Overview of institutional services for persons with disabilities (2014) Table 1: Typology of institutions TYPE OF SERVICE SIZE AGE TYPE OF LEVEL OF SUPPORT PROVIDED TYPICAL TYPICAL FUNDER LENGTH OF AGE OF Educational school providing residential care for pupils away from their hometowns (Centar za odgoj i Over 100 places and adults (some also older over 60/65) Some sensory, intellectual or physical disability, mostly mixed (various and multiple impairments) Typically 24 h (or variable depending on individual support of users, with possibility of less than 10 hours per week or temporary care in the community) National National lengths of admission (mostly over 2 years, until they complete their education. Some up to 10 years) Mostly over 50 years (some 10-50) Residential (and occupational therapy) centre (Centar za Mostly some over 100 and adults (0-60) (some also have older people Mostly intellectual disability, some mixed Typically 24 h support (or combined with less than 10 h per week depending on individual needs (daytime) Mixed (national, some national and local or municipal authority or a National Mixed lengths of over 2 years) Mostly over 50 years (some 10-50) ,
psihijatrijska bolnica) Daytime centre (Dnevni centar za places adults, (multiple, intellectual and mental health problems, physical disability) Only daytime or 24 h during the week days (no support provided at weekends) Mixed (private, civil society (religious local authority, natural persons)) (national and local authority, national and donations, private) Mixed lengths of over 2 years) 10-50 some 5 to 10 years Residential nursing home (home for the elderly and infirm) (Dom za starije i nemoćne osobe) Mostly over 100 some places Mostly older people, some adults Mostly older people, some mixed older and physical or sensory disability 24-hour support provided Mixed local authority, some national and local authority, some religious (church) or private or national Most mixed and private, some mixed and local authority, or all private or all national or all local lengths of over 2 years) Mostly 10 - 50 a few less than 5, 5-10 or over 50 years (mostly ,
and local authority or natural persons) Sheltered housing providing residential stanovanje) Mostly from 1-5 Mostly adults 18-60 Intellectual disabilities, mental health problems 24-hour support provided (depending on individual users’ support needs:, for some users only daytime support or variable) Mixed (national authority, civil society and private Mixed lengths of over 2 years) Less than 5 some years, 10-50 years and some over 50 years Specialised hospital- special hospital for chronic illnesses in children providing residential care (Specijalna bolnica za kronične bolesti dječje dobi) Over 100 aged 0-18, adults Mixed combined physical and intellectual) 24 h support National National N/A Over 50 years Centre for autism (Centar za places Mental health problems (autism) and Typically 24 h (or variable depending Local authority National N/A 10-50 years county
state autizam) - boarding school for children with autism and residential care for adults with autism for till the age of 21, for adults a smaller number of persons with intellectual disability on individual support needs of users, with possibility of less than 10 hours per week and sheltered housing) Table 2: data sources TITLE/ REFERENCE ORGANISATION COLLECTING DATA YEAR OF DATA PERIOD COVERED BY THE DATA METHODOLOGY FOR DATA COLLECTION OF DATA SERVICE SCOPE OF DATA Statistical reports. Monthly and annual reports on users and benefits in the social care system in the Republic of Croatia (Statistička izvješća. Mjesečna i godišnja izvješća o korisnicima i pomoćima socijalnoj skrbi u Republici Hrvatskoj) Ministry of Social Policy and Youth government ministry 2013 Situation as on 31 December 2012 Full list of and residential and day time services accessible on the Ministry of Social Policy and Youth website. Information on particular service types is presented in: Annual statistical report on homes and users of social care in 2012 (Godišnje national Services for people with mental health problems, services for people with intellectual disabilities, services for older people,
statističko izvješće o domovima i korisnicima socijalne skrbi u 2012.) and Annual statistical report on other legal entities performing social care activities without founding an institution and other users of social care in the Republic of Croatia in 2012 (Godišnje statističko izvješće o drugim pravnim osobama koje obavljaju djelatnost socijalne skrbi bez osnivanja doma i korisnicima socijalne skrbi u Republici Hrvatskoj u 2012. godini) Sources of data: data from institutions included in the census. services for children, large residential homes, services provided by CSOs and natural persons Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia 2013, (Statistički ljetopis Republike Hrvatske 2013.) p. 544 The Croatian Bureau of Statistics national statistical office 2013 Situation as on 31 December 2012 Croatian Bureau of Statistics data summarising the types of social care homes, number of beneficiaries and employees. The quoted source of data presented in this source is the Ministry of Social Policy and Youth. national Services for people with mental health problems, services for people with intellectual disabilities, services for
