Regional differentiation of demografic ageing and amenities in residential care services for seniors in the Czech Republic

The main objective of the thesis is regional differentiation of demographic aging and amenities in residential care services for seniors at the level of municipalities with extended powers. The age composition of the population in a given territory is a significant determinant of the need for individual types of social services, while the demand for these services is affected by many factors that are discussed in this paper. The findings of the analysis should lead to the identification of regional disparities in terms of location of seniors and the capacity of selected residential social care service and also to detect spatial patterns of these two thematic areas. The main research method used in this work was a statistical analysis. Keywords: seniors, residential care services for the elderly, demographic agin