FIRST RELEASE		CROATIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS 10000 ZAGREB, ILICA 3, PHONE: +385 1 4806-111, P.O.B. 80, CROATIA ISSN 1334-0565
YEAR: XLVI.	ZAGREB, 19 AUGUST, 2009		NUMBER: 8.4.2.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

SOCIAL WELFARE INSTITUTIONS FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH AND ADULTS, 2008

1. SOCIAL CARE HOMES FOR CHILDREN

In 2008 there were 87 social care homes for children; 38 for children without adequate family care, 15 for children with behavioral disorders and 34 for physically and mentally disabled children. There were 2% more beneficiaries than in 2006. The total share of female beneficiaries was 40%. Out of the total number of users in all homes the largest number of users was recorded in homes for physically and mentally challenged children (60%). That number is increasing (12.6%), while in the other types of homes it is decreasing (10.5%) compared to 2006. There were 26.4% female beneficiaries in homes for children with behavioral disorders.

In 2008 the number of employees and the share of women remained the same as in 2006. There were 97.9% of employees working full-time. The ratio of expert staff to administrative and other staff in homes was 2:1.

1.1.  BENEFICIARIES BY AGE AND SEX, 2008

		Total	Age
			Up to 3 years	3 – 6	7 – 10	11 –14	15 – 17	18 – 21	21 and over
Total	All	6 118	156	368	562	1 380	1 427	673	1552
	Male	3 668	90	225	331	917	855	399	851
	Female	2 450	66	143	231	463	572	274	701
Homes for children without adequate family care	All	1 224	118	117	169	354	368	96	2
	Male	650	70	62	95	210	165	47	1
	Female	574	48	55	74	144	203	49	1
Homes for children with behavioural disorders	All	1 199	-	-	59	576	451	112	1
	Male	883	-	-	39	412	333	98	1
	Female	316	-	-	20	164	118	14	-
Homes for physically and mentally challenged children	All	3 695	38	251	334	450	608	465	1 549
	Male	2 135	20	163	197	295	357	254	849
	Female	1 560	18	88	137	155	251	211	700

1.2.  BENEFICIARIES BY FAMILY STATUS AND SEX, 2008

		Total	Without both parents	Mother only	Father only	With both parents
						All	Parents divorced
Total	All	6 118	540	1158	313	4 107	926
	Male	3 668	306	678	182	2 502	578
	Female	2 450	234	480	131	1 605	348
Homes for children without adequate family care	All	1 224	89	303	103	729	292
	Male	650	50	152	55	393	146
	Female	574	39	151	48	336	146
Homes for children with behavioural disorders	All	1 199	37	226	41	895	323
	Male	883	28	161	31	663	234
	Female	316	9	65	10	232	89
Homes for physically and mentally challenged children	All	3 695	414	629	169	2 483	311
	Male	2 135	228	365	96	1 446	198
	Female	1 560	186	264	73	1 037	113

1.3.  BENEFICIARIES BY PAYMENT METHOD, 2008

		Total	Paying			Not paying
			All	Whole amount	Partially
Total	All	6 118	2 057	116	1 941	4 061
	Male	3 668	1 203	68	1 135	2 465
	Female	2 450	854	48	806	1 596
Homes for children without adequate family care	All	1 224	385	-	385	839
	Male	650	200	-	200	450
	Female	574	185	-	185	389
Homes for children with behavioural disorders	All	1 199	277	-	277	922
	Male	883	197	-	197	686
	Female	316	80	-	80	236
Homes for physically and mentally disabled children	All	3 695	1 395	116	1 279	2 300
	Male	2 135	806	68	738	1 329
	Female	1 560	589	48	541	971

1.4.  EMPLOYED PERSONS IN SOCIAL CARE HOMES, 2008

	Total			Educators	Social workers	Medical nurses	Defectologists	Psychologists and pedagogues	Therapists	Other expert staff^1)	Administrative staff	Other staff
	All	Men	Women
Total	3 361	690	2 671	600	86	281	258	104	179	759	200	894
Full-time employed	3 289	673	2616	594	82	277	252	101	172	733	197	881
Homes for children without adequate family care	757	125	632	269	37	83	6	28	2	87	46	199
Homes for children with behavioural disorders	483	210	273	179	11	6	28	40	13	76	45	85
Homes for physically and mentally disabled children	2 121	355	1 766	152	38	192	224	36	164	596	109	610

1) Other expert staff: pre-school teachers, care-givers, teachers etc

2. SOCIAL CARE HOMES FOR ADULTS

In 2008 there were 192 homes for adults and the elderly. Categorised by type there were 160 homes for the elderly and infirm 8 homes for physically and mentally disabled adults, 29 homes for mentally ill adults and 2 homes for addicts to alcohol, drugs and other narcotic substances. Following the increase in the number of homes from 2004 to 2006 (42.2%, due to the increase in the number of privately-run homes), the number of homes in 2008 has slightly increased. There were 4.1% more beneficiaries than in 2006. The share of female beneficiaries was 66.2%.  There were 3.7% beneficiaries aged under 40 and those were principally placed into homes for physically and mentally disabled and homes for persons addicted to alcohol, drugs or other narcotic substances The most numerous age group was 80 and over with 40.1% of the total and 78.4% in the share of women.

