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Developments in deinstitutionalization and community living in the Czech Republic
- Authors:
- ŠIŠKA Jan, BEADLE-BROWN Julie
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 8(2), June 2011, pp.125-133.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article considers the progress towards the development of community-based services and full social inclusion for people with intellectual disabilities in the Czech Republic. It summarises progress over the past 2 decades in the Czech Republic in moving from an institutional era toward one that values community-based alternatives. Particular attention is paid to issues such as choice and control, individual funding as a means towards social inclusion, and the matter of human rights. While European and national policy is supportive of community living, and new individualised funding streams have been created, progress in the Czech Republic toward the goal of community living for everyone with a disability has been slow and has met with many barriers. The article highlights the need to consider issues such as the availability of data related to funding and delivery of services, planning of the transitional period toward community-based services, accessibility of reports on quality of services (including institutions), and the conflict of interests created by the system of guardianship. It concludes that, despite economic circumstances that may slow down the process of deinstitutionalisation, the direction of change toward community living needs to be sustained.