Práca pojednáva o základných otázkach pri umiestňovaní seniora do sociálneho zariadenia. Analyzuje problematiku rozdielnosti medzi súkromným a štátnym zariadením, a to v oblasti poskytovania služieb, s ktorými sú spojené aj atribúty výberu vhodného prostredia na život a výšky spoplatňovanenia služieb.This work talks about basic questions in location of seniors into the sanitary facilities. The problems of difference between the private and state institution are analysed mainly in a part of providing the services. The atributions of convenient environment for life and the amount of imposition of a charge on services are connected with that services. The aim of my work was to point to the differences between these two types of institution with the same number of clents, then to describe the typicas features of concrete institutions and to take an impartial stand on a survey. The realisation of the aim is based on a impartial describtion of these institutions and in detailed dismanting of the activities that are preferred there. The objective comparison of services in the private and state retirement home with the emphasis on the quality, width and the amount of imposition of a charge are the results of my survey.