This thesis Socio-economic context of the care subsidy is engaged in mapping the evidence of contributions to the care subsidy of social services users in Domov Rožďalovice and comparing them, particularly in the two offered social services - Homes for the elderly and Homes with a special regime. The theoretical part is drawn from available literature and the internet sources relating to the chosen topic. The first chapter explains the functions and principles of social policy, welfare state is characterized and described pillars of the social system in the Czech Republic. The next chapter follows the characteristics of social services, their types, forms, financing and legislative regulation. The third chapter is the core of the theoretical part, there is a description of the care allowance, their aims, above, the financial cost and to whom the care allowance intended. It is also discussed about the process for gain the care subsidy, and its effectiveness. The practical part describes the selected organization Domov Rožďalovice and then described the procedure how to calculate the monthly cost of social services users in Domov Rožďalovice. In the second chapter of the practical part are evaluated results of the survey, which was conducted with clients of the Home of the elderly and. Home with a special regime. Consequently, this part continues with semi-structured interviews guided relating to social and economic characteristics of the chosen topic. At the conclusion of the evaluation is processed and the results are set out proposals for corrective action.

During our life, there comes a lot of situations which we have to deal with and which need to solve. Such situations as decease, invalidism, health disability, poorness, job loose or loneliness. Some of these situations we are able to handle ourselves, some of them with help of family members or friends, but we are not able to handle all of the events and we are not able to secure basic life needs. In such situations, help of the state in context of its social politics, is needed. Social politics in Czech republic is divided in three branches ? next to social insurance we have state and social support and social help which is mentioned as the third branch of social protection. System of social help constructs certain standard where its basic part is about individuals rights to live his life. Social help is realized by services and social benefits. Between social benefits is also included contribution for social care that is served to individuals dependent on help of another physical being and that is topic of this dissertation. Person is considered as dependent on help from another person in four grades ? from light to full dependence. In order of dependence level and the dependent person age the amount of benefit is derived. Between the receivers of social benefits are included seniors and disabled people. By providing the benefits, the state participates in social service realization that are administered at home or in social service institutions.

Social services form an integral part of the social protection in the society. It might be perceived as a form of help provided to people who find themselves in difficulties and they are not able to get over this situation without the help of society. Social services help to socially handicapped persons to improve their living standard, alternatively to integrate them largely with the society. Social services also protect the society from the risks following from the disadvantaged persons. The core document for the field of social services in the Czech Republic is the law in force No 108/2006 about the social services. The object of my work is to sum up the general knowledge about the social services problems, but chiefly to find out if the provided social services in administrative ward of Vodňany are sufficient and what future progress of these services is possible. Research results show the Vodňany region to provide the services for seniors and handicapped persons sufficiently but there is total absence of special social consultancy service, meaning the civil advisory centre or low-threshold institution for children and young people and asylum residential facilities. From the practical point of view the diploma work can be used as the information source for the inhabitants of the Vodňany region, either in the form of booklets or information leaflets. In my opinion it is also usable for secondary and further school students and university students as a study material within the tuition. It can be also used as a feedback for the providers and clients of social services in the Vodňany region.

Abstract An allowance fot the care is rather a new institute which is the main implement of the model of social services established 1/1 2007 on the basis of the law 108/2006 Statute Book about social services. This contribution relates to providing social services. The creation took 13 years and brought many amendments to this sphere ? not only a new conception of social services, their kinds, forms and conditions of providing, it also introduced a new approach to financial source for persons who need it in their unfavourable situation. Current allowance in the process of the care for a close or other person was replaced with an allowance for the care. The aim of this work is a mapping of offers of the social services in the territory of Trhové Sviny and to find if beneficiaries of these allowances for the care use more an assistance providing by the close person or by a registered provider of social services. The results of this research point out that in most cases the assistance of the close person is used. This dissertation could be used for a community planning and as an information material for Sviny´s inhabitants and providers of the local social services.

