Dependent People and Their Carers. Needs and Opportunities to Help in Accordance with the Assumptions of the Social Economy.

Abstract

The article is an analysis of the condition of dependent people and their   carers.

The first part of the text is based on research Socio-economic aspects of family care support functions in Wielkopolska, empirical study of the phenomenon. In it there are presented such issues as ways of performing the protective function, needs of families in performing the protective function and the level to meet those needs.

The second part presents embedded in the social economy possible methods of social and professional activation of dependent people and their carers. Due to the nature of the case there are presented good practices within the two selected types of institutions - therapy workshops and clubs of social integration.