摘要：The tendencies of movement of the Croatian islands population (for instance, aged population - approximately one fifth of islands inhabitants are over 65, and intensive depopulation) on the one hand, and economic problems and depression on the other, are the main reasons why the proportion of socially endangered categories within the total po pulation of the islands is relatively very high. These are also the reasons why the government should bring in the programme of social measures that would provide this population with acceptable social security. The fact that the experts in the field of social welfare were not included in the making of the National Islands Development Programme, makes the bringing in of the programme of social measures even more actual since such measures are sure ty o ne of presumptions for the revitalization of communities and economy on Croatian islands. And finally, there is also the issue of institutional system as until now the social care has been carried o ut by the institutions headquartered in bigger places, usually not on the islands, being this way far away from their beneficiaries , i.e. clients. The authors plead for a whole of the social welfare system and state in pa1ticular the following: the care for elderly and enfeebled people provided in small dependencies of nursing homes which should be set up on the islands (these dependencies would organize an appropriate out-of-institution assistance with regard to the low standard of living and respecting the psycho- social climate of accommodation), and the care for the children and the young who demonsti ·ate various forms of asocial, violent and other types of socially unacceptable behaviour (as the prop01tion of the young manifesting these symptoms is significantly increasing, the care for the children has been proclaimed the national prioriry, but the number of professionals and institutions remained the same which means that such institutions are not equipped with professionals of the appropriate profite, and this situation points out that the new forms of work should be implemented and that the social care centres should be better equipped, for instance for the work with neglected chi ldren through schools fo r parents, counsellor's service, then through the inclusion of the NGOs, re-establishing the services for mental hea lth care in local public medical care clinics etc.). The authors conclude this account with the remark that the change of social picture and the efficiency of the proposed measures highly depend on the beginning of the new development cycle as well as of the adequate treatment of the officials and tbc professional staff in social welfare.
关键词：social issues/problems; programme of measures; social welfare; Croatian islands
