Given the demographic changes in Croatia and the tendency of deinstitutionalisation, foster care for adults becomes an increasingly desirable form of care for adults. The paper presents some determinants of adult foster careers in the jurisdiction of CZSS Našice. The dana were collected by the survey method and presented with descriptive indicators. The average foster career is a 51-year-old woman, married, with elementary education, unemployed. The most common difficulty is considered a foster career status. The indeks of caregiver stress indicates a slight degree of combustion of the respondents. Although the respondents show a high degree of agreement with the foster care principles related to user rights, the results show that respondents do not consider users as household members. Respondents answers that they need the most organizational support and they are most satisfied with the support they receive from their spouses or partners. In terms of cooperation with CZSS staff, half of respondents are considered to be a full member of the team when it comes to user-related issues and they are generally satisfied with the extent in which their opinion is taken into accountand and the support they receive from CZSS employees. Only a quarter of the respondents are members of the foster family associations and two thirds have been involved in support groups and a large percentage of them are willing to re-engage in such groups. Respondents believe that they need to have more frequent education, with lectures on various doctor profiles. The most frequent observation of respondents regarding foster care is the need for professionalization of foster care.