PERSONALNA ASISTENCIJA I REGULATIVA U REPUBLICI SRBIJI

Abstract

Personal assistance as one of the services of social protection is aimed at helping citizens, that is, helping a special category of citizens - people with disabilities. Given the specific needs of these persons, personal assistance as a special type of social protection is of great importance, especially if we take into account the recent demographic changes in the structure of the population, the increase in the share of persons requiring some form of social protection services, and especially this kind services. This tendency is present in almost all European countries, which certainly makes this type of service very current. The paper will analyze the concept of personal assistance as a type of social protection service, difficulties encountered by persons with disabilities in Serbia, the normative framework governing this service in the Republic of Serbia, and possible proposals for improving this institute in domestic legislation, based on the analysis the current personal assistance system.