KUBALČÍKOVÁ, Kateřina, Gábor SZÜDI, Jaroslava SZÜDI and Jana HAVLÍKOVÁ. The de-institutionalisation of care for older people in the Czech Republic and Slovakia : national strategies and local outcomes. In Flavia Martinelli, Anneli Anttonen and Margitta Mätzke. Social Services Disrupted : Changes, Challenges and Policy Implications for Europe in Times of Austerity. 1st ed. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017, p. 239-258. New Horizons in Social Policy. ISBN 978-1-78643-210-0. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781786432117.
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Original name The de-institutionalisation of care for older people in the Czech Republic and Slovakia : national strategies and local outcomes
Authors KUBALČÍKOVÁ, Kateřina (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Gábor SZÜDI (348 Hungary), Jaroslava SZÜDI (703 Slovakia) and Jana HAVLÍKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition 1. vyd. Cheltenham, Social Services Disrupted : Changes, Challenges and Policy Implications for Europe in Times of Austerity, p. 239-258, 20 pp. New Horizons in Social Policy, 2017.
Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing
Other information
Original language English
Type of outcome Chapter(s) of a specialized book
Field of Study 50602 Public administration
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form printed version "print"
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14230/17:00098660
Organization unit Faculty of Social Studies
ISBN 978-1-78643-210-0
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781786432117
Keywords (in Czech) senioři; sociální služby; pečovatelská služba; deinstitucionalizace; marketizace; vládnutí
Keywords in English older peple; social services; domiciliary care; deinstitutionalisation; marketization; governance
Tags rivok, topvydavatel
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
The chapter focuses on the implementation of de-institutionalisation in care for older people in the Czech Republic and in Slovakia. The principles of de-institutionalisation were incorporated in the national strategic documents of both countries after the 2004 accession to the European Union. First the question of how this concept influenced the Czech and Slovak national strategies, legislation and organisation of social services for older people is tackled. Subsequently, the question of what were the ‘responses’ of regional and local authorities and providers of care services for older people are addressed. Two case studies are then presented, which illustrate the ambivalent nature of the de-institutionalisation process. Particular attention is paid to the new role played by domiciliary care since this service form takes a central role as a ‘substitute’ for outdated or expensive institutionalised care. The chapter highlights how, even though a de-institutionalisation strategy was introduced at the national level in both countries, it was implemented without guaranteeing a constant and steady flow of financial resources, and the transition of national policy priorities to a ‘new’ conception of care for older people at the regional and local levels has been rather slow. As the case studies suggest, the implementation of the national policy can actually lead to the exact opposite outcome than originally intended, with significant policy implications.
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LD13063, research and development projectName: Modernizace a restrukturalizace sociálních služeb ČR: studie vybraných oblastí (Acronym: COST_sluzbyII)
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR
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