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Sexuality in Elderly Care Homes - Staff Perspective
Frühbauerová, Martina ; Lejsal, Matěj (advisor) ; Bosá, Monika (referee)
The topic of the thesis is intimacy and sexuality among clients of residential aged care. The theoretical framework of the thesis is based on the concepts of Quality of Life and Active Aging, and a Person-Centered Approach provides the ethical framework. Sexuality is presented as one of the key aspects of being human, and a wide range of its meanings are explored, arguing for its timeless relevance regardless of a person's age. Although intimacy and sexuality in old age remain a societal taboo, staff in residential aged care are frequently confronted with them in their work. The aim of the thesis is to describe the perception of intimacy and sexuality among the clients of these services from the perspective of the staff, using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). Key words: Active Ageing, interpretative phenomenological analysis, Person-Centered Approach, Quality of Life, residential aged care, sexuality of the elderly
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Evaluation Tool for Working with Sexuality of the Elderly in Social Care Services
Frühbauerová, Martina ; Lejsal, Matěj (advisor) ; Bosá, Monika (referee)
Sexuality and intimacy of the elderly have been the focus of increasing attention of international research and everyday care in recent years, and as such it more commonly appears even in Czech institutionalized aged care. This thesis aims to create a tool that may be used for the evaluation of the as-is state regarding sexuality the of the elderly. It focuses mainly on the attitudes, and competencies of the staff of aged care, and their support in the organizational structure. The tool is based on factors identified in the literature review and may be used by different organizations providing aged care to evaluate itself and identify possible interventions regarding the sexuality of its clients. Key words: active ageing, aged care, evaluation tool, person-centered approach, quality of life, sexuality of the elderly
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Comparison of Hermeneutics and Critical Thinking in Education
Frühbauerová, Martina ; Kopecký, Martin (advisor) ; Sycha, Martin (referee)
This thesis focuses on chosen philosophical views on education. The main purpose of this thesis is to analyse key ideas of the German philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer in the field of philosophical hermeneutics and its implications to the theory of education (focused on the idea of critical thinking) which are then in critical aspects compared to the ideas of a Brazilian educator, Paulo Freire. The first part briefly summarizes the historical context of the philosophical hermeneutics. Then, Gadamer's key philosophical concepts are presented and their intersection with the theory of education is found in the topics of aims of education (in the sense of Bildung), the principle of preconceptions, the historicality of being, a hermeneutical circle, language, and a dialogue. In the last part of the thesis, Freire's main educational ideas are presented - including his focus on critical thinking which is also implicitly present in Gadamer's work. A comparison of these two theoretical models in chosen aspects (mainly educational aims, consciousness, and critical thinking) is also included in the last chapter. Key words: Bildung, critical thinking, dialogue, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Paulo Freire, philosophical hermeneutics, philosophy of education.
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