| Abstract [eng] |
Master's thesis was intended to analyze and compare the need and availability of social services for the elderly with disabilities in Lithuania and Ukraine. The research methods: analysis of scientific literature, questionnaire-based survey, statistical data analysis, comparative analysis. 335 elderly with disabilities from Lithuania and Ukraine participated in this survey: 264 respondents from Lithuania and 71 respondents from Ukraine. Comparative analysis revealed that the elderly with a disability residing in Ukraine have a greater need for social services, particularly relevant to social care and by naming specific social welfare in services. Lithuanians marked a much larger access to both general and special social services (with emphasis on increased access to sociocultural services), which, unlike in Ukraine, is ensured in a wide variety of sources: social services center, parish or non-governmental organizations. |
