“This is a unique project, apparently also within the European Union. We have already prepared a study for it. We will use the building of the municipal organization Čtyřlístek in Silesian Ostrava for it,” said Ostrava’s deputy mayor for social affairs Zbyněk Pražák (KDU-ČSL).
It is not the first project with which the deputy of Ostrava is dealing with water in our country. For example, he invented the program of free school inserts, which Ostrava was the first in the Czech Republic to launch in 2024.
Subsequently, the project spread to other cities, and as of January 1 this year, the decree of the Ministry of Health has been in force, introducing these hygiene aids in all women’s toilets of all schools in the Czech Republic.
The mothers of these children inspired Pražák to set up a residential facility for elderly parents who care for their mentally disabled children. “They come to me and ask what will happen to their children when they are old and don’t have the strength to take care of them. Most of the time, these disabled children are taken care of by women, i.e. their mothers. I say children, but those children may be 40 years old, but mentally they are at the level of a three-year-old child,” explained the deputy.
The new facility would thus be directly intended for such families. It will contain 24 beds in a residential facility for mentally disabled children.
“In addition, there will be 22 small-sized apartments for their seniors-parents. The apartments will of course be intended for those parents who still have the strength to take care of themselves. Another 60 beds will be in the home for the elderly. These will be primarily intended for the parents of these children,” explained Pražák, adding that they will all be together in one area, which also has a beautiful garden.
“And so the parents will be able to be there until the end of their lives together with their disabled children. And that’s what those families need and want,” said the deputy. The city has already prepared a study on a unique social facility. The deputy believes that the project documentation will be ready within two years and the facility could be built and opened within five years. An estimated 400 million crowns will be needed for construction.