The largest number of beneficiaries was placed into homes due to serious chronic diseases (25.6%) and old age (27.3%), mostly into homes for the elderly and infirm. Beneficiaries with mental illnesses (17.6%) were mostly placed into homes for mentally ill adults, while those with physical and mental disorders (9.4%) were mostly placed into homes for physically and mentally disabled. Out of the total number, 80.8% beneficiaries paid the full or partial accommodation charge, while 19.2% lived there free of charge.

There were 6.5% more employees in social care homes for adults than in 2006. The share of women among the employees was 88.3%, which hasn’t changed considerably since 2006. There were 98.9% employees working full-time.

2.1. BENEFICIARIES BY AGE AND SEX, 2008

		Total	Age
			Under 40	40 – 49	50 – 59	60 – 69	70 – 74	70 – 74	75 – 79	80 and over
Total	All	19 363	724	959	1 456	1 039	1 478	2 438	3 511	7 758
	Male	6 536	451	542	828	531	614	854	1 038	1 678
	Female	12 827	273	417	628	508	864	1 584	2 473	6 080
Homes for the elderly and infirm	All	14 696	35	137	413	493	1 013	2 009	3 185	7 411
	Male	4 139	24	73	210	237	384	677	925	1 609
	Female	10 557	11	64	203	256	629	1 332	2 260	5 802
Homes for physically and mentally disabled adults	All	738	313	180	144	47	27	15	7	5
	Male	451	199	106	88	29	17	9	3	-
	Female	287	114	74	56	18	10	6	4	5
Homes for mentally ill adults	All	3 824	280	634	898	499	438	414	319	342
	Male	1 867	158	355	529	265	213	168	110	69
	Female	1 957	122	279	369	234	225	246	209	273
Homes for persons addicted to alcohol, drugs or other narcotic substances	All	105	96	8	1	-	-	-	-	-
	Male	79	70	8	1	-	-	-	-	-
	Female	26	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

2.2.  BENEFICIARIES BY PAYMENT METHOD, 2008

	Total	Paying			Not paying
		All	Whole amount	Partially
Total	19 363	15 636	10 003	5 633	3 727
Homes for the elderly and infirm	14 696	13 224	9 074	4 150	1 472
Homes for physically and mentally disabled adults	738	309	10	299	429
Homes for mentally ill adults	3 824	2 096	917	1 179	1 728
Homes for persons addicted to alcohol, drugs or other narcotic substances	105	7	2	5	98

2.3. BENEFICIARIES BY REASON FOR HOME PLACEMENT,2008

		Total	Reason for placement
			Age	Serios chronic disease	Mental disorders	Physical disability	Bad housing conditions	Disturbed family relations	Physical or mental disorders	Addiction to narcotic substances	Other
Total	All	19 363	5 291	4 955	3 408	1 533	818	646	1 824	263	625
	Male	6 536	1 287	1 418	1 473	580	276	227	926	145	204
	Female	12 827	4 004	3 537	1 935	953	542	419	898	118	421
Homes for the elderly and infirm	All	14 696	5 259	4 637	678	1 447	786	619	595	131	544
	Male	4 139	1 278	1 258	180	530	255	213	233	46	146
	Female	10 557	3 981	3 379	498	917	531	406	362	85	398
Homes for physically and mentally disabled adults	All	738	-	-	24	-	-	-	714	-	-
	Male	451	-	-	13	-	-	-	438	-	-
	Female	287	-	-	11	-	-	-	276	-	-
Homes for mentally ill adults	All	3 824	32	231	2 706	86	32	27	515	114	81
	Male	1 867	9	99	1 280	50	21	14	255	81	58
	Female	1 957	23	132	1 426	36	11	13	260	33	23
Homes for persons addicted to alcohol, drugs or other narcotic substances	All	105	-	87	-	-	-	-	-	18	-
	Male	79	-	61	-	-	-	-	-	18	-
	Female	26	-	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

