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Human rights violations in foster care and family homes ; users´perspective

Human rights are independent, indivisible and interrelated. Therefore, a violation of one right, for example, the right to adequate housing conditions can affect the person ability to realize many other rights and vice versa. The right of living in the community with adequate housing may present the basis for a realization of many other rights, for example, the right to work, health care, social security, privacy and education. The aim of this qualitative research is to present experiences of people with intellectual disabilities and psychiatric disabilities who live in foster care system. The results indicates the violation of their human rights: emotional and physical violence, inability to take personal hygiene, inability to have adequate clothing, inability to have adequate food, inability to achieve personal mobility and autonomy, inability to communicate with others and to information, and inadequate health care. Preventive actions aiming at providing support to people with disabilities and creating the environment that is intolerant of all forms of violence stands out as the most important topic in the scientific studies on the subject of violence and human rights.

human rights violation, foster care, users´ perspective

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