Long-term care and non-formal persons caring the clients

My diploma thesis "Long term care and non-formal caretakers caring for clients" deals with persons who provide long-term and non-formal care for seniors in the home environment. This diploma thesis is divided into two parts, one for theory and one for the research. The theoretical part deals with the long-term care and with a number, type, economic status of non-formal caretakers. There is also a brief passage about the care benefit in the context of long-term care. One chapter deals with services that might be useful for the non-formal caretakers. The aim of the research part is to identify the most severe difficulties that the non-formal caretakers face. There are two main questions in the research part, " What barriers let to the termination of the care of the non-formal caretakers?" and "What are the dilemmas of the non-formal caretakers when deciding the transfer to a social institution?" There is also a description of the method and techniques of a structured interview and its analysis. The research showed that the most severe difficulties are the lack of finances for the home-care, limited or unsuitable spaces for the long-term care, restrictions of the free time, health problems of the care-takers and high physical and psychological demands. The main reasons responsible for the ending of the care are high demands, health problems of the caretakers, and fears of the future. Another dilemma that has been proven is the necessity of choosing between career and providing of non-formal care