An uplift and very true saying claims that one can tell how advanced and developed a society is by the way it takes care of those who are unable to take care of themselves.

I am immensely happy that we in Vysočina do know how to take care of our fellow citizens, thanks to patient and hard work on the part of the employees of social welfare institutions, retirement homes, home nursing services, and all others who work in social services. Day after day, they devote their clients not only professional care, but also love and attention – ordinary, yet extraordinary human attention.

It does not matter whether the given institution is being administered by the municipality, the Region, or a non-governmental non-profit organization.

The Region makes no differences in its effort to set up optimal operating conditions for all providers of social care. On the other hand, it is said that only one’s own family can give the best care. We therefore aim to enable our clients to stay in their home environment, which is intimately familiar and most natural to them, as long as possible.

The family is the healthiest and most natural environment for a human being. Generation after generation, families teach children the joys and the sorrows of living, as such experience is the assurance of natural development and preservation of our society.

The year 2006 brought many changes in the sphere of social welfare. It was a year of major investments as well as changes in financing by the state. Both the recipients and the providers of social welfare had to begin to prepare themselves for independent purchasing of services on the basis of contracts with providers. We devoted considerable time to explaining, giving seminars, as well as common discussions to make sure that everyone in Vysočina would know what the changes were about to bring. I am confident that our common efforts and time have not been wasted.

Jiří Vondráček

Regional Councillor for Social Affairs