2.4.  EMPLOYED PERSONS IN HOMES, 2008

	Total			Social workers	Medical nurses	Therapists	Other expert staff^1)	Care-givers	Administrative staff	Other staff
	All	Men	Women
Total	6 799	798	6 001	196	1 292	232	125	1 736	429	2 789
Full-time employed	6 726	784	5 942	194	1 284	224	119	1 721	420	2 764
Homes for the elderly and infirm	5 054	515	4 539	145	1 008	130	57	1 276	313	2 125
Homes for physically and mentally disabled adults	330	61	269	6	36	38	47	68	18	117
Homes for mentally ill adults	1 384	204	1 180	44	248	50	16	392	92	542
Homes for persons addicted to alcohol, drugs or other narcotic substances	31	18	13	1	-	14	5	-	6	5

1) Other expert staff: psychologists, defectologists, andragogists, dietitians etc.

3. SOCIAL CARE CENTRES AND BRANCHES, 2008

With a better presentation of social care system in view, this Release contains also presentation of the activity of social centres/branches. In 2008 there were 113 centres/branches with 2022 persons employed. The share of women was 87.3%.

3.1. CENTRES/BRANCHES BY ACTIVITY

Centres―Total	Number of centres, by activity they perform
	Care of children who ran away from family or institution	Taking educative measures to help children with behavioral disorders outside their family	Provision of in-home assistance and care	Marriage and family counselling	Counselling on child upbringing	Addiction counseling for alcoholics, and users of drugs and other narcotic substances
113	53	57	23	32	28	22

3.2. EMPLOYED PERSONS

	Employed			Social workers	Psychologists	Defectologists	Lawyers	Other expert staff	Administrative staff	Other
	All	Men	Women
Total	2 022	257	1 765	985	138	58	244	64	391	142
Full-time employed	1 953	251	1 702	973	137	56	241	62	381	103

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Sources and methods of data collection

Data on social care homes for children and adults are the result of the processing of data provided by social homes for children through the Statistical Report of Social Care Homes for Children (SS-20 form). Data on adults are provided by social homes for adult persons through the Statistical Report of social care homes for adult and elderly persons (SS-50 form).

Coverage and comparability

Statistical survey covers all social care homes for children and adults active in 2006 on the territory of the Republic of Croatia. Data are comparable with data from previous years.

Definitions and explanations

Social care homes for children and adults are established in line with the Law on Social Care (NN, Nos. 73/97, 27/01, 59/01, 82/01, 103/03 and 44/03)) and the Regulation on Types of Homes for Children and Adults (NN, Nos. 101/99, 120/02) and they provide expert and social assistance to people in need of such assistance.

Social care home is a public institution established with the aim of providing care outside one’s family and as such can be divided into homes for children and homes for adults.

Homes for children

Homes for children without adequate family care are institutions for orphans, children neglected or abused by their parents or children placed there for other reasons acting in child’s interest.

Homes for children with behavioural disorders provide permanent and weekly accommodation, all-day and half-day stay possibility, care, upbringing, education, working habits development and expert assistance for children and youth with behavioural disorders in accordance with their needs.

Homes for physically and mentally disabled children are institutions providing accommodation for children and youth with physical and mental disabilities confirmed by responsible authority for expertise following special regulations.

Homes for adults

Homes for the elderly and infirm are institutions providing accommodation for adults outside their family. They provide beneficiaries with organised accommodation, meals, help and care, health and social care, leisure time and recreational activities and other activities and expert therapy services.

Homes for physically and mentally disabled adults are institutions providing accommodation for adult persons with physical and mental disabilities confirmed by responsible authority for expertise following special regulations. Home beneficiaries are provided with appropriate help and care, meals, health care, medical and psychosocial rehabilitation and organised leisure time activities.

Homes for mentally ill adults are institutions providing permanent accommodation for mentally ill adults. Beneficiaries are provided with accommodation, meals, health care, personal care, psychosocial rehabilitation as well as help and care in required for that sort of patients.

Homes for persons addicted to alcohol, drugs and other narcotic substances are institutions that after the completion of medical treatment provide the addicts with services of accommodation, psychosocial rehabilitation, occupational rehabilitation work, and social reintegration.

Social care centres/branches

Social care centres or branches are institutions providing expert and material assistance for persons in need of such assistance. Material assistance covers: one-time financial support, personal disability benefit, allowance for food, fuel, clothing etc. Expert assistance covers: work preparation, rehabilitation, help with placing into institutions, families etc.

Work in social care centres or branches is organised as a team work; the work is performed by an expert team built-up of social workers, psychologists, pedagogists, defectologists, medical doctors, lawyers and other expert staff.

Social care centres are founded by the Republic of Croatia by decision of the ministry having jurisdiction for social care affairs.

Abbreviations

etc.  and so on (from Latin: et cetera)

NN  Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia

Symbols

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