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Integrity in seniors
Demaj, Martina ; Chrz, Vladimír (advisor) ; Hrabec, Ondřej (referee)
This diploma thesis was focused on the study of integrity, its aspects, forms and resources in seniors, which we have identified as persons with a high degree of integrity based on established criteria. The aim of this work was to capture and understand the unique life experience of these seniors. The work consists of a theoretical and empirical part. The theoretical part consists of explanation of concepts of integrity and old age, in particular we focus on Erikson's conception of integrity and concept of successful aging. The empirical part consists of qualitative research aimed at finding sources and manifestations of integrity in three unique life stories of seniors aged 75-91. We obtained data for our research in a home for the elderly through semi-structured interviews, which we then analyzed using the method of interpretative phenomenological analysis. The results are presented from two perspectives. The first is an analysis of the experience of individual seniors, the second represents the perspective of themes that are important for integrity and appeared in most of our respondents. These themes are: Activity, Moral Integrity, Trust - Acceptance - Surrender, Ways of Living, Modesty, Relationship Orientation and Spirituality. We also created a category for unique qualities, which appeared...
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Terezie Hradilková - personality of socially-charitable live of 20th century
TOMEČKOVÁ, Hana
The aim of this bachelor thesis was to introduce the personal and working life of Mrs. Terezie Hradilkova, the founder of the early care. This work had been divided into four parts. The first one dealt with handicapped disability, the next part described the visually impaired and it was followed by characterization of the early care. The life story of Terezie Hradilkova had been paid attention in the last part of this thesis and it gave the detailed sight on her roots, social work, family life and also on her personal emocion and life experiences. The major benefit of this work could be seen in the life description of a person, who had stood in the beginning of the social work for handicapped children and their families and who has not been really known among Czech population.
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Looking Back at the End of Life´s Journey. A Retospective View of Seniors
HOLÁTOVÁ, Veronika
In this bachelor thesis I would like to introduce the process of aging and aging with regard to previous developmental stages in human life. I choose this topic - life story of seniors, because I have a very positive relationship with old people and I was always very interested in thein life stories. The aim of my bachelor thesis is to explore the lives of seniors and their most important periods and seech at impact has relive the past on life in old age. The theoretical part deals with the different developmental stages, old age, aging, life story and life in old age. The practical part is focused on the target group of seniors, and especially thein life stories. The main objektive is to explore the lives of seniors, and it is signifiant periods. This bachelor thesis identified the main research question chat is the impal of relive past on life in old age? On the basic of the main research questions I set out five specific research questions. For the empirical part of my thesis I choose qualitative research strategy, narrative interview method and technice of cluster. Operationalized questions were dividend according to specific research questions and by development stages. The research group consists of six seniors who were selected by quota selection hen this quota is equal representation of men and women aged 71-81 years who are willing to give interviews. There sults were obtained based on narrative interviews in the Home for elderly "Pohoda", in Netolice. Based on the mapping of the life of seniors and thein significant period, it was found that the old age is the reset of the whole life time. Although each of senior had different life, in old age their lives resemble each other. Given the times in which they lived and chat they lived through, they can now appreciate everything. Today's time is perceived ether negatively, but they are happy with thein lives in old age. Relive the past has a very signifiant effect on old age. This bachelor thesis could be beneficial for specific social services and results may help to better understand the life stories of users. Knowledge of thein lives can help to improve the quality of life of seniors in homes for the elderly. Also I think, that knowledge of interesting life stories can penetratein to the depths of thein lives and help to understand the seniors. This bachelor thesis could be alsouseful for other students who deal with the topic of life stories.
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Life Stories of Preschool Directresses
Kidlesová, Lucie ; Kitzberger, Jindřich (advisor) ; Veteška, Jaroslav (referee)
This thesis examines life stories of three chosen preschool directresses. Based on life story interviews it brings and partially compares their life stories, picks out the critical incidents and characteristic features of their lives, gives insight into individual phases of their director's role and document their reflection of the role itself. The in - depth interviews focus on complex understanding of individual's life. The directresses are examined based on both their professional development and personal experiences. This thesis documents own interpretations of life stories; it is a source of self-reflection for the examined directresses. It also serves as an inspiration source for directors newly in the office. It is formally divided into two parts: the theoretical one gives an overview of life-story interview as a methodological approach applied. Furthermore, it is also devoted to the director as an individual being defined mainly in the Czech School Law. It also represents the existing results of both teachers' and directors' life stories research. The research part represents an analysis of life story interviews with three chosen preschool directresses in connection to the research questions.
