Issues of the institute’s social services commercialization for senior citizens in Russia
Background. The article is devoted to the actual issue of the social sphere commercialization in the structure of the institution of providing social services to senior citizens. The article examines pensioners as one of the fastest growing groups of consumers of social services in modern Russi...
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Penza State University Publishing House
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/12bb3f844d4644008a62c3e576d43902 |
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| Sumario: | Background. The article is devoted to the actual issue of the social sphere
commercialization in the structure of the institution of providing social services to senior
citizens. The article examines pensioners as one of the fastest growing groups of consumers
of social services in modern Russia, as a result of which it is their commercialization that
allows us to meet the expanding range of needs of the third-age cohort. Materials and
methods. The article presents the results of a qualitative study (interview) conducted by the
authors in 2020–2021 in the city of Saratov and the region. The respondents were male and
female recipients of social service centers for senior citizens, aged 67–83 years (N = 27),
and the experts were three specialists in social work with the elderly working in the social
service center. Results. Based on a qualitative methodology, the authors analyze the demand
for paid services of the Institute of Social services from the elderly. The article examines
the processes of development of the social service institution in the direction of its
commercialization, the degree of readiness of older people to act as equal participants in the
new system of relationships based on market principles. Conclusions. Paternalistic views on
the role of the state in the field of social work, the lack of a critical assessment of the activities
of state institutions, lack of interest in the development of alternative participants in the
market of social services by older consumers are revealed. The prospects for the development
of the institute’s social services in the direction of its further commercialization and
the demand for a new sphere in its activities are also outlined. |
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