INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON OF THE SCOPE AND STRUCTURE OF THE RECIPIENTS OF THE CARE ALLOWANCE AND THE CONDITIONS FOR ITS RECOGNITION IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC, SLOVAKIA, GERMANY AND AUSTRIA

The aim of this paper is to analyse the differences in the approach to recognition of entitlement to care allowance in the Czech Republic by making an international comparison of the scope and structure of care allowance recipients and conditions for granting care allowance in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany and Austria. The procedure consists in the analysis of the shares of the care allowance recipients on the basis of demographic age-gender groups, differentiated according to the level of dependence. The identified international differences are placed in the context of differences in the conditions and manner of conducting the assessment procedure, which precedes the granting of the contribution in the mentioned countries. In the paper are also proposed some changes in the approach to recognition of entitlement to care allowance in the Czech Republic. The analysis showed large differences between countries. Austria has a significantly higher share of care allowance recipients than the Czech Republic, while Germany and Slovakia have almost the same shares.