Sécurité, stabilité et soutien aux processus de réforme
Développement régional

Seniors
Social workers
Families of the clients

While the demographic trends indicate that the number of senior citizens will continue to grow rapidly, most institutions offering services for elderly people are characterized by inappropriate facilities, outdated equipment and work methods which do not correspond to the contemporary knowledge and best practices. This applies in particular to the disadvantaged regions in eastern Czech Republic, constituting the focus regions of the Swiss contribution. As a result, the social services delivered often do not respect appropriate standards and, thus, affect the quality of life of the residents of these institutions.
The “Home for Senior Citizens” in Bilovec is characterized by an outdated infrastructure which does not permit to provide social services of high quality to its residents.

The goal of the project is to provide a dignified environment for seniors by setting up a comprehensive system of high quality social care services. This shall be achieved by the modernization and extension of the senior home as well as by introducing modern work methods which will improve the care services delivered to individual residents.

The project will finance the modernization and extension of the existing building through the construction of 16 new rooms and the renovation of 9 existing rooms, including the construction of en-suite bathrooms. Furthermore, 3 common rooms, a therapeutic room as well as barrier-free entrances and a garden will be constructed. The building will be thermally insulated (incl. new windows), and a new local waste water treatment plant will be installed. Finally, 12 employees of the Executing Agency will be trained in 4 new work methods (financed from the applicant’s own sources).

The expected results are:

• Modernized, extended and refurbished building with a capacity of 30 clients (17 single and 8 double rooms)
• Number of beds per room reduced from 2.5 to 1.32
• 12 new sanitary facilities (number of users per facility reduced from 15 to 2.75)
• 4 new methods of work with seniors introduced by 12 trained employees
• 1 new social service (respite service for 3 clients) established, 1 job created