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Queer aging in social work and social services in Prague
Vlasáková, Barbora ; Lejsal, Matěj (advisor) ; Bosá, Monika (referee)
Czech society is slowly becoming more tolarant towards LGBTI+ people. How would they react to LGBTI+ seniors, now the hidden minority, from whom they mostly do not asume any other than heterosexual orientation? Is the topic of LGBTI+ aging present in the practise of social workers whose are in contact with LGBTI+ seniors almost on daily basis? This thesis aims to reflect the topic of the needs of aging LGBTI+ people in residential and outreach services in Prague through the lense of social workers themselves and threir possible facilitatiors and barriers in relations to the performance of practical social work and the topic of LGBTI+. Following analysis will provide a set of knowledges that can provide organizations working with the insight of the topic of LGBTI+ into the success of promoting the topic in social services and the possible need for education of social workers. Key words: LGBTI+ people, seniors, social work, person centered approach, residential social services, outhreach social services, Prague.
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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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Feasibility of advance directives in paramedic care
Fajferová, Kristýna ; Lejsal, Matěj (advisor) ; Hradcová, Dana (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with feasibility of advance directives in the practice of emergency medical services. It explores how two emergency medical services deal with rising public interest in this topic - The Emergency medical service of Central Bohemia Region and of Vysočina Region in Czech Republic. The goal of the thesis is to detect under what circumstances can the EMS (emergency medical services) play a functional role in the practice of patients end-of-life decisions and in situations containing advance directives. Another goal is to make a set of recommendations for the organizations which could potentially help with dealing with advance directives in pre-hospital care. The empirical part of the study is constructed using a case study approach, it analyses organizational tools, documentation, and internal legislation. It is also made using semi structured interviews with the employees of both organizations. All acquired information is then divided under several categories that are profitable for the case study. The analysis of preparedness for dealing with patients with advance directives and identification of touchpoints - where certain approaches and opinions collide are considered a contribution of this thesis and were identified based on acquired information. Important factors that...
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Social isolation during Covid-19 pandemic: the perspective of the elderly living alone
Picková, Šárka ; Povolná, Pavla (advisor) ; Lejsal, Matěj (referee)
This thesis concerns the problem of social isolation in older adults living alone. It authentically captures the unique experience of older people during the Covid-19 pandemic. The aim of this work is to understand whether older people think their needs changed during the period of Covid-19 pandemic in comparison with the time before it, and moreover to formulate recommendations for field workers providing health and social services, general practitioners and municipalities with extended powers. This thesis is processed by the method of interpretive phenomenological analysis. The theoretical part presents a view of social isolation in older adults, risk factors leading to it and possibilities of prevention through various social institutions. It focuses not only on the period of the Covid-19 pandemic when the risk of social isolation was significantly influenced by the emergency measures against the spread of the diseases but also on the period before its onset. The empirical part presents the issue of social isolation of older adults during the Covid-19 pandemic from the perspective of the adults themselves. The research survey is supplemented with the experience of experts working with the target group of older adults. The real experience of participants in the research survey shows that the...
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Aspects influencing the participation of accompanying pediatric pacients and members of the muktidisciplinary team of non-medical health professionals during hospitalization in University Hospital in Motol
Otáhalová, Klára ; Povolná, Pavla (advisor) ; Lejsal, Matěj (referee)
The diploma theses deals with aspects influencing the cooperation of parents of hospitalzed children and members of a multidisciplinary team of non-medical health professionals during hospitalization at the Department of Pediatric Neurology at the Motol Hospital. The aim of the thesis is to map these aspeckts from the point of view of health professionals and the parents of hospitalized children. The work is divided into a theoretical part and an empirical part. In the theoretical part I deal with theoretical knowledge that relates to the topic. The empirical part is processed by the method of qualitative research, specifically through semi-structured interviews. The obtained data are connected in the discussion with the theoretical framework of the topic. The aspects influencing the cooperation of parents of patients and healthcare professionals identified by the reseach are intertwined and ifluence each other, most of them are related to communication between healthcare professionals and parents. Keywords: hospitallization of a child, participation, a multidisciplinary team, Motol University Hospital
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Person-centered Care in Residential Care Facility for the Elderly
Hrdá, Karolína ; Lejsal, Matěj (advisor) ; Tollarová, Blanka (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to identify and to describe barriers to the implementation of person-centered care in specific residential care facility for the elderly. For this purpose, the author firstly conceptualizes the concept of person-centered care. Consequently, she develops the Framework for conducting research. The theoretical portion consists of five chapters. The first chapter focuses on the person- centered care concept introduction, then it describes the relationship between concepts 'individualization of care' and 'person-centered care'. In the conclusion of the first chapter, the Schema of the concept is introduced. The Schema visualizes the structure for chapters two to five. In those chapters, a description of the systems defined in the Schema is provided. Those are: Care Recipients, Direct Care Actors, and Service Providers. The end of the first part brings the topic of a suitable organizational culture. The empirical portion firstly offers the summary of the theoretical background - so follows the Framework for the consequent analysis and data interpretation - then introduces relevant aspects within researched organization, particularly within organization currently implemented a psychobiographical model of care that is the approach to person-centered care. The empirical portion...
