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Problems with the personal assistance for people suffering from certain handicap
PÍCHOVÁ, Petra
Personal assistance (PA) is one of types of comprehensive care of people with health handicap, but it is very special, because client himself chooses type, extent and use of care. Without PA services, client would be dependent to live permanently in a treatment institution, where he would be nursed. At the beginning this essay informs readers about PA Tudory. On the first pages information concerning users and providers of this social service are elaborated. Further an author considers a new law Code Number 108/2006 Coll. about social services, valid from 1/1/2007, where the assistance is mentioned for the first time. On the other pages he describes changes, which the new law brings either for providers or users of PA. Mapping and definition of problems concerning this social service is a main intent of this essay. Autor tried to compare opinions of clients and their dependants with personal assistants´opinions, if each of mentioned groups understands problems equally or differently. Readers should among others learn what this profession means and make a picture how assistance runs and which person is able to pursue it. This essay deals with problems of PA and its mission is to show these problems. The main asset is in outlining problems of PA, considering respondents´opinions, who were users, personal assistents and families with health handicap and familiarization readers with personality of assistant and social service of PA. Asset of this essay is even bigger by enactment of the new law about social services and because of this, new problems in providing this services have arisen.
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