Nadějné vyhlídky? Péče o starší z perspektivy osob pečujících ve formální péči
Bright future? Caring for the elderly from the perspective of carers in the formal care sector

Summary/Abstract: In the elderly care system in the Czech Republic as well as in other European countries, there is a trend towards commodification, marketization, decentralization and pluralization of care. In this system the status of seniors and also those who care has changed by introducing the care allowance as a tool of direct payments. While the consequences of introducing a new model of elderly care were mapped (at least partially) from the perspective of informal carers, no analysis has been done from the perspective of formal cares targeted by this article. The analysis of experience, perception and reflection of the elderly care system from the perspective of formal carers employed in organizations providing home care or residential care in different regions of the Czech Republic is based on 27 semi-structured interviews conducted in 2016−2017. The article focuses mainly on answering these questions: How formal carers perceive and evaluate their working conditions? What do they consider “good care“? What type of care do they prefer for their old age? Their perspective reveals some unintended consequences of the elderly care system in the segment of formal care, as well as the possibilities of its development towards care they consider “good care“.

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