The de-institutionalisation of care for older people in the Czech Republic and Slovakia : national strategies and local outcomes
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F17%3A00098660" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/17:00098660 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781786432117" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781786432117</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781786432117" target="_blank" >10.4337/9781786432117</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The de-institutionalisation of care for older people in the Czech Republic and Slovakia : national strategies and local outcomes
Original language description
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is paid to the new role played by domiciliary care since this service form takes a central role as a ‘substitute’ for outdated or expensive institutionalised care.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.
Czech name
—
Czech description
—
Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
—
OECD FORD branch
50602 - Public administration
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/LD13063" target="_blank" >LD13063: Modernization and restructuring of social services in the Czech Republic: the study of the three specific domains</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Book/collection name
Social Services Disrupted : Changes, Challenges and Policy Implications for Europe in Times of Austerity
ISBN
9781786432100
Number of pages of the result
20
Pages from-to
239-258
Number of pages of the book
425
Publisher name
Edward Elgar Publishing
Place of publication
Cheltenham
UT code for WoS chapter
—