The Czech Republic: No promised land for carers and persons dependent on long-term care

Abstract

The Czech Republic is a typical Central or, respectively, Eastern European country, in that it adopted the Soviet social security model during the middle of the twentieth century. This model resulted, particularly with regard to persons dependent on assistance, in a publicly administered social (long-term) care system which focused especially on the provision of long-term care in institutional facilities and on the granting of social benefits.