Slezská diakonie branches

We provide persons (40 years and older) with memory disorders, especially persons with Alzheimer's disease or vascular dementia who currently live in the Ostrava district or persons with memory disorders from the Moravian-Silesian region, with the opportunity to develop their abilities and support them in self-sufficiency.

We seek out citizens in adverse life situations and provide them with support and advice. We try to motivate them to be independent and to use their free time in a meaningful way. We provide basic social counselling, accompaniment to authorities and other institutions and help in finding employment.

Our mission is to help adults with intellectual disabilities live in their own homes and manage the issues associated with independent living.

Providing one-to-one support and overnight accommodation for homeless people. Providing space for food preparation and for performing hygiene. We assist in re-establishing or consolidating contact with family and in other activities promoting the social inclusion of the client. We offer social counselling.

The Asylum House provides a residential social service to families with children and single women who need support, help and assistance in dealing with their unfavourable life and social situation associated with the loss of housing.

Support and accompaniment of families in the performance of foster family care so that children in these families have adequate care with regard to their needs, interests and original family and social environment.

Social service providing personal assistance to children and adults under 40 with mental, physical and combined disabilities. The service is provided in a field form in Brno and its surroundings to people who, as a result of their health disadvantage, have reduced self-sufficiency and need the help of another person.