Homes for children without adequate family care (Domovi za djecu bez odgovarajuće roditeljske skrbi) 3 208 Homes for children and adults with physical and mental disabilities (Domovi za tjelesno ili mentalno oštećenu djecu i odrasle osobe) 13 1,459 Homes for the elderly and infirm (Domovi za starije i nemoćne osobe) 129 15,124 Homes for mentally ill adults (Domovi za psihički bolesne odrasle osobe) 9 849 Homes for persons addicted to alcohol, drugs and other narcotic substances (Domovi za ovisnike o alkoholu, drogama i drugim opojnim sredstvima) 1 67 Homes for children and adults – victims of family abuse (Domovi za djecu i odrasle osobe – žrtve obiteljskog nasilja) 3 33 The main statistics collected by the Ministry of Social Policy and Youth do not involve types of care called foster families since they are not considered an institutional care setting. Foster families are established pursuant to the Foster Care Act (Zakon o udomiteljstvu) and are managed by social care centres. The first foster families were established in 1902. Until 2007 foster care was regulated by the Social Care Act. Since 2007 the Foster Care Act has been in force. Foster families - status 31 December 2013 Foster care 31 December 2013 Capacity/Number of people that can be accommodated Number of users Number of foster carers Family related related
Overview of community-based services for persons with disabilities (2015) Table 3: community-based services for persons with disabilities Type of service Please provide the name of the type of service in the national language and a translation into English Please indicate if the of services presented below are Yes/ No Please indicate if this type of service is available in your country Profile of the users age (children, adults or older persons) type of disability (physical disability, intellectual disability, psycho-social disability, deaf or hard of hearing, Explanatory information For each type of service, please provide a short description of: the type and level (i.e. 24 hour, daytime, weekends, etc.) of support the service provides; Extent to which support is For each type of service, please provide information about the extent to which users control the support provided. Can individuals using the service: If data are available, please specify number of services operating in the country and the number of users Please provide a full reference for this data, including directed
given a different name in your country location of the service (i.e. city, town, rural areas); who is eligible for the service who is typically the provider and funder of services (i.e. national government, local government, municipality, NGO, private company, etc.)? recruit and manage staff providing support; determine the activities for support is needed; determine how the budget for services and supports is used; choose types of equipment and adaptations to meet their needs? information about the period covered by the data. Please indicate, if data is available, if there has been decrease / increase in the last five years Direct payments / personal budgets/individual Novčana naknada No - - - - Personal assistance Usluga osobnog asistenta Yes/No In the Social Welfare Act, personal assistance is not listed under the community-based social services; personal assistant can be ensured only through NGO project activities, therefore, the right to a personal assistant is not regulated This service is provided via three-year programmes and projects in cooperation with civil society organizations and, most recently, ESF's It is impossible to give a systematic response to other subquestions, since the implementation of these social services depends solely on membership in Personal assistance service is currently being used by 631 persons with disabilities (attachment 2).
by law. Personal assistant, through NGO projects, can be assigned to both adults and children with disabilities call for proposals. The service is available in different parts of Croatia. It is impossible to give a systematic response to other sub questions, since the implementation of these social services depends solelyon membership in various NGOs and there is no systematically collected data. various NGOs and there is no systematically collected data. Residential Usluga organiziranog smještaja Yes The community-based organized housing programme with support is intended primarily for adults with disabilities (persons with physical, intellectual, sensory and/or mental disability) and to a lesser extentfor children with developmental disabilities.Developmental disabilities referrs to slowed and / or hindered The types of this service are: organized housing with comprehensive support, organized housing with daily intensive support, organized housing with daily short-term support and In cooperation with users who will be included in a organized housing programme after personally plans are made, and persons with disabilities participate in At the end of 2014, 827 users were included in the organized housing programme with support, in 230 housing communities.
