Kontakt 2012, 14(2):159-170 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2012.018

Problems of the implementation of taking family care of persons with reduced self-sufficiencyHealth and Social Sciences - Original article

Petra Formánková1,3,*, Aleš Novotný1,2, Marcela Efenberková3
1 Student DSP Zdravotně sociální fakulty Jihočeské univerzity v Českých Budějovicích
2 Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Zdravotně sociální fakulta, katedra sociální práce
3 Městský úřad Písek, odbor sociálních věcí a zdravotnictví, Česká republika

Families have always provided help for relatives who needed it due to their diseases or old age. This resoluteness of families is still present at the time being. We can speak about informal caregivers, who satisfy needs of their relatives in their natural domestic environment without professional knowledge. By this care they try to provide dignified and quality life of non-independent persons. The willingness of the family to take care of a person with a reduced self-sufficiency means not only time consumption but also physical and mental loading to the caregiver and giving up his/her own priorities. The target of the text was to outline the currently existing problems of the implementation of taking the family care of non-independent persons in the area of the administrative district of the town with extended competence Písek. The results of the research questionnaire examination are data indicating the degree of information of family caregivers about the method of taking care of non-independent persons and the source of their information. A further question concerned problems encountered in taking care for a relative person and taking advantage of possible professional healthcare and social support in the area of the administrative district considered. The method of interviews was employed for the implementation of the research examination. The questionnaire technique was used for the data accumulation. The examination results demonstrated that 39.5% of respondents have never been practically familiarized with taking necessary care of non-independent persons. And only one half of the total group of respondents knew who could be addressed for granting compensatory tools. Informal caregivers from small villages (i.e. types I and II) situated in the cadastre area of the town with extended competence Písek perceive mainly the physical load in providing the care compared to informal caregivers directly from the town with extended competence Písek (i.e. type III) who reported the social load. The caregivers search for most data and necessary assistance in physicians, nursing healthcare professionals and friends. Only 10.5% of families take advantage of healthcare and social services to provide the necessary help in taking care of non-independent persons.

Keywords: financial contribution to the care; family care; non-independent person; social services

Received: September 23, 2011; Accepted: February 23, 2012; Published: June 22, 2012  Show citation

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Formánková P, Novotný A, Efenberková M. Problems of the implementation of taking family care of persons with reduced self-sufficiency. Kontakt. 2012;14(2):159-170. doi: 10.32725/kont.2012.018.
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