Long-Term Care Reform in Central–Eastern Europe: The Case of the Czech Republic

2012 ◽  
pp. 243-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jana Barvíková ◽  
August Österle
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Term Care ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Central Eastern Europe ◽  
Central Eastern

Quality of care in long-term care departments in mental health facilities across the Czech Republic

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 885-890 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucie Kalisova ◽  
Marek Pav ◽  
Petr Winkler ◽  
Jiri Michalec ◽  
Helen Killaspy
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Health Facilities ◽  
Term Care ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Mental Health Facilities

scholarly journals Gaps in end-of-life care and lack of support for family carers in Poland and Central Eastern Europe

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 263235242095800
Author(s):  
Piotr Krakowiak
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
End Of Life Care ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Life Care ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Central Eastern Europe ◽  
Central Eastern

The growth of life expectancy in Central Eastern Europe and increase in the number of older people in that region are the consequences of changes in the 1990s period, connected to transition from the communism into a market economy. Central Eastern Europe is already facing consequences of fast ageing and insufficient development of state health care and social services. Those result in gaps in the provision of end-of-life care and overburden of family caregivers. This essay addresses gaps in end-of-life care, showing the development of hospice-palliative care on one side, and highlighting main problems with long-term care on the other. There is scarce support for informal caregivers and lack of cooperation between health and social care. End-of-life care is over medicalized in hospice-palliative care and hardly existing in long-term care. Dying is more a social than medical event, and as such, it should be cared for by compassionate communities, encouraging cooperation of professionals with family caregivers and society. Unfortunately, to date, there is no adequate cooperation in social dimension of end-of-life care in most of Central Eastern Europe. The social dimension of end-of-life care has to be recognized and empowered with the health promoting palliative care and introduction of compassionate communities in Central Eastern Europe.

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