Eldercare puzzles in postcommunist countries: experiences and trends in Croatia and the Czech Republic

The paper aims to analyse the main trends and to reveal the dominant logics of eldercare in two postcommunist countries, Croatia and the Czech Republic. The main questions are: 1) how high are the eldercare reforms on the political agenda and what kinds of discourses are prevailing in this policy field in compared countries; 2) under what logic was the systems of eldercare redesigned and reorganised in two countries and what circumstances led to this reforms; 3) what are the consequences of new reforms regarding the access and delivery of services? In both countries the state remained an inherent actor in this area, especially when it comes to financing of eldercare; while due to insufficient eldercare capacities (with unequal regional availability) the family continues to play an important role at practical level.

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