KUBALČÍKOVÁ, Kateřina and Jana HAVLÍKOVÁ. The potential of domiciliary care service in the Czech Republic to promote ageing in place. European journal of social work. Oxfordshire: Carfax Publishing, 2015, vol. 18, No 1, p. 65-80. ISSN 1369-1457. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2013.844681.
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Original name The potential of domiciliary care service in the Czech Republic to promote ageing in place
Name in Czech Potenciál pečovatelské služby v České republice podporovat stárnutí v přirozeném prostředí
Authors KUBALČÍKOVÁ, Kateřina (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Jana HAVLÍKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic).
Edition European journal of social work, Oxfordshire, Carfax Publishing, 2015, 1369-1457.
Other information
Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 50600 5.6 Political science
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
WWW URL
Impact factor Impact factor: 0.678
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14230/15:00082251
Organization unit Faculty of Social Studies
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2013.844681
UT WoS 000346340100006
Keywords in English ageing; domiciliary care service; social policy; Czech Republic; case study
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
Due to population ageing, the need for long-term care is increasing. In many European countries, there is now a firm policy preference for care in the home as opposed to institutional care and policies at the local level support this preference. The purpose of this study is to report on the position of domiciliary care service within the Czech social services for the elderly and to explore its potential to promote ‘ageing in place’. The aim of the research was to perceive this issue from the viewpoint of the different parties: service users, service workers, service managers as well as policy-makers. Therefore, the qualitative methodology (case study method) was used. The results revealed that users considered domiciliary care as the only service in the Czech Republic that allowed them to remain at home despite their worsening capacity to manage the activities of daily living. On the part of the domiciliary care service, however, we found that this was strong in the provision of practical help, as well as assistance with users' self-maintenance, whereas their supervision and care management were not explicitly included either in the concept or the practice of this type of service.
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