Relatives provide most support
Statistician Markéta Pištorová explained that 827,000 disabled people regularly received help from another person, whether informally or through professional services. Relatives were involved in 94% of cases. These figures describe everyday assistance broadly; they do not measure only users of organised personal-assistance services. [1][3]
Equipment and cost remain barriers
Some 153,000 people, or 12% of disabled respondents represented by the survey, lacked suitable assistive equipment, often despite already using an aid. Cost was the most frequently reported reason for missing help and equipment. Difficulties with transport, housework and shopping were particularly common. [1][2]
The population covered matters
The survey interviewed households during 2023 and 2024 and included people with long-term activity limitations as well as recognised disability or specified support entitlements. More than half the disabled people identified were aged 65 or above. The household findings therefore should not be treated as a count of everybody living in institutions or of children under 15. [2][3]