To What Extent Are Social Services in the Ostrava Region Available to Senior Citizens?

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

To What Extent Are Social Services in the Ostrava Region Available to Senior Citizens?

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

OBJECTIVES: The presented paper focuses on availability of social services for older people in the Ostrava region with an aim to examine to what extent social services are available to senior citizens. THEORETICAL BASE: The theoretical background presents the current state of knowledge based on the study of professional literature and on the results of the research carried out in the studied areas. METHODS: The article presents the results obtained from the original quantitative research strategy that made use of structured interviews. OUTCOMES: Research, in addition to the results of different aspects of the availability of social services and senior?s awareness of social services, showed also e.g. that social services are too expensive for respondents, and that seniors are ?forced? to use care allowances mostly to cover medical costs rather than to cover social services. The paper in the end also analyses the causes of the underuse of social services by seniors. SOCIAL WORK IMPLICATIONS: The findings contribute to knowledge in fields of availability of social services for the elderly in the Ostrava region, use of care allowance, and seniors? awareness of social services. This research can provide background for improvement in quality of social services for senior citizens in the Ostrava region.

Název v anglickém jazyce

To What Extent Are Social Services in the Ostrava Region Available to Senior Citizens?

Popis výsledku anglicky

OBJECTIVES: The presented paper focuses on availability of social services for older people in the Ostrava region with an aim to examine to what extent social services are available to senior citizens. THEORETICAL BASE: The theoretical background presents the current state of knowledge based on the study of professional literature and on the results of the research carried out in the studied areas. METHODS: The article presents the results obtained from the original quantitative research strategy that made use of structured interviews. OUTCOMES: Research, in addition to the results of different aspects of the availability of social services and senior?s awareness of social services, showed also e.g. that social services are too expensive for respondents, and that seniors are ?forced? to use care allowances mostly to cover medical costs rather than to cover social services. The paper in the end also analyses the causes of the underuse of social services by seniors. SOCIAL WORK IMPLICATIONS: The findings contribute to knowledge in fields of availability of social services for the elderly in the Ostrava region, use of care allowance, and seniors? awareness of social services. This research can provide background for improvement in quality of social services for senior citizens in the Ostrava region.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50403 - Social topics (Women´s and gender studies; Social issues; Family studies; Social work)

Projekt

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Návaznosti

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Rok uplatnění

2018

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Sociální práce / Sociálna práca, Czech and Slovak Social Work

ISSN

1213-6204

e-ISSN

1805-885X

Svazek periodika

1

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

18

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

14

Strana od-do

53-66

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85042768280