Kontakt 2019, 21(4):416-423 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2019.049

Position of seniors in rural areas in relation to the Czech RepublicSocial Sciences in Health - Original article

Renata Korcová *, Jana Borská
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Economics and Management, Department of Law, Prague, Czech Republic

The aim of this article is to characterize the legal position of seniors living in rural areas, and to research the question of whether the term "senior" is defined in the Czech legal system, and how the law deals with social exclusion and the possibilities of its elimination. Methods used in this article include, in particular, legal analysis of selected legal texts. An additional technique was qualitative research enacted through the technique of focus groups with seniors living in the territory of the district of Strakonice and Český Krumlov, situated in the region of Southern Bohemia. There were in total 31 informants participating in the research, aged 65-74 years. The criteria for their choice are described in detail in the methodological section of this article. The results of legal analysis have shown that the Czech jurisdiction does not include the definition of the term "senior", which can result in differing attitudes towards seniors in the Czech Republic that are based on their age (for example, the system of providing travel discounts to seniors is not unified in the individual regions of the Czech Republic). If the Czech state accepted the unambiguous term "senior", the rights of seniors would be unequivocally determined and there would not be discrepancies or even discrimination in treating seniors. The legal analysis of the terms "position of seniors" and "social exclusion" has brought an interesting recommendation regarding which seniors should be informed. This area should be the responsibility of each municipality. The qualitative research has shown that seniors view several fields as the crucial components of social exclusion in particular accommodation, leisure time, health and accessibility of social services.

Keywords: Czech Republic; Focus group; Population ageing; Rural areas; Senior; Social exclusion; Social services

Received: July 31, 2019; Accepted: September 26, 2019; Prepublished online: October 23, 2019; Published: December 13, 2019  Show citation

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