FAMILY CARERS' PERSPECTIVES ON INTEGRATED COMMUNITY CARE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11270/16:10337823

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21101/cejph.a4463" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.21101/cejph.a4463</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21101/cejph.a4463" target="_blank" >10.21101/cejph.a4463</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

FAMILY CARERS' PERSPECTIVES ON INTEGRATED COMMUNITY CARE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Original language description

Aim: The problem of family care for people dependent on another person has only recently become a focus of research. As demand for health and social services has not been adequately met by public service providers, growing attention has been given to informal care and the integration of families within systems of health and social care at the community level. This paper presents the results of a survey on informal carers' views and opinions under the current conditions of social support in the Czech Republic. The survey was based on theoretical concepts of caring societies, deinstitutionalization, refamilization, and integrated community care, and aimed to shed light on caring families' experiences and needs in the Czech Republic. Methods: Family lay carers completed an original self-administered questionnaire. A convenient sample of 200 family carers was selected. Results: The survey collected information about the most influential factors in determining whether the families continue to provide care for their relatives in the household. More than 50% of the caregivers provide care from moral and emotional reasons. Financial problems, risk of losing their jobs, and further deterioration of health of the person they care for emerged as key risk factors, but overall, determination among carers to continue providing care "at any cost" was high (53%). Conclusions: Involving local communities and services, e.g. general practitioners (GPs) to a greater extent in the coordination of various social and health services, and in support mechanisms at the juncture between informal and formal care would make it easier for family carers to continue providing long-term care.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

FQ - Public health system, social medicine

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Central European Journal of Public Health

ISSN

1210-7778

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

24

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

289-296

UT code for WoS article

000393017500007

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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