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Current Developments in Social Care Services for Older Adults in the Czech Republic: Trends Towards Deinstitutionalization and Marketization

KUBALČÍKOVÁ, Kateřina a Jana HAVLÍKOVÁ

Základní údaje

Originální název

Current Developments in Social Care Services for Older Adults in the Czech Republic: Trends Towards Deinstitutionalization and Marketization

Autoři

KUBALČÍKOVÁ, Kateřina (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí) a Jana HAVLÍKOVÁ (203 Česká republika)

Vydání

Journal of Social Service Research, Taylor & Francis, 2016, 0148-8376

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50600 5.6 Political science

Stát vydavatele

Spojené státy

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 0.574

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/16:00092734

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

DOI

UT WoS

000372083200004

Klíčová slova anglicky

Deinstitutionalization; marketization; mixed methods; older adults; social services

Štítky

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 15. 1. 2017 10:37, Ing. Alena Raisová

Anotace

V originále

Deinstitutionalization and marketization of eldercare has been delayed by 20 years in the Czech Republic compared to Western Europe, and it takes place in a completely different context, characterized by the legacy of communism, a growing older population, and less generous public subsidies. This study is the first in the Czech Republic to examine how deinstitutionalization and marketization effect implementation of these principles on the availability and quality of eldercare services at regional and municipal levels. A mixed-method approach was used, combining several data sources (policy documents, administrative data, statistics, expert panel, and secondary use of qualitative data). The findings suggest that the support for and availability of home-based care has declined, despite the ever-increasing number of older adults and policy preference for deinstitutionalization. Furthermore, home-based services have failed to adjust to growing care needs of older adults (e.g., inflexible schedules, limited provision of time-demanding care, inadequate staff composition). This situation occasioned an unintended outcome: the emergence of nonregistered, semilegal, for-profit nursing homes offering low-quality care and poor working conditions, and subject to no quality control. The health and even lives of older adults are at risk if they choose such services. Research is needed to study older adult decision making and offer them tools to identify and avoid questionable services.

Návaznosti

LD13063, projekt VaV
Název: Modernizace a restrukturalizace sociálních služeb ČR: studie vybraných oblastí (Akronym: COST_sluzbyII)
Investor: Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy ČR, Modernizace a restrukturalizace sociálních služeb v ČR: studie vybraných oblastí