunteer
activities involving the elderly: “We provide a type of service for
the elderly, namely “home volunteers”. They go and help people who
experience a more difficult situation”; “The elderly have life experience
as they raised their children and there are many young people who are
working but do not have anyone to take care of their children and so the
elderly can do this for one or two hours, they teach children embroidering,
crocheting” (FG_EE_urban);
- To provide social assistance services by phone: “social assistance by
phone for those who can not move, whether the social worker or social
assistant does not have the possibility to visit them or the elderly do
not need material aid as much as they require communication” (FG_
EE_urban);
- To offer social services depending on various categories of beneficiaries:
“those elderly who have children must pay for the service. Free
care must be offered only to those who have no children, as children
migrated abroad in search of work are able to help their parents, but
if the elderly do not have children no one can help them”; “a part of
the service must be paid for by children so that if you do not even care
for the father you have to pay for a part of the care that he/she gets.
Up to 50% of the total fee would be enough to be paid by the children,
especially if there are parents who have 5-6 children, it would be quite
normal, “requiring to pay for some services, it requires the child to
monitor the provided services, he/she is interested if the money they
pay is contributing to a quality service, that would be a good reason to
make them pay for the services “ (FG_EE_urban_rural), “the elderly
who agree to give their apartment to the state, should instead of benefiting
from better care be provided with specific high quality services”
(FG_EE_urban);
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