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The Importance of Communication in a Relation to the Comparison the Expectations of Relatives of Clients in Residential Home with a Real Practice
Šindelářová, Eva ; Lejsal, Matěj (advisor) ; Kubejová, Elena (referee)
This master thesis deals with the issue of expectations of relatives of residential care clients in the concrete Residential home, and it also discusses the topic of communication between relatives of those clients and employees from this organization. First of all, the thesis describes the theoretical basis of the issue, while the attention is paid to the term of old age and possibilities of an elderly support. Than the process of transition to a residential home is described, as well as the possibilities of cooperation between the staff and clients' relatives. The aim of this thesis is to through semi-structured interviews find out how can the clients' relatives learn about the real picture of care in the Residential home and how it corresponds with their expectations. The attention is also paid to evaluation of the system of communication between these actors. The results indicate no expectations of the relatives about this kind of social service. The research identified different perception of communication frequency within both groups of informers. The relatives more likely rely on their own opinion in the question of getting information about the care. The results reveal 3 dimensions of the relationship between staff and relatives of clients. The first on is an equal partnership. The next...
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Human resources management in non-profit non-governmental organizations
Venclová, Lenka ; Vrzáček, Petr (advisor) ; Lejsal, Matěj (referee)
This diplom thesis is describing the direction of the human resources in nonprofit organizations, which got during the years 2013 - 2015 the award of "Nonprofit organisation of the year", organized by the civil society development foundation. This organisation itself belongs to stable nonprofit organisations in the Czech republic and its goal is the development of the czech nonprofit segment. The teoretical base is the interception of the fact, that the most valuable source of the organisations are its emplyees. The first part of this work is describing the general entrance in the civil segment, points at the basical construction of the sucessful nonprofit organisation and focuses at the specificity of the human resources direction in the nonprofit organisations, on the careof the employees and volunteers at all. In the practical part I am trying to answer the question how do the sucesfull nonprofit organisations care about theis employees and volunteers and what kind of quidance do they use. The main method used ist the analysis of the documents and a half structured interviews. In the conclusion I am presenting the output, descibing the embassy and visions of the nonprofit organisations, the process of the new employees choice and adaptation, the care about the employees and volunteers. Keyworks:...
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Getting old at home - getting old in a town.
Dušková, Eva ; Lejsal, Matěj (advisor) ; Bareš, Pavel (referee)
This thesis discusses dignity of aging and elderly citizens and the ways in which it is supported within a village community. Dignity is seen as the most important and universal human need, and not only for elderly people. Its significance and protection is anchored in international and national legal documents which are also binding at lower levels of state administration including the community and municipality level. Municipalities are public institutions obliged to create social policies. Citizens need to be involved and to participate in constructing these policies that touch upon the needs of specific groups of them, including that of the elderly. Using several methods, the analytical part describes the situation in a particular village community. The method of social-demographic analysis is based on statistical data and literature. Participant observation and close study of documents provide additional information to the analysis of secondary data. The results show up-to-date age structure and the present state of coexistence of different people in the community. Judging from ways of participation in political life of the community we can infer that close relationships among citizens are the driving force of the development of the area as far as meeting the needs of the elderly are...
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