Social support systems Organisation and financing of social
support to people with dementia and carers Background
information on the social/healthcare system in the Czech
Republic On 31 December 1992, Czechoslovakia was peacefully
dissolved and became two new countries, the Czech Republic and
Slovakia. In January 1993, the Czech Republic adopted a new
constitution and became a parliamentary democracy. With regard
to healthcare, there was a transition following the Velvet
Revolution from a national health system, in which healthcare
was free, to an insurance-based system involving obligatory
contributions to state health insurers. There has also been a
transition away from policies and practices designed to
segregate people with disabilities and dependent seniors from
the rest of the so-called normal population (Holmerová, 2004).
The organisation of social support for people with dementia and
carers The Law 108 2006 (please see section below on the legal
framework surrounding the provision of social support) p