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The goal of this study is to map the current trends in the care of seniors in residential facilities of social services. This study is based on academic articles found in the SCOPUS and Web of Science databases between 2014 and 2018. The search criteria were focused on keywords (residential care, senior, trends) and areas (social work, social sciences, psychology, geriatrics, gerontology, health care and social services). We also used the web portals of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic and the Czech Statistical Office, the official web pages of residential social services for seniors and the academic references available in the Czech Republic in the last 10 years. The total number of sources used for this study was 48. The results of the analysis show that the modern trends in the care of seniors in the residential facilities of social services are focused on various non-pharmacological approaches and very frequently connected to the total organization policy. The activities are related to the individual needs of seniors. The goal of these activities is preserving the seniors' independence for as long as possible, where dignity and autonomy are respected.

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Since the end of the 1980s, the concept of community housing for the elderly has been established abroad. The advantages and disadvantages of this alternative housing for the aging generation are discussed in the context of various theoretical backgrounds and practical approaches. The aim of the article is to off er a view of the advantages and disadvantages of this concept from the perspective of the inhabitants of these communities abroad. Nine semi-structured interviews were conducted with residents and one community housing manager in Austria, Germany, Denmark, and Sweden. The interviews were evaluated with the help of the Atlas.ti 7 program. On the part of the participants, community housing for seniors is evaluated mostly positively; according to their statements, the negatives result from problems related to socialisation within the community. The fi ndings obtained during the interviews are in line with other previously conducted research. They fulfi l the postulates about the advantages of community housing for seniors, and they also confi rm the disadvantages already formulated in the literature. Considering all the verbalised advantages and disadvantages of community housing for the elderly in conversations, this type of housing can also be a welcome alternative for a certain part of the senior population in the Czech Republic.

Od konce 80. let minulého století se v zahraničí etabluje koncept komunitního bydlení pro seniory. Výhody a nevýhody této alternativy bydlení stárnoucí generace jsou diskutovány v kontextu různých teoretických východisek i praktických přístupů. Cílem článku je nabídnout pohled na výhody a nevýhody tohoto konceptu z pohledu obyvatel těchto komunit v zahraničí. Bylo provedeno devět polostrukturovaných rozhovorů s obyvateli a správkyní komunitního bydlení v Rakousku, Německu, Dánsku a Švédsku. Rozhovory byly vyhodnoceny pomocí programu Atlas.ti 7. Ze strany informantů je komunitní bydlení seniorů hodnoceno převážně pozitivně, negativa podle jejich výpovědí vyplývají z problémů, které souvisí se socializací v rámci komunity. Poznatky z realizovaných rozhovorů jsou v souladu s dalšími již provedenými výzkumy a naplňují postuláty o výhodách komunitního bydlení seniorů, stejně tak potvrzují v odborné literatuře již formulované nevýhody. Při zvážení všech v rozhovorech verbalizovaných výhod a nevýhod komunitního bydlení pro seniory může být tento typ bydlení vítanou alternativou také pro určitou část populace seniorů České republice.