There are 10 centers for the provision of special social services in the region, which provide 1,384 beds:
- lonely elderly and people with disabilities live in 5 centers, with a capacity of 461 beds (Akkayyn village, Tselinograd district, Makinka village, Birzhan Sal district, Damsa village, Shortandinsky district, Shchuchinsk Burabaysky district, Makinsk Bulandinsky district);
- persons with disabilities over the age of 18 with neuropsychiatric diseases live in 4 centers, with a capacity of 858 beds (Kupchanovka village, Bulandynsky district, Zholymbet village, Shortandinsky district, Pervomaika village, Astrakhan district, Shantobe village,Stepnogorsk);
- 1 center for the provision of special social services in Kokshetau - for children with disabilities with neuropsychiatric pathologies from three to eighteen years old with 65 beds.
Persons with disabilities and the elderly who are unable to serve themselves and who need special social services in a hospital for health reasons, who do not have able-bodied adult children, a spouse who is obliged in accordance with the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Marriage (Matrimony) and Family" (hereinafter – The Code) to support and take care of their disabled parents, spouse(s) in need of assistance, or having able-bodied adult children, spouse(s) who, for objective reasons, do not provide them with constant assistance and care (have disabilities of the first, second groups, oncological, mental illnesses, are in places of deprivation of liberty, they are registered at a mental health center or have left for permanent residence outside the country, additionally for a spouse (gi) – being at an advanced age).
Persons over the age of eighteen with neuropsychiatric diseases of the first and second groups who need special social services in a hospital as a result of mental retardation of all degrees, blindness (visual impairment), prolonged forms of mental illness, schizophrenia with a pronounced personality defect, various forms of epilepsy, can live in centers for persons with disabilities with mental health characteristics. the consequences of infectious and other organic diseases of the brain, etc.
Children from three to eighteen years old who need special social services in a hospital due to mental retardation of all degrees, blindness (visual impairment), epilepsy, schizophrenia can live in centers for children with neuropsychiatric health pathologies.
According to the Standard, 8 special social services are provided to the ward (social, social, medical, socio-psychological, socio-pedagogical, socio-cultural, socio-labor, socio-economic, socio-legal).
As of December 1, 2023, 1,341 people live in special social services centers, including 429 people in general type centers, 862 people and 50 children in centers for people with disabilities with mental health problems.
Today, the choice of a stationary type of organization is carried out through the Social Services Portal.