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Stimulating activities in The Retirement Home in Strakonice.
VALEŠOVÁ, Olga
This Bachelor Work focuses on current stimulating activities in The Retirement Home in Strakonice in Rybniční Street. The asset and significance of these activities for senior citizens in residential care are investigated from the point of view of the seniors who take part in the activities. The Bachelor Work consists of a theoretical and a practical part. The theoretical part points out to old age, especially to changes and needs connected with it, and motivation for activities in old age. There are analysed in more detail individual types of stimulating activities intended for senior citizens placed in the residential care. The theoretical part also provides readers with information about The Retirement Home in Strakonice in Rybniční Street. There was used qualitative research in the practical part, concretely the technique of a semi-controlled discussion with the senior citizens who take part regularly in the stimulating activities in The Retirement Home in Strakonice in Rybniční Street. In the research part I also used a questionnaire among seniors who take part irregularly in the stimulating activities in The Retirement Home in Strakonice in Rybniční Street. The questionnaire focuses on contentment and evaluating these activities. This Bachelor Work draws information from a subjective evaluation of the senior citizens. The results of the Bachelor Work will be used as a feet back in the service institution where the research has been realised.
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Client{\crq}s motivation {--} a part of everyday nursing activities
KREJČOVÁ, Martina
If clients are to be motivated, they have to be made desirous of achieving an objective, confident of their abilities, and capable of imagining the possibilities opened up to them after the objective is accomplished. This Bachelor paper aims to find out how the clients of senior-citizen facilities are motivated for self-care. Degenerative changes encountered in seniors often deteriorate their self-care performance. The older the people get, the more difficult it seems for them to find reasons why they should keep themselves active. A nurse, therefore, has to encourage in them the proper attitude through which the seniors will be able to maintain or even improve their level of self-reliance. This paper is to map the motivation mechanisms at work in the clients of senior-citizen facilities operating in the Region of South Bohemia and to examine the way in which the nurses motivate the clients for self-care and self-reliance. The data were generated through a qualitative survey of two different non-standardized types of interviews. The first type of interview was carried out with nurses working at the nursing homes at Kaplice, Máj and a senior-citizen facility of the Staroměstská Center of Social Services. The second type of interview was conducted with randomly selected clients of the facilities. The survey revealed the way in which the nurses motivated the clients for self-care, as well as the motives, both personal and factual, behind such efforts encountered in the clients. Moreover, the nurses` attitudes were investigated about how the nursing process could be used to motivate the clients for self-care, and the clients` needs were examined as they related to the self-care motivation induced by the nursing process. Conclusions of the paper can provide a source of information for both managers of the facilities and the nurses delivering the care. Future investigation should seek a method in which the nursing process can better motivate the clients for self-care, and possibly it should focus on the nursing documentation. Nurses providing care at the senior-citizen facilities strive to motivate the clients to resume their self-assistance capabilities and keep the capabilities workable. The clients appreciate their efforts.
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Leisure activities in homes for the elderly in the city compared with the village
KUBIŠOVÁ, Barbora
A topic of this bachelor thesis is "Leisure activities in homes for the elderly in the city compared with the village". A theoretical part of the bachelor thesis is divided into three circuits, in the first one there are explained conceptions of an old age, ageing process and changes associated with it. The second circuit is devoted to a leisure time of the elderly and an introduction of possible activities. Last, but not least, there is mentioned a social work with seniors. A practical part is focused on achieving the defined objectives. The fist goal was to compare leisure activities in chosen homes for the elderly in cities and villages with the help of a secondary data analysis. Activity plans and their websites underwent the secondary data analysis in the chosen homes for the elderly. The second goal was to find out seniors´ satisfaction with provided leisure time activities. The satisfaction was measured through a questionnaire. The research showed that the seniors are satisfied with the leisure activities in all the chosen homes both in the cities and in the villages. Following hypotheses were established before an implementation of the research: Hypothesis No. 1: Leisure activities in homes for the elderly in cities are comparable with leisure activities in the homes for the elderly in the villages. This hypothesis was confirmed by the research. In all selected homes for the elderly there is an emphasis on leisure activities, all homes for the elderly hold similar (comparable) leisure activities for their clients. Hypothesis No. 2: There are no differences between an organization of leisure activities in the homes for the elderly in cities and villages, was not confirmed. The secondary analysis revealed that the homes for the elderly in the cities have more employees engaged in the leisure activities. Therefore they can devote more attention to immobile clients. Additionally there still come volunteers to those homes, who individually attend to the single clients of the homes. The thesis can be used by both by professionals and the general public to obtain information about leisure activities in the homes for the elderly in the cities and villages and a possibility to assess any differences in an offer of the leisure time activities.
