Care of People Living with Dementia in Bulgaria

Between Over-Responsibility to the Family and Distrust in Public Health Services and Policies

Bibliographic Data

ID2436715
AuthorsGalina Goncharova (Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"), Teodora Karamelska (New Bulgarian University, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume72
Issue1
Pages58-82
Publication date2024-03-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueComparative Southeast European Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2701-8199 • E-ISSN: 2701-8202
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/soeu-2023-0015
OpenAlexW4392821489
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited11

Thirty years after the transition to democracy in Bulgaria, there is a lack of social and community support for people living with dementia and for their families and caregivers. Both residential and assisted living facilities in the country have remained both unpopular and underdeveloped, and based on in-depth biographical and expert interviews and focus groups, we shall discuss the subjective experience of informal caregivers of people living with dementia, accumulated in the confined space of home and family. We shall try to show how inconsistent application of the European Union's social policies as well as the existence of enduring socio-cultural stereotypes relating to parental care places caregivers in passive, but over-responsible and implicitly critical positions towards the management both of public and private services for older people in Bulgaria

Business · Dementia · Distrust · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Patient Dignity and Privacy

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