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Communication with elderly people with dementia in nursing care
Novotná, Michaela ; Kutnohorská, Jana (advisor) ; Vachková, Eva (referee)
Institution: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové Department of Non-Medical Studies Title: Communication with elderly people with dementia in nursing care Supervisor: doc. PhDr. Jana Kutnohorská, CSc. Number of pages: 107 Number of appendices: 15 Year of defense: 2023 Keywords: Communication, elderly, dementia, ethics, dignity, nursing staff, nursing care, burnout syndrome Bachelor thesis focuses on the communication of nursing staff with elderly people with dementia in nursing care. It deals with communication with respect to human dignity, and also looks at the prevention of burnout syndrome. The basis of the bachelor's thesis is a quantitative research on the way of communication of nursing staff with elderly people with dementia syndrome and methods of staff's respite from work. The personnel studied are direct nursing care workers in hospitals and homes for the elderly in a total of 11 facilities (4 hospitals and 7 homes for the elderly) in the Hradec Králové region.
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Media Representation of Elderly in the Czech Press: Changes in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Folprechtová, Kamila ; Svobodová, Tereza (advisor) ; Jeřábek, Hynek (referee)
The bachelor thesis addresses the media representation of elderly in the Czech press and its transformation before, during, and "after" the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic was a crucial period for the media representation of elderly, as seniors were identified as one of the most at-risk groups, age became the main determining variable of risk, and there was a great wave of ageism. The research was conducted using quantitative content analysis, and media articles (n=450) were manually coded. The chi-square test was used to evaluate statistical significance. The main finding is that in all periods, aging is associated more with negative sentiment, and during the pandemic, there were statistically significant changes in its representation. Older people were significantly less associated with positive sentiment during this period, and there was a considerable increase in ambivalent sentiment (positive and negative at the same time). During the pandemic, elderly were most associated with the theme of help and security, where seniors were portrayed as passive, sick, and incompetent, and therefore must rely on other active members of society. Stereotypical and distorted representation can lead to discrimination and marginalization of seniors, both during times of crisis and beyond, and therefore,...
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Continuity of Aging
Ach-Hübner, Klarisa ; Valouch, Štěpán (referee) ; Hora, Jan (advisor)
The thesis deals with alternative solutions to the current form of health and social care for the elderly. It addresses the problem of over-specialisation of care, which results in the deteriorating condition of the client requiring more frequent changes of care settings. The thesis builds on a pre-diploma project that explored the differences between different types of care. Where meaningful, it proposes to combine the different types of care into a coherent whole - a stable home. This offers continuity of care, stability of relationships between clients and also to staff, and constancy of environment. The stable home is presented in the form of a more generally applicable typology and then tested on a specific design for a home on náměstí Míru in Brno.
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The Importance of Spirituality for the Quality of Life of Seniors
HOLCOVÁ, Lenka
The present Bachelor's thesis focuses on the significance of spirituality for the quality of life of the elderly. The theoretical part discusses the primary concepts, using the relevant literature to facilitate understanding the topic of spirituality, quality of life and the elderly. The practical part of the thesis involves qualitative research relying on data collected by questionnaire method, using semi-structured interviews. The respondents were elderly people from the town of Dačice and its surroundings. The research focused on the influence of spirituality on the quality of life of the elderly and the importance of spirituality in coping with the loss of loved ones. After analysing the data, the results are evaluated. The last part of the thesis presents a discussion answering the research questions and a conclusion summarising the entire thesis.
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Spiritual care of the Elderly in Diakonia in the Context of Coronavirus Pandemics
MALÍŠKOVÁ, Sandra
This bachelor thesis deals with the topic of spiritual care of the elderly during the time of coronavirus pandemic. The work focuses on the theory of the problem with the aim to describe and investigate the significance of spirituality in the field of the social services In my thesis, I describe the available knowledge regarding seniors and the covid 19 pandemic, how this pandemic has marked and affected the lives of seniors. In addition, the work is focused on the issue of old age and aging and the impact of spiritual care for the elderly during this pandemic.
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How Does the Living of Elderly Citizens Look Like in Prague and Vienna? Comparison of Housing Policies through the Theory of Social Construction of Target Populations
Matoušová, Daniela ; Dobiášová, Karolína (advisor) ; Angelovská, Olga (referee)
The thesis pursues a comparison of housing policy designs in Prague and Vienna with a particular focus on the target group of the elderly population. The research is based on the social construction theory of target populations by Ingram and Schneider. The aim is to map the housing situation of elderly in both cities, identify differences and similarities between the two designs and propose housing policy recommendations stemming from the analysis. The research is based on statistical data, public policy documents and on expert interviews. The thesis describes social construction theory and principles of comparative research, demographic ageing and the situation of the elderly in terms of finances, housing, health and education. Further ahead, it describes the housing policies in Prague and Vienna, moving from the general setting of these policies to specific measures concerning the elderly. In the last section, it describes selected elements of policy design and proposes policy recommendations.
