On Thursday, 24 February 2022, at an event attended by the media, a cooperation agreement between the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice and the town of Volary was concluded. The Faculty of Health and Social Sciences will mainly cooperate with the city in the area of providing care to the elderly with the use the project results. The project entitled: Model of care for the elderly in residential facilities in the concept of three-tier housing has been successfully implemented by the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences of the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice since 2018. The aim of the project was to identify modern trends in care for the elderly and examples of good practice in residential facilities, as well as to propose a model of care in the concept of three-tier housing for the elderly, with an emphasis on the connection with the community and consideration of intergenerational solidarity.
The principal investigator of the project, doc. PhDr. Adéla Mojžíšová, Ph.D., from the Institute of Social and Special-pedagogical Sciences of the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences of the University of South Bohemia explains: "One of the results of the project is the creation of a model of care for the elderly that takes into account all its fundamental principles and examples of good practice with respect to the degree of self-sufficiency of the elderly person." The model includes the main trends of the current provision of services at the health-social border. It is based on the principles of human dignity, and respect for the client and his/her family.