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Acceptance of applicants for Home for elderly people by social services law
SAMCOVÁ, Monika
Not a single senior went to the home for the elderly because he or she did not want to be a nuisance for his or her children or other relatives, or at the time of putting in application he or she wanted to be sure of not staying without help, or he or she was not capable of looking after his or her farmstead or covering the costs of a large flat. The inhabitants accredit the primary responsibility for the care of the elderly to the state; it is a stereotype in thinking of most of us: I am old or ill/you are old or ill and I need/you need help, I will go/you will go to the home for the elderly. In the introduction part I deal with the problems of the old age. I describe the ageing as a progressing line of changes in a human from both the biological and psychological aspects. The number of ageing and old people in the world is increasing. These people need help. The Act No.108/2006 Coll. On Social Services, as amended, ensures the fundamental frame of the help needed. The thesis is especially focused on the provision of help in social institutions, homes for the elderly. The objective of the research was to find out about the conditions of admissions to the homes for the elderly. The chosen methodology was non-standardized dialogue with the workers of social departments of selected homes for the elderly and the secondary analyses of the data gained from the web pages of the institutions. It was found out that the age of the institutions residents is increasing. The average age of the residents of all homes for the elderly is 80.5 years. The need and dependence on the help of other person is increasing with the age. Owing to the ageing of population the number of rejected applications to the homes for the elderly is massively increasing. I suppose that the number of applicants could decrease by the coverage of sufficient number of quality terrain services.
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Expectations of senior citizens prior to and after the moving in the seniors houses
DVOŘÁKOVÁ, Martina
In today´s society, there are an increasing number of seniors who are not conforming to changes, which come with ageing. They seek a help of social services either due to health problems, the loss of self-sufficiency, the incapability of taking self-care of themselves, or due to any difficulties of social status. Major changes of social services were initiated by the Act No. 108/2006 as amended and the consequent regulation No. 505/2006, which came into effect on January 1, 2007. The changes are based on new approach to social services, their forms, categories and given conditions. The Act has also introduced a new welfare, which is intended to support additional care either at home, or in convalescent homes. According to the abovementioned act, the retirement homes provide accommodation to seniors with reduced self-sufficiency caused by age that need regular assistance of another person. Basic services provided in the retirement persons homes are: accommodation, meals, gathering, help with daily self-care and personal hygiene, socializing, social-therapeutic activities and legal aid with individual rights, lawful requirements and arrangement of personal matters. The objective of this thesis is to define the problem of old age and senescence, psychical and social alterations of seniors, their needs and changes in communication. The thesis also deals with the adaptation to aging and stress caused by entering a retirement home. The survey for this study was carried out in the retirement home at Horní Planá (Czech Republic). A half of its occupants were interviewed to learn how they made their decision to stay there, the way of adaptation and general satisfaction with services. The conclusions of this study are to be aimed particularly to needs of the retirement home at Horní Planá as to improve the quality of provided services.
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Formation of Nursing Documentation and its Usage in the Home for Seniors Chýnov
CHAMROVÁ, Anna
Nursing documentation is becoming an important part of the medical documentation and it is an integral part of the nursing process in the homes for seniors too. The theoretical part of the Bachelor thesis ``Formation of Nursing Documentation and its Usage in the Home for Seniors Chýnov{\crqq} contains chapters concerning the nursing process and nursing documentation. Further this part deals with the characteristics of the Home for Seniors Chýnov and with the specific problems and needs of geriatric clients in particular the clients suffering from Alzheimer dementia. The target of the work is to make nursing documentation in the Home for Seniors Chýnov, to apply it in this establishment and to find out whether the availability of this documentation influences the holistic attitude of nurses to the client. The first stage of the research part involved formation of the new documentation and its application in the Home for Seniors. The respondents had an opportunity to work with the documentation in the months of January and February 2010. In the second part we tried to survey opinions of the respondents of the made documentation. Four research questions were preceding the research. Research question number 1: Shall the nurses working in the Home for Seniors Chýnov accept the newly made documentation as a part of the medical documentation? Research question number 2: Shall the nurses working in the Home for Seniors Chýnov refer to time consuming work with the documentation? Research question number 3: Has the new documentation influenced communication among the members of the nursing staff? Research question number 4: Shall the newly made documentation contribute to the change of the nurses´ opinion of the patients from the holistic philosophy point of view? To fulfil the set aims there was carried out the qualitative research using the method of questioning and semi-standardized interview. The research set consisted of 7 respondents (general nurses) working in this establishment. Considering the research results we suppose that the work target has been fulfilled. The research has proved that the newly made documentation has improved communication among the members of the nursing team and the nurses have accepted it as a part of the medical documentation. The aim of the work was making a quality nursing documentation which should be simple, not time consuming and which should be focused on specific needs of the clients of the Home for Seniors Chýnov. The thesis has practical contribution.