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Free time activities of elderly in the Liberec region
Nádvorníková, Lenka ; Blažková, Veronika (advisor) ; Hanušová, Jaroslava (referee)
The thesis is focused on leisure activities of seniors in the Liberec region. The current situation of the main issue is theoretically described in the introduction of the thesis. Definitions of the concepts of a senior, aging and old age, leisure and leisure activities of seniors, and the needs of seniors are provided. At the end of the theoretical part, prejudices and stereotypes about old age presented. The practical part of the thesis contains the results of quantitative design research, which was carried out both in the form of a questionnaire of 300 seniors in the Liberec region, and by analyzing data - websites, the output of which is a database of publicly accessible leisure activities for seniors in district cities of the Liberec region. The main purpose of the thesis is mapping the situation in the area of publicly accessible leisure activities for seniors in the Liberec region. The results showed that there is no clear and comprehensive offer of publicly accessible leisure activities for seniors in the Liberec region. They learn about them mainly from the media and from relatives and acquaintances. Furthermore, it was also discovered that seniors are interested in modern technology, memory games and social activities. But the greatest demand is for joint activities of the elderly...
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Palliative care in retirement homes
BOUZOVÁ, Eva
This bachelor thesis focuses on the topic "Palliative care in nursing homes". The thesis is divided into theoretical and practical parts. The theoretical part contains 5 chapters focused on defining the basic terms related to death and dying, old age, palliative care, nursing homes and the topic of communication between nurses and clients and nurses and client´s families. practical part includes the elaboration and evaluation of the results obtained in the research. There were two objectives set in the thesis. The first goal was to find out the possibilities of providing palliative care in nursing homes, the second goal was to find out possible insufficiency in the providing of palliative care in nursing homes. Based on these objectives, we set the following 4 research questions: 1. How is the care of a dying client provided? 2. What elements and practices of palliative care are applied by nurses when providing palliative care? 3. What problems do nurses perceive in the provision of palliative care? 4. How is the communication between nurses and client's family being held? The strategy of qualitative research and method of semi-structured interview was used to achieve chosen goals. The research was conducted in two nursing homes in the South Bohemia region. The interviews were made with 10 nurses working in the nursing homes. The interviews included 30 questions which were focused on the palliative care, care of the dying client and cooperation with the client's family. The potential problems and weaknesses related to the mentioned topics were also covered. The results show that nurses, when providing palliative care, focus on pain relief, respect for human dignity, ensuring all the client's needs are met and closeness to the family at the end of the client's life. The most frequently mentioned problems by nurses in the palliative care were the absence of 24/7 doctor care, nursing home's facilities, finances, staff and also troubles in cooperation with the client's family.
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Activating programs for long-term hospitalized patients
HLAVÁČOVÁ, Lucie
In general, it is very important for a human being to stay active. During any kind of hospitalization, activities that anyone is used to from their home environment or lifestyle may get interrupted or halted completely. It is crucial to return these activities back to the life and activation programs were designed to help us with this task. The aim of this paper is to map the current usage of activation programs and the needs of any individual patient. The paper further focuses on the benefits of these programs and also on the general requirements of possible providers of activation programs. The research used qualitative methodology and information was obtained via semi-structured interviews. These interviews were conducted with ten nurses working at the Long-term Care Department of a hospital located in South Bohemian region and with ten selected patients from the same department. Research shows that activation programs are rarely used in every day operations. Currently, this issue is even more accented due to the world-wide epidemiological situation. The hospital is unable to offer all the special activation programs the patients need. The research itself provides comprehensive overview of the advantages stemming from using activation programs for both patients and the nursing staff. The final result of our research is a new concept of activation techniques. This concept would take into consideration patients' own interest an his/her physical strengths to allow them to select an appropriate activity. These would be offered by the nursing staff who would participate in any selected activity with the patient. All exercises would be simple enough and with low physical requirements for the nurse to be able to add these activities to the regular working schedule. We would suggested the following examples of activities: targeted conversations on a specific topic favored by the patient, reading, watching television, singing, painting and drawing, simple crafting and short strolls. The nurse would be properly trained and educated in providing support during the activity. Example information brochure with possible activation techniques is attached in the appendices section of this written work. The brochure will also be presented to the head nursing staff of the Long-term Care Department.
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