Sociální služby pro seniory v České republice v letech 2007-2016, případová studie město Havířov

This dissertation focuses on the social services provided to elderly people in the city of Havířov. This is an area affected by structural changes in industry, negatively impacting the population's socio-demographic structure. The goal of this dissertation is to evaluate the capacity and source possibilities of social services financing in the city of Havířov in terms of meeting the seniors´ needs in the Czech Republic in the years 2007-2016 with special attention to their development specifics in the structurally affected city of Havířov. The theoretical part contains the starting points for the practical part, especially the definition and classification of social services within social policy. The practical part presents the social services evaluation and its financing in the Czech Republic with a special focus on the structurally affected city of Havířov. There is implemented an analysa of demographic development of the Czech Republic, the Moravian-Silesian Region and Havířov population and a multi-source financing evaluation of social services in the Czech Republic. As a practical part embody there is a case study which evaluates the system of social services, the method of their financing and future development proposals in the city of Havířov. The practical part is built upon two empirical research studies - on standardized structured interviews and a survey. The dissertation has confirmed a keyrole of the family in care for the erderly, but also professional irreplaceability of the social services provision. The existing system of social services in the Czech Republic faces a series of systemic deficiencies. The dissertation has caught their specific speech at regional level. At the end of the dissertation work there are recommendations for the development of social services in Havířov in the context of the expected developments in the Czech Republic.