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Analysis of women's life stories and their problems with alcohol
Kosařová, Adéla ; Matoušek, Petr (advisor) ; Svěcená, Kateřina (referee)
The topic of bachelor thesis is Analysis of women's life stories and their problems of alcoholism, which I processed by half structured interview. The topic is chosen because of generally skeptical majority view of female's increased consummation of alcohol. This my supposition is confirmed by literature, women's view and results of my research. Woman like a mother, symbol of the family is under bigger pressure and critique of the vicinity. View of their addiction is generally take like a failure. This is why they hide their drinking. The point of this thesis is to prove that in interviews of six random chosen women we will see some kind of violence, maternity power and worsened relationship with men. The theoretical part sketched particular causes of women's alcoholic problem interleaved by their exact citations. The theoretical part is going from exact examples to the general terms like what is alcohol and which are his incidences to health. The theoretical part and the practical section is connected. Practical section is processed case study of women's life stories, who had or still have some problem with alcohol. By interviews I accumulated informations, which I segmented into three categorie- starters, keep in period and help. This categories include other subcategories. In my bachelor thesis...
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The Image of Slušovice in Narratives about "Slušovice miracle
Fialka, Jiří ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (advisor) ; Dědovský, Daniel (referee)
This thesis is based on local normative written sources as well as interviews with selected people living in the town of Slušovice. The aim is to analyse the various topics these people mentioned in the interviews in connection with their lives in Slušovice and in what way they remembered them. The main focus of the analysis deals with special visits to Slušovice, the cultural events connected to them, as well as the way in which these events were depicted in the media at that time. A microhistorical approach has been used when focusing on the type of content of the interviews. When dealing with the ways of remembering this thesis draws material from the work of Maurice Halbwasche and his follower, Wulf Kansteiner; i.e. the impact of individual and historical memory on collective memory. This leads to an explanation of what factors may have influenced the specific memories. Key words Slušovice, memory, interview, life story, rural Anthropology
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The possibilities of using a story in a correlation at work with people traumatized by brain injury
Pechmanová, Lucie ; Matoušek, Oldřich (advisor) ; Vodáčková, Daniela (referee)
This thesis contains two parts, theoretical one and practical one. The first part is mostly about a theoretical definition. It is mainly focused on following terms: story, life story, narrative approach, trauma, acquired disablement. Attention is paid to a target group (people with a brain trauma), they are also important in the practical part later. The thesis mentions the most frequent occasions of a brain injury/damage and their potencial consequences. Each information is connected with the main topic of this thesis. The organisation, where stories were used as a part of Social Therapy Workshop, is briefly introduced at the end of the first part. In the practical part some findings are devolved into a profession. The stories, which were collected during the direct work with clients of Social Therapy Workshop, are the most significant texts of this part. There is a space for client's particular life stories, they are analyzed than. The personal topic of each client is highlighted and the thesis provides various interpretations. The summary of the whole cooperation is situated at the end of this part. It includes links to process of individual consultations and individual plan fulfilment. The final evaluation was done thru the reflexion of reached clients goals, which were defined beforehand. It...
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The collective memory of the forcibly ejected inhabitants: the oral history of Neveklov ant its neighbourhood during the 2nd World War
Štěpánková, Jana ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (advisor) ; Janeček, Petr (referee)
This Rigorous Thesis is the benefit to studying of the questions of the oral history of forcibly ejected inhabitants of Neveklov and its neighbourhoods during the 2nd World War. About this region, there exists authentic testimony and this territory is fixed in the collective memory. The oral history is a highly valued literary source. Its value is in the authenticity, which is characterized by selectivity and represents another point of view. The essay brings the unique opportunity to get acquainted with witnesses of the wartime. At present this testimony is unknown or is being forgotten in the offical documents. The essay follows the researches of Jaromír Jech from the middle of the last century. If we compare the results of both researches, we get the view of the importance of forcible displacement of Czech inhabitants in a demarcated region. Result of this work is the analysis of the results obtained with the help of the modern approaches that are based on the method of the oral history, which is a part of the qualitative research, with an emphasis on general objectives and context. It also simultaneously maps over the current state, i.e. the reflection of the forcible war persecution on the present times and its viability in the future, functionality of the generation transfers and the ways of...
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