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Load and Support for Next-of-kin Caregivers
Bíbová, Monika ; Mužáková, Monika (advisor) ; Mlčková, Marie (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the topic of informal caregivers. The work is divided into two parts. The theoretical portion will take us through general information about caregivers, quality of life, the complexity of care and the offer of assistance to people caring for a family member or other loved one. The topics of stress, needs and support of informal caregivers are elaborated in more detail, and the topic of social policy and its principles and functions is also further explored. The work emphasizes the importance of systemic support for all caregivers of a loved one. In the research portion, this diploma thesis presents the experiences and situations of individual participants. The author has used the method of qualitative research in this study. In this diploma thesis, the research sample consisted of twelve persons from the Czech Republic and three persons from abroad (from the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Austria and the Slovak Republic). The information obtained from foreign participants serves to illustrate the positions of informal caregivers in neighboring countries. The research sample consisted of persons who were approached by the author on the basis of a random selection and who met the criteria. The information was obtained mainly in the form of interviews and...
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The quality of life of carers providing elder care to non self-sufficient pensioners
Stratilová, Iveta ; Mareš, Jiří (advisor) ; Vachková, Eva (referee)
Name and surname of the author: Iveta Stratilová Institution: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Institute of Social Medicine, Department of Nursing Title: The Quality of Life of Carers Providing Elder Care to Non Self-Sufficient Pensioners Supervisor: Prof. PhDr. Jiří Mareš, CSc. Number of pages: 147 Number of attachments: 5 Year of defense: 2016 Key words: senior, carer, stroke, old age and aging, non self-sufficiency, provided care In the theoretical part, this bachelor thesis ascertains quality of life of carers providing elder care to non self-sufficient pensioners. There are defined terms relating to the issue in question, i.e. senior, old age, caring person, non self-sufficiency, biological, psychological and social needs of a senior, stroke. The issues of caring people accompanying elder care are examined in detail. In the empirical part, the author studied life issues of five women providing elder care to non self-sufficient pensioners for the period of 2 to 5 years. The qualitative approach was used in this work - not standardized observation, narration and semi-structured interview. Acquired data were compared with each other and with scientific literature. Based on the results, the author purposes possible interventions that could facilitate care to...
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The Intergenerational family solidarity eyes of caregivers
TUŠEROVÁ, Tereza
This bachelor thesis deals with the problems of intergenerational family solidarity from the viewpoint of the caregivers. The main objective consists in charting factors that influence the living together of caregivers and old age pensioners in one household. The thesis is comprised of a theoretical and explorative part. The theoretical part is focused on assessing the current state of intergenerational living together, use of social services, care for an old age pensioner in a home environment, needs ensuing from the old age and last but not least on the mental health of the caregiver. The chapter of my thesis called current state is concentrated on the intergenerational relations. I mentioned the concepts of the so-called "sandwich family" and family solidarity. The following part has been devoted to the old age, its needs and physiological changes that occur at this age. In the subsequent chapter called the care for an old age pensioner in a home environment I was trying to define both the form of the care for the pensioner which is provided by the family member, risks arising from this situation and the importance of the care for the person who provides care for the pensioner. Last part is devoted to the mental health of caregivers. The objective of my thesis can be found in the explorative part. I charted the factors of living together of pensioners and caregivers in one household. I asked a main explorative question: "How do caregivers see the intergenerational living together in one household?" The main explorative question was devided further into five partial explorative questions. "How does a caregiver see the pros and cons of the living together with the pensioner?" "How does the caregiver view the situation in the future when there is a real threat of deterioration?" "How does the caregiver use the social services while caring for the pensioner?" "How is the mental health of caregivers going?" "What other resources does the family use?" I decided to select the strategy of qualitative research in order to detect the information. The data were collected by means of making inquiries and by leading a semi-structured interview. The research team was intentionally chosen of quotas and it consisted of seven caregivers who care for the pensioner in a home environment. The research continued by stages, first of all there was a pre-research. Then the actual research followed. All the interviews were recorded on the dictaphon and copied word for word. The collected information was processed through the method of clustering. Consequently, the data were processsed and interpreted through common components. The final data were structured into the separate partial questions. The study follows that partners in the interview lay stress on the high-quality care for their relatives and expect their children to care for them in a similar manner. They´d welcome a certain kind of relief in order to relax and to practise hobbies. Other factors that might influence the living together with the pensioner in one household might be, for example, lack of interest, low awareness of social services, little leisure time, high psychical strenuousness. However, the feelings of satisfaction, certainty and support also played an important role in caring for old people in their home environment. The results may be useful both for students who occupy themselves with problems of intergenerational living together and the old age and also for the general public so that it may realize the difficult situation of caregivers. And last but not least it may be useful for caregivers themselves so that they might be better acquainted with the social services and acquire information about the prevention in the area of mental health.
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The limits of care for seniors with dementia in a regular program facility
MYŠÁKOVÁ, Helena
This diploma thesis focuses on the care for persons with AD and the limits of care for these persons in a regular program facility. For several years already, the life expectancy has been increasing. However, this relates to the fact of increasing number of people suffering from diseases connected especially with the end of one's life, AD being no exception. This diploma thesis consists of theoretical and empirical parts. The aim of the theoretical part was to study and then analyse professional literature related to the topic. The theoretical part of the thesis is divided in three chapters. The main aim of the thesis was to find out, whether regular program facilities are capable of taking care of a client with dementia. Partial aims were to discover in which areas the employees of the regular program facility feel the strain while taking care of a person with dementia and how this client is perceived by other clients. While collecting data for the empirical part of the thesis, qualitative survey, inquiry and semi-structured interview were used as the methods of choice. The prepared questions were divided in five groups, making a total of 32. Through the survey I've found the regular program facilities able to take care of clients with AD. Since living together of clients with and without AD is possible, although problematic, it burdens the caring personnel, who see the most common problem in the regular program facility in a lack of time for clients, for taking care of them and communicating with them, and also in a small number of staff compared to the number of clients. According to my survey, the employees of a regular program facility mostly perceive situations connected with changing behaviour of clients with AD as stressful. This includes wandering of clients, their aggressiveness, the need of a different daily regime of a client with AD (sleep, diet) and complains on the behaviour of clients with AD from those without the disease. The employees are also under stress from the communication with clients with AD. I've also learned that clients without AD, according to the caring staff, perceive the clients with AD as problematic, they know that those receive more attention from the personnel and some clients with AD disturb other clients. However, living together of both groups is possible. I suppose that the number of patients with AD plays a part here, while it's not high in a regular program facility, and therefore clients with AD don't disrupt business as usual in the facility. From the empirical part of the thesis, following hypothesis can be made: The regular program facilities will take care of the clients with AD better, when the number of caring staff increases. The suggested hypothesis needs to be verified through a higher number of respondents. I assume that this thesis can serve as a source of information to both lay public and experts in the field of care for persons suffering from AD.
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Caring for the elderly and the availability of social services in Domažlice and its surroundings
SLADKÁ KOCKOVÁ, Petra
The theoretical part includes what is an old age and what changes accompanied it (physical, mental, social). In this work you will also find a summary since the history until the current time in the care of the elderly in the Czech Republic. Furthermore, what is the support of caregivers for the elderly from the state and what social services the state offers in an old people´s homecare. The practical part contains a selection of 10 respondents, who care for the elderly. Here I used a field survey - a questionnaire. The questionnaire focused on, whether respondents use the offers of social services from the state. Also, what services they would need and if the offer of social services in their area is sufficient. And what else would improve the state's approach to those, who care for seniors at home.
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