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Seniors´ opinions on care allowance
POHLOVÁ, Vendula
Since January 1st, 2007, Act No. 108/2006 Coll. On Social Services has been effective. Amended later, it establishes procedures for the care allowance acknowledgement and other proceedings. The care allowance is paid in four stages. Under the Act, care allowance should be used to provide the necessary care for the applicant. Since the year 2007, the data collected have shown that care allowance (especially in the first stage) is not always used for the care provision by registered care providers, and the money paid from the state budget is not refunded via the care providers back into the system, as originally intended. The thesis deals with the development of care allowance and problems that care allowance brings about. The answers to the research questions were identified using a combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods: a secondary data analysis and a semi-conducted interview. For the data analysis the information from the system OK SERVICES, in which the data associated with care allowance are processed and recorded, was used. The semi-conducted interview was conducted on the basis of prepared questions. The first portion was identification questions, the following questions were the prepared open questions that could have been adjusted during an interview with regard to a particular respondent. The basic research group of respondents for secondary data analysis consisted of the care allowance recipients at senior age living in the municipality with extended powers Český Krumlov. Interviews were conducted with selected senior citizens from the basic research group. The sample corresponds with the socio-demographic profile in the basic research group. The thesis can be used as material for the purposes of the MLSA, for community planning at the regional and municipal level, and for the employees of municipalities with extended powers, who are in charge of the care allowance agenda.
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