24.07.2008 - Czech nurses' association seeks to improve long-term care
Nurses must seek the improvement of the situation and call the operators or owners of the facilities to responsibility, Juraskova said.
The CAS has proposed to carry out audits in these homes to disclose shortcomings in their operation and advice how to correct the situation, she said.
The daily Mlada fronta Dnes has highlighted the situation in one of Prague's LDNs where the care for clients is insufficient.
Health insurance companies will check the situation in all Czech long-term care facilities by the end of this year.
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"The nurse bears full responsibility for care but to provide quality services she needs the conditions that are often absent," Juraskova said.
She said the owners and the operators were responsible for the personnel, material and technical equipment of LDNs.
"However, I accuse nurses of not often making it clear that they lack conditions for their work," Juraskova said.
According to the Institute of Medical Information and Statistics, there are more than 80,000 nurses in the Czech Republic, including 42,000 working in primary care, more than 4000 in subsequent care, 2000 in independent LDNs, 1700 in LDNs that are parts of hospitals and more than 170 in hospices.
According to the Health Ministry, the shortage of nurses last year reached 700, while this year's statistics is lacking.
(Ceske Noviny)
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