New guidelines in the sphere of social services for elderly citizens and disabled people of the Republic of Тajikistan during the period of acquisition of state independence

Purpose of the study. The study is aimed at assessing the existing regulatory and legal regulation and studying measures aimed at improving the efficiency and accessibility of the social services sector that have undergone significant changes related to the systematization of legal regulation, the introduction of an independent assessment of the quality of work of organizations in the social sphere, subsidizing the state social order and expanding mechanisms for attracting the non-state sector of the economy to provision of social services during the years of gaining state independence.

Material and methods. The materials of the constitutional norms proclaiming the Republic of Tajikistan a social state, the Law of the Republic of Tajikistan on pensions for citizens of the Republic of Tajikistan, international organizations of human rights ombudsmen in Tajikistan, publications of non-governmental organizations involved in the protection of the rights of people with disabilities are analyzed. In the course of the research, analysis and generalization of official documents, comparative, legal and other methods of knowledge were used [4, 6].

Results of the study and their discussion. It turned out that so far in the legislative acts there has not been a mention of a new direction of social services for the population, both social and hospital-replacing services for the elderly and the disabled. The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, signed by Tajikistan (2018), reflects the main shifts in the global understanding of the problem of disability, as well as the rehabilitation of people with disabilities [7].

The named Convention recognizes the importance of achieving their accessibility to all the benefits and rights provided by society to its free citizens, including health care, education, employment, information and communications, which play a significant role in the development and improvement of the country’s social legislation in accordance with a certain standard of regulation public relations in the social sphere.

After all, the provision of state support for the disabled and the elderly, the development of a system of social services and guarantees of social protection are one of the priorities of state policy. At the level of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, the “National Standard of the Republic on Social Hospital-Replacing Services for Elderly and Disabled Citizens” has not yet been adopted and state regulation of prices for social services provided to citizens by state social service organizations has not been extended. Social services are provided at the expense of the recipients themselves (purchase and home delivery of food and other goods, purchase of fuel, payment for utilities and communication services, delivery of things to a dry cleaner or atelier, sending mail).

Conclusion. The results of the analysis of social services for the elderly and disabled people of the republic showed that over the past years, the government of the country has been systematically working to improve legislation aimed at improving the situation and quality of life of people with disabilities, reflecting the fundamental principles and norms of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the country. Despite the proclamation of the Republic of Tajikistan as a social state, the policy of which is aimed at strengthening the material base of organizations of the social service system, there is still no mention in the legislative acts of a new direction of social services for the population, both social and hospital-replacing services for the elderly and disabled [6]. In this connection, it is necessary in the coming years to gradually amend a number of laws and regulations.

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