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Tjaša Potočnik

Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana


Tjaša Potočnik

I am a Research Assistant at the Centre for Welfare Studies within the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Countries Slovenia;
Topics Care needs poverty and deprivation; Community-based LTC; Employment education and family carers; Local care ecosystems; Outcomes for unpaid/informal carers; Unmet needs; Unpaid / informal care;
Methods Case studies; Grounded Theory; Legal analysis; Policy analysis; Qualitative studies; Thematic analysis; Theory and frameworks;
Role Research;
Interest Groups Ageing and Place; Employment Education and Family carers; Long-Term Care Policy; Unmet need inequalities and care poverty (UNICAP);
Websitehttps://www.fdv.uni-lj.si/en/news-and-information/contacts/researchers/info/tjasa-potocnik
LinkedInhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/tjaša-potočnik-b09b3684
Other 1https://bib.cobiss.net/bibliographies/si/webBiblio/bib201_20241217_104856_55871.html;
Research interests

My research interests focus on examining the quality of life among informal caregivers, with particular attention to the reconciliation of paid work and informal care, social inequalities in caregiving, care poverty, and community care in Slovenia and across European welfare states.

Key publications
LEU, Agnes, HLEBEC, Valentina, RAKAR, Tatjana, POTOČNIK, Tjaša, et al. Cross-national analysis of legislation, policy and service frameworks for adolescent young carers in Europe. Journal of youth studies. 2022, vol. 25, no. 9, str. 1215–1235. ISSN 1367-6261. Repozitorij Univerze v Ljubljani – RUL, DOI: 10.1080/13676261.2021.1948514. [COBISS.SI-ID 70449411], [Odprti dostop, JCR, SNIP, WoS do 30. 9. 2024: št. citatov (TC): 21, čistih citatov (CI): 14, čistih citatov na avtorja (CIAu): 1.22, Scopus do 18. 7. 2024: št. citatov (TC): 20, čistih citatov (CI): 13, čistih citatov na avtorja (CIAu): 1.13] projekt: 754702 Psychosocial Support for Promoting Mental Health and Well-being among Adolescent Young Carers in Europe [ME-WE]; financer: European Commission.
NAP, Henk Herman, SIRK, Karina, HLEBEC, Valentina, RAKAR, Tatjana, POTOČNIK, Tjaša, et al. The awareness, visibility and support for young carers across Europe : a Delphi study. BMC health services research. 2020, vol. 20, str. 1-16, tabele. ISSN 1472-6963. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-020-05780-8. [COBISS.SI-ID 32474627], [JCR, SNIP, WoS do 2. 12. 2024: št. citatov (TC): 30, čistih citatov (CI): 21, čistih citatov na avtorja (CIAu): 1.59, Scopus do 25. 11. 2024: št. citatov (TC): 32, čistih citatov (CI): 21, čistih citatov na avtorja (CIAu): 1.59]