Dolžina etape/ Stage length: 16 km
Prehojeno/ walked-out: 244 km
Do cilja/ to finish: 433 km
(For English speakers see bellow)

V Sevnici bomo obiskali posebni socialnovarstveni zavod »Dom upokojencev in oskrbovancev Impoljca«. V njem živi 260 stanovalcev. Dom se nahaja ob glavni cesti med Sevnico in Krškim. Pravijo: "Ljudje smo socialna bitja in le kot taka v povezavi z drugimi ljudmi izražamo to kar smo.« V domu si trudijo, da lahko to čim bolj uresničijo. Imajo dve domski glasili, objavijo tudi v časopisih zunaj in na radiu. Pripravijo razstave ročnih spretnosti, družabna srečanja s svojci. Osamljenost je ena izmed težav, ki je navzoča v življenju ljudi, ki so izločeni. Z udeležbo na tej etapi IZ-HODa jim lahko pomagate tkati socialne stike tudi V ŽIVO, s temo umetnosti pa bomo osamljenost skušali preseči tudi na način, ki povezuje onkraj dejanskega. 

V zadnjem času je zavod ustvaril štiri zunanje enote. Dober začetek – za še boljše nadaljevanje. 

spletna stran: http://www.impoljca.si/

TEMA: SPREMEMBE IN REFORME V SOCIALNEM VARSTVU. 

Pripravljajo se namreč velike spremembe v zakonodaji na področju socialnega varstva. To je priložnost za spremembe – dezinstitucionalizacija, krepitev moči, boljše in bolj ustrezne storitve, je pa lahko tudi grožnja – da bo manj pravic, večja birokratizacija, premalo podpore za spremembe in inovacije.

In Sevnica we will visit special social care home Impoljca (on the road from Sevnica to Krško). It provides accommodation to 260 residents. They declare: “People are social beings and only as such we can express what we are.” The home provides possibilities to do so – there are two house journals, but some of the poetry has been published also outside and broadcasted on the radio. Exhibitions are prepared and social events with the relatives. Loneliness, however is the one of the troubles of the people who are excluded. We will seek to overcome this by coming, but also to connect it to the art.

The home has recently established four group homes outside the institution. Good start – for a better continuation.

The topic of the first day in Idrija will be: 

CHANGES AND REFORMS IN SOCIAL CARE

Because there is massive change awaiting us in the near future. Some of the basic social care legislation is being changed – this being an opportunity for change – deinstitutionalisation, empowerment, better services, etc.; but it is also a hazard – curtailing the rights, making more bureaucracy, not enough support for innovation and change, etc.