Integrated Care for Seniors as a Challenge for Slovakia

Michaela Vaceková () and Jana Levická ()
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Michaela Vaceková: Mgr. Department of Social Services and Counselling, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava
Jana Levická: prof. PhDr. Mgr.PhD. Department of Social Services and Counselling, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava

Chapter 70 in World Lumen Congress 2021, 2022, vol. 17, pp 689-705 from Editura Lumen

Abstract: Older age can be accompanied by a lot of changes in the field of health, which influence the social functioning of seniors.One of the factors influencing the quality of life of seniors is the connection of healthcare and social care, built on the interdepartmental cooperation. This approach is still absent in Slovakia.The aim of the paper is therefore to emphasize the importance and need of integrated care and to describe the barriers that prevent its implementation in Slovakia. In search of answers to the questions: “When and why was the healthcare and social care department of seniors established in Slovakia? What are the reasons persisting in this condition? What are the consequences of this divided care for the seniors in practice? What strategies use facilities for seniors to overcome this situation during the COVID-19 pandemic?†the authors used the method of the case study (Yin, 2003) focused on the Trnava self-governing region. Persistent structural, procedural, legislative and political factors have been identified as the main barriers. Specific for Slovakia is the existence of a barrier of the profession, which is caused by the low interest of social workers in the issue. The authors state that the situation in Slovakia is caused mainly by the reflection of integrated care as a political problem. In the end, the authors make several suggestions for solving the situation.

Keywords: Integrated care; case study; social work; seniors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I1 I12 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
ISBN: 978-1-910129-32-6
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DOI: 10.18662/wlc2021/70

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