local government, NGOs, private providers. In-home (home help, home care service) Usluga pomoći u kući Yes In accordance with the Social Welfare Act, home care service is granted to a person who due to physical, mental, intellectual or sensory disability or permanent change in health is in dire need of assistance from another person, or to an elderly person that that kind of assistance. The home care service is provided by a home care centre, social welfare home, service centre and other service providers.Refers to household chores, meals organisation, personal hygiene; depending on the needs of the beneficiaries. This service is available in different parts of Croatia and is funded from the state budget and through contracting with civil society organizations and The users decide with which daily/life activities and to what extent they require assistance. This service is characterized by a high level of flexibility depending on the users' individual needs and wishes. According to the monthly statistical report for December 2014, the home care service has been used by 3,597 persons.
other service providers. Day care centers Usluga boravka Yes According to the new Social Welfare Act, service centres are listed among social welfare institutions and they, among other providers, ensure daycare, which is one of the services that the daycare center provides, and is defined in Article 86 of the Social Welfare Act. The law does not explicit type of beneficiaries eligible for this social service. At this time, only one social welfare institution bearsthe service centre status. The law does not explicit type of beneficiaries eligible for this social service, daycare can be a full day or half day, one day a week, more days of the week or during all working days of the week. Daycare includes food services, personal hygiene, health care, education, care, work activities, psychosocial rehabilitation leisure time In this this community based service persons with disabilities participate by expressing their wishes, attitudes and preferences. According to the MSPY monthly statistical report for December 2014, 2,380 __ beneficiaries were using daycare social service.
organized transport.The service is available in all regions, providers of this service are social welfare homes, the center for the provision of community services, other service providers from Article 169. of the Social Welfare Act. Family support / Respite care Rana intervencija Partial/there is no official support to carers in their caring role that allows them to have a break, but there is social service that provides professional and advisory assistance to parents Early intervention is a social service that includes technical assistance to children with a determined developmental risks or developmental disabilities and professional and advisory assistance to their parents, including other family members and foster parents for children with a determined developmental risks or developmental disabilities.. Early intervention is provided for child with developmental risks or developmental difficulties, usually by the age of no longer than age of 7; service is provided by social welfare centres, center for the provision of services in the community and Besides the possibility of beneficiaries impact on social services specified in the Ordinance on quality standards for social servicesadditional possibility to influence the way that social service is provided is not mentioned. -
who is eligible for foster care outside the family (adults and older person with disabilities). Informal support A part of the informal support takes place through cooperation with civil society organizations and various parents' associations. Peer support/counselling Within the social welfare home transformation and deinstitutionalization process, good cooperation has been achieved with volunteer centres. Legally, this type of social service is not specified. Circles of support N/A Crisis intervention and emergency services Yes In accordance with the Social Welfare Act, the counselling and family support service (the intensive support service to a family in crisis) is an advisory-therapeutic and social-educational service provided to families in crises with the aim of overcoming life's difficulties. Additionally, there is the temporary housing service for crises situations. These services are available in different parts of Croatia and are funded to a significant extent from the state budget. They are intended for children and adults with disabilities and their family members, and are provided by social welfare homes and social welfare centre professionals. Besides the possibility of beneficiaries impact on social services specified in the Ordinance on quality standards for social servicesadditional possibility to influence the way that social service is provided is not mentioned.. According to the data in the monthly statistical report for December 2014, the counselling service has been used by 69,740 persons, while the temporary housing service has been used by 1,046 persons. Befriending N/A This social service is not present in the legislation or Croatian legal practice.
2 Day care children with developmental disabilities, young adults and adults with disabilities - physical, intelectual or sensoric impairment 629 17.051.307,77kn / 2.243.593,13 euros 3 Residental children with developmental disabilities and adults with disabilities – intelectual impairment 364 22.778.755,20kn / 2.997.204,63 euros adults with disabilities – mental impairment 46 2.017.200,00kn / 265.421,05 euros 4 Foster care children with developmental disabilities, and adults with disabilities - physical, intelectual or sensoric impairment and/or mental impairment 49 1.720.486,51kn / 226.379,80 euros adults with disabilities – mental impairment 240 8.446.657,13kn / 1.111.402,25 euros Total 1615 54.697.620,66kn / 7.197.055,35 euros