Eldercare agencies and the marketing of care work in the Czech Republic : relieving a family burden?

Warning

This publication doesn't include Faculty of Economics and Administration. It includes Faculty of Social Studies. Official publication website can be found on muni.cz.
Authors

HRONOVÁ Tereza SOURALOVÁ Adéla

Year of publication 2018
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source International Journal of Care and Caring
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Citation
Web článek
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/239788218X15251715859481
Keywords eldercare; for-profit agencies; burdenisation; marketisation
Attached files
Description This article focuses on the private for-profit agencies providing eldercare that have recently emerged in the post-socialist Czech Republic, a country with strong familist tendencies in eldercare organisation. We draw upon 10 in-depth interviews with owners of these agencies, focusing on how they create their services, define the care they provide and target potential clients. We also analyse the websites of the selected agencies to investigate how they promote their services online. The main aim of this article is to illuminate the strategies of marketising eldercare in the agencies. We identify the process of the ‘burdenisation’ of eldercare as an outcome of its marketisation.
Related projects:

You are running an old browser version. We recommend updating your browser to its latest version.