314 KB64 KB198220252023Šajfar, Petarštevilka:4letnik:62str. 275-295ISSN:0352-7956DOI:10.51741/sd.2023.62.4.275-295COBISSID_HOST:179924227URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-RMHWYC4XenFakulteta za socialno deloSocialno delocommunity-based supportdeinstitucionalizacijadolgotrajna oskrbagroup homesintelektualne ovireintellectual disabilitylong-term carepodpora v skupnostipreselitevrelocationstanovanjske skupineExperience of deinstitutionalisation from service users’ perspective in Croatia|As in other post-socialist countries, the process of deinstitutionalisation in Croatia began much later than in Western countries. A turning point is the year 2014, when the mass relocations of people with intellectual disabilities from long-term institutions to community-based settings began. The focus of this research is on the experiences of deinstitutionalisation from the perspective of service users. The research methodology is based on a qualitative approach because it enables a deeper understanding of the problem and allows the researcher to focus on real life experience of respondents. The sample included 27 participants (14 males, 13 females) who during the research lived in 11 different group homes in different parts of the Republic of Croatia. Based on thematic analyse, the results show that the majority of respondents had to move from a long-term institution to a group home due to necessity when long-term institutions were closed. The criteria by which someone was selected or excluded for admission to the deinstitutionalisation process was his or her functionality (e.g. good behaviour, physical mobility). Finally, the research shows that most participants were not systematically and purposefully prepared for the transition from a long-term institution to a group home. Findings of the study are partly in line with the international literature, highlighting the marginal role and difficulties of service users in the deinstitutionalisation processTako kot v drugih postsocialističnih državah se je proces deinstitucionalizacije tudi na Hrvaškem začel pozneje kot na Zahodu. Odločilno je bilo leto 2014, ko so se začele množične preselitve ljudi z ovirami iz institucij za dolgotrajno oskrbo v skupnostne namestitve. Namen raziskave je ugotoviti izkušnje oseb, ki imajo intelektualne ovire, z deinstitucionalizacijo. Raziskovalna metodologija temelji na kvalitativnem pristopu, ker poglablja razumevanje problema in raziskovalcu omogoča, da se osredotoči na izkušnje respondentov z resničnim življenjem. Opravljeni so bili delno strukturirani intervjuji s 13 udeleženkami in 14 udeleženci iz 11 različnih izvajalcev storitev stanovanjskih skupin na področju Republike Hrvaške. Večina sodelujočih je navedla, da so se iz institucij za dolgotrajno oskrbo preselili v stanovanjske skupine zaradi zaprtja institucij. Merilo, po katerem je bil nekdo sprejet v proces deinstitucionalizacije ali pa zavrnjen, je bila njegova funkcionalnost (npr. lepo vedenje, telesna mobilnost). Raziskava pokaže, da večina sodelujočih ni bila deležna sistematične in namenske priprave na prehod iz institucije za dolgotrajno oskrbo v stanovanjsko skupino. Rezultati raziskave delno sovpadajo z izsledki mednarodne literature, ki prav tako ugotavlja, da so uporabniki v procesu deinstitucionalizacije marginaliziranTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaUniverza v Ljubljani, Fakulteta za socialno delo