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IOAN Radu and ?ENDROIU Cleopatra
FAMP
STRESS MANAGEMENT AND CONTRADICTIONS IN ROMANIA ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING
SOCIAL SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY PEOPLE CCASP

and proposals to streamline decision-making process in the areas mentioned. In order to fulfill its tasks,
the Observatory cooperates with national and international bodies active in the field of social protection
and conclude cooperation agreements, including sectoral social or territorial observatories organized by
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them (Romanian Parliament, 2011).

Organization, operation and financing of the Observatory was established by Government decision,
proposed by the Ministry of Labor, Family and Social Protection.

Social services may be the primary services and specialized. Social services are primary nature of social
services aimed at preventing or limiting situations of difficulty or vulnerability that can lead to
marginalization and social exclusion. Such services are: identification activities social need of individual,

family and group activities to inform about rights and obligations, measures and awareness and social
awareness, measures and emergency actions to maintain the community of people difficulty activities and

counseling services, measures and activities of the organization and community development for social
participation and social solidarity etc.
30 th – 31 st October 2015 ”Strategic Management for Local Communities” Bucharest Specialized services are social services aimed at maintaining, restoring or developing the capacity of the

individual to overcome a situation of social need. These services are: recovery and rehabilitation, support
and assistance to people in need, including the elderly dependent care socio - facilities for people in
difficulty, the institutionalized counseling, information and counseling centers etc.

The issue of rendering social services to the elderly in Romania (SWOT Analysis)

Currently, our country is faced with an imbalance between the number of employees and the number of
pensioners in the sense that due to the policy of stimulating early retirement after 1990, rapidly increased

the number of pensioners while the number of employees decreased, especially through emigration youth
abroad. In this context, it emphasizes the aging population problem already felt in the Romanian society:
the elderly need care and attention on almost permanent and enhanced their personal assistance. These

resources that we have so much need there is a major emergency system consists of insurance and
social assistance. In this regard, Law no. 34/1998 on granting subsidies Romanian associations and
foundations with legal personality, a unit set up and manage social assistance (Romanian Parliament,

1998).

According to the 2001 Norms of implementation of Law no. 34/1998, Romanian associations and
foundations may receive grants if given at least 12 months of social work services in an organized

respectively by a social welfare unit.

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