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Article name The Development of Social Services for the Population: Experience and Problems
Authors Malofeev I.V. Candidate of Sociology, associate professor, ipk-dszn@mail.ru
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Section SOCIAL WORK
UDK 364-7
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Annotation The article is devoted to the modern features of social services sphere development at the stage of its transformation into a social institution. The article includes a systematic analysis of the purposes and functions of the social services system, points to the weaknesses of the methodological developments and designates the system functions of the sphere of social services. The article also includes the results of a survey on preferences and needs of social services recipients. Through the analysis of the survey of older people, it should be noted that despite the increase in the total number of services and their recipients, the issue of affordability and the needs of customers has not been fully resolved yet. Based on this survey, the author gives recommendations for the complex improvement of the social services system that provide solutions for the pressing social problems.
Key words social services, social services system, social institution, paid services, quality of services.
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