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Antidekubital care and the differencies in nursing of dekubits in selected retiremens homes.
STEJSKALOVÁ, Petra
Population aging is the most characteristic feature of the demographic development of the Czech Republic and other developed countries in Europe. This demographic development will continue in the years to come. It will be enhanced by aging of members of the populous age-group and afterwards in particular by the increasing life expectancy. A large number of clients of retirement homes are immobile and incline to decubitus development. The objective of my work was to find differences in anti-decubitus equipment used in selected retirement homes and to ascertain awareness of nurses working in those facilities in respect of modern means to treat decubitus. I obtained the information by a questioning method, using a questionnaire completed by nurses working in retirement homes in the Region of South Bohemia; for comparison, the questionnaire was completed by nurses from a retirement home in the Region of Central Bohemia. A directed interview with selected seniors was also used. The results of the work may be used for analysis of different approaches, as far as usage of wound healing means is concerned, and for possible creation of a comprehensive conception in the field of application.
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The change in scope of burning-out syndrom prevention in the legislation chanages.
MEDLÍNOVÁ, Eva
Paper covers educational training of social services workers who are supposed to have achieved the prescribed qualifications in compliance with the above-mentioned act, or who are supposed to achieve the respective qualifications by means of the so-called qualifications course for workres engaged in social services. Assisting professions are characterized , in particular, by the fact that persons engaged in them are exposed to a more intense contact with people than other professions are. Performance of such professions is associated with great commitment and responsibility. Therefore, workers engaged in social services are exposed to risk of burnout syndrome development to a higher extent than people working in other professions. This syndrome is experienced most frequently as a feeling of mental, physical and emotional exhaustion and not only does it result in deterioration of the quality of services provided, it has very adverse consequences for a social services worker affected by burnout syndrome as well. The work resulted in finding that no improvement of the Burnout Syndrome Manifestation Inventory score was found and that no influence on attitudes to burnout syndrome on the part of most workers engaged in social services after completion of the qualification course was observable. The workers themselves feel that there is no link between the qualification course and the quality of services provided by them.
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Seniors' defination of the term "dignity"
CHUMLENOVÁ, Martina
My baccalaureate work deals with the interpretation and understanding of the concept of ``dignity{\crqq} by senior citizens. My research is focussed on the elderly living in homes for the aged. The objective of my work consists in monitoring the current evaluation of the above mentioned concept by senior citizens living in the Seniors Home Hvízdal and in the Seniors Home Máj, both based in České Budějovice, Czech Republic. The theoretical section of my work deals with the basic concepts related to old age, i. g. the biological and social, the psychological and spiritual aspects of old age. The issues of retirement planning, the concept of ageism, the relationship between a senior citizen and his or her family as well as between a senior citizen and society are discussed here. The theoretical section is also concerned with social care for the elderly, namely with homes for the aged, both in the general perspective and as related to the two aforementioned Homes for Senior Citizens Hvízdal and Máj. The last theoretical section includes the determination of the concept of human dignity and official documents related to human dignity protection. The practical section of my work is based on two hypotheses. Two working hypotheses have been outlined, both of which have been tested under the use of controlled questionnaires in both social care institutions. It has not been proved that the elderly living in these homes for senior citizens would evaluate the treatment of the staff as being in conflict with the clients´ dignity. The second hypothesis that most seniors do not know what the concept of ``dignity{\crqq} includes and represents has not been proved either. The research as outlined in the Abstract has served both for the purposes of my baccalaureate work and for the internal purposes and needs of the Seniors Home Hvízdal and the Seniors Home Máj.
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Standards qualities social services in rest home.
KROPÍKOVÁ, Jana
The target of this thesis is to find out from providers of the senior home service the way how they elaborate and introduce the Quality Standards in providing care through their employees. In the thesis, all the Quality standards witch are set by law for social services providers and whitch are also one of the important criteria of social service evalution are characterized.
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