The thesis deals with various issues related to the allotment of elderly people care allowance. The introduction describes the current state of social policy and services; basic concepts used in this field were defined. The concept of old age and its epiphenomena were briefly and expertly characterized. The main part of the thesis is devoted to ways of obtaining, processing, allotment and functioning of the allowance for the care of elderly people in the region of Milevsko. Given the specifics of the individual Czech regions, it was necessary to describe generally the Milevsko region and to characterize the Department of Social Affairs at the Milevsko Municipal Authority, which pursuant to Czech legislation, carries out all activities associated with the agenda of the allowance for care in the defined region. The objective of the thesis was to map in detail the issues of the allowance care at various stages, i.e. from filing an application till its execution and to describe partly the subsequent use of the allowance. The details of the early stages of processing applications are described, i.e. where there are still many problematic issues. During my work on the problem, I cooperated closely with the staff at the Milevsko Municipal Authority, competent staff at the Department of Social Affairs and a selected sample of senior citizens in the locality. To achieve the set objective, I used the strategy of qualitative research, the method of interviewing and the technique of semi-controlled non-standard interviews of selected clients ? senior citizens ? with the staff of the Department of Social Affairs. The analysis of social and medical records of the client group, along with legislation for the care allowance, was used as an additional method. The outputs of the used techniques were recorded in detail and summarized using tables. The research results yielded many interesting findings; in particular it is still a relatively low general public awareness of the care allowance and it was demonstrated that the most important source of information for senior applicants was a social worker. What needs to be constantly improving is the awareness of senior citizens and their family members of what types of care and compensating aids or activities can be covered by care allowance. It is also necessary to explain to senior citizens and their families how to use the care allowance, such as checks by social workers. According to the findings, I can confirm that the care allowance is a very important factor that helps significantly to offset the dependence of senior citizens, although its amount is questionable. Another finding was seen in an irreplaceable role of the family, family members who provide the care of the elderly and the efforts of all who are involved in ensuring senior citizens can function in their natural environment, which I think is an extremely positive finding. In any case, ?horror? scenarios of abusing the care allowance were not confirmed, which confirms the fact that the control mechanisms in the legislation are relatively well adjusted. Improvements, according to the conclusions of my thesis, must be included in the inquiry stage of processing the care allowance; there is a need to combine general social methods with an extremely sensitive and personal approach to individual applicants in order to achieve optimal use of the care allowance for individuals who could stay in their natural environment as long as possible. Another area of potential development can be seen particularly in the interaction between the actors involved in the process of allotment of the care allowance, e.g. through automated processing of the agenda using electronic forms.

The revision of social services is valid since 1st January 2007. The main tendency is a change of financing method and more effective delivering of social services destined for persons in disadvantageous social situation. The revision has been going through many changes during its force. This changes help to stabilise the system of financing. The main ambition of this study is to describe results of revision to state budget and of social services providers. This study describe marketing leading of social services institutions too.

This diploma thesis focuses on problems with purpose and use of care allowance in families with children with long term unfavourable health condition. The work is divided according to its content into a theoretical and empiric parts. The theoretical part deals with a development of an approach towards people suffering any health disability throughout history, it explains terms such as family, health handicap or the situation of a caring family, furthermore the work describes specific systems of social care and help. The empiric part analyses legislative scope of care allowance including comparison of similar social allowances abroad. It also works with accessible statistic data. The solution of the above mentioned case is complemented by case studies of five caring families with children with long term unfavourable health condition, where the author of this work gathered the data on the basis of qualitative sociologic research - through semi-structured interviews.

The thesis is focused on the issue of care allowance. The theoretical part contains basic information about this social benefit. There are described various forms of administrative proceedings. It is imperative that you know the social services that you can turn to if necessary, so they are also mentioned in the work. Attention is paid to the characteristics of the social worker. The practical part aims to give the reader an insight into this issue. There are actual stories of people here to see where difficult people can be. The questionnaire survey found that the respondents had a negative experience with the care allowance, as the proceedings took several months. Furthermore, it was found that the primary information about this social benefit is learned from the doctor. Research has shown that they most often need help with shopping, household cleaning, or hygiene. These are tasks that are physically demanding for the respondents and often helped by family members.

This dissertation is focused on providing family-based care for the seniors at their home environment in connection with the care allowance. The goal of this work is to determine the influence of the care allowance sustainability of the care for the elderly at home environment from a perspective of the family caregivers. The theoretical part of the dissertation discusses the concept of self-sufficiency, interrelationship of the family care for a elderly family member at their home environment, state help for the family carers and a care allowance. In the practical part of this dissertation are presented and discussed the obtained results of the quantitative and qualitative survey, validated specify of the research assumptions and answered research questions related to the provision of the care allowance beneficiaries and understanding the impact of the care allowance on care sustainability for the caregivers of the eldery at their home environment.

TITLE: The importance of caring for the soul in the life of the contemporary man AUTHOR: Vladislava Tesárková DEPARTMENT: Department of civics and philosophy SUPERVISOR: prof. PhDr. Anna Hogenová, CSc. ABSTRACT: The aim of this work is a reminder of the value of the soul along with the possibilities of taking care of it. This thesis deals with the importance of taking care of the soul in the life of the contemporary man. At the beginning of the text are laid these source questions: What is the care for the soul about and what does it include? The paper is divided into three parts which deal with comparing the perception of the soul in the ancient times, in the modern era and Patočka's conception of history, questioning and life movements, leading the dialogue which aims to discovering its own origin. These requirements for pursuing the mental growth appear to be necessary . The care for the soul is inextricably linked with the phenomenon of freedom as the freedom to something. The fundamental human task is to nurture the soul. The precondition for upbringing and education is the care for the soul . An important place has the care of the soul in the context of psychotherapy of which aim in the framework of a therapeutic relationship is orientating man's critical thinking to things themselves and revealing...