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Intergenerational Solidarity In Terms Of The Non-formal Care
VAVROUŠKOVÁ, Edita
The issue of eldercare has been increasing both political and public interests. Families are the main eldercare providers at present. At present it is mainly the family who provides care for elderly dependants. The aim of the thesis is to map this issue and to ascertain the eldercare development over the course of the years, the position of a caring family member and possible help by other family members and by the healthcare system. Population aging is currently an increasing problem in all countries. The Czech Republic also ranks among those states. The problem of providing elderly care is both present and future. It is important to provide the care system of elderly members of the society, which emphasises the key role of the support for caring family members. Independent care is also very difficult to ensure. The thesis deals with the issue of eldercare, the support for the family members caring for elderly dependants. Historical and current senior care development, actual issues affecting aging population and the influence on the quality of life of the caring family members are discussed in the thesis. The thesis deals with possible future development of informal care. The thesis also defines the terminology of the topic above mentioned, for example "senior age, aging", etc. Requirements for becoming a senior carer and ways of the care and elderly dependant needs and possible proposals for positive changes of the system are discussed.
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The importance of health services for caring families
PRACHAŘOVÁ, Eva
This thesis deals with the topic of informal care linked with health care services. Many people are not aware of the variety of fields that can be classified as health care services and where to find these services outside of hospitals and surgeries. Often people have to look for information in the moment when they need to start caring for someone else which is usually difficult for them. One part of the thesis focuses on informal care, who carries it out, what it involves. The main goal of the practical part of the thesis is to identify the significance of health care services for caring families. To discover this goal two research questions were set: 1. Why does a member of a family become an informal carer? 2. Why do caring families utilize health care services for a non self-sufficient member of a family? In order to accomplish the goal, qualitative strategy was used, in particular the method of questioning. During the interviews, the semi-structured form was used. The acquired data were then processed using the method of creating clusters. On the basis of the acquired results I believe that the goal of the thesis has been fulfilled. Caring families seek out and utilize health care services when they need to add professional acts to their care. The example of such situation would be if a non self-sufficient person would have to be moved into a hospital or a housing facility (such as a retirement home) where formal care is carried out on a common basis. Families also seek out health care services if they need to stabilize or improve the health condition of the person they care for.
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Comparison of outreach social and health care services for people with dementia in the Czech Republic and the Netherlands
Rooijakkers, Jitka ; Povolná, Pavla (advisor) ; Mertl, Jiří (referee)
The master thesis deals with the quality of care provided to people with dementia and their informal carers. The aim is to compare health care and social services for this group of patients in two countries - the Czech Republic and the Netherlands. The first part defines the dementia syndrome, its diagnosis, symptoms, treatment and management of dementia. This is followed by the topic of palliative and hospice care and euthanasia The thesis also includes the concept of long-term care, which is purposely limited in this thesis to only that part which is provided either by a health service provider or by a social service in the patient's/service user's home environment. The next section refers to laws, regulations and policy documents that relate to the topic of care for people with dementia. The last part of the theoretical definition of this thesis describes the health and social service system in the Netherlands, including reference to strategic documents that shape the care of people with dementia and their informal carers. The empirical part includes the elaboration and analysis of qualitative research, which I conducted through interviews directly with informal carers.
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Obstacles and barriers in informal care development in longterm care for elderly in the region of Pardubice
Wohnerová, Monika ; Kotrusová, Miriam (advisor) ; Čabanová, Bohumila (referee)
The target goal of this work is to identify the obstacles and barriers in informal care development in the context of long-term care for the elderly in the Pardubice region. These can be divided into two categories, firstly, the problems which informal long-term care for the elderly raise, secondly, the enhancement of the instruments belonging to social and health policy, which should moderate these difficulties. First of all, this work focuses on the fundamental issues of long-term care and its division into formal and informal aspects. Furthermore, it outlines the demands of informal care and arrangements implemented and intended for the support of this care type. Numerous difficulties arose on the basis of obtained the information from comprehensive interviews with the respective participants, those being problems of physical, psychological and financial character, lack of free time and partnership and family relationship issues. Several factors influence the development of informal care and the extent of support from public policy, these factors being such as the health of the elderly, assistance in the care from environs, vocational, housing and the financial situations of the persons involved, together with the attitudes of the seniors, the individual values and decisions of informal carers....
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Normative Aspects of Informal Elderly Care
Pfeiferová, Jitka ; Jeřábek, Hynek (advisor) ; Čada, Karel (referee)
This thesis concerns the topic of normative solidarity in informal elderly care. The main aim is to find the normative premises of informal elderly care, their specific examples and to prepare a possible way of including normative solidarity into the model of solidarity premises of informal elderly care. The results are based on an analysis of in-depth interviews. Firstly, specific examples of the normative solidarity concepts are presented. Secondly, the possible option of how to include normative solidarity in the model is proposed, including eight main points that are mainly about a potential carer's previous experiences and her/his opinions about care. The quantitative research shall either prove this or show that it was specific to respondents of this particular research only.
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The Informal Care for People with Disabilities in the Czech Republic
Hošťálková, Jitka ; Dobiášová, Karolína (advisor) ; Háva, Petr (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the system of the informal long-term care for people with disabilities in the Czech Republic. The first aim of the diploma thesis is to describe this non-conceptually solved issue and confirm the European prevalent tendencies to refamilization and deinstitutionalization in the Czech Republic. Author tries to identify the main problems within the system of informal long-term care through interviews conducted with informal carers and workers from selected social services. The diploma thesis emphasizes the target population of informal carers, who face many obstacles, whether it is the cooperation between the systems of formal and informal care, lack of finances, deterioration of quality of life or insufficient recognition of the status of informal carers from the society and the state. Informal carers are presented on the basis of theoretical perspectives as well as the results of conducted research as the invisible stakeholders of the Czech public policy.
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The Support of family carers ( experience from Diaconia ECCB courses - Take care at home)
Lengálová, Michaela ; Janečková, Hana (advisor) ; Čížková, Hana (referee)
Caring for a loved one is nothing new in our contemporary society. We deal with the topics of caring in the family, the motivation of such a decision, the positives or negatives of this choice. Why do more and more people choose to care for a loved one "at home"? What is the state support provided to family carers and which social policy instruments does the state use? The aim of the Diakonie ČCE-Care at Home project is to comprehensively support lay family caregivers who take care of their loved ones, not only the elderly, people with disabilities, children with disabilities, but also cancer patients. Through information, counseling and educational activities, we provide family caregivers with the psycho-social and spiritual support they need when caring for their loved ones. Not only do the people receiving care in the home environment have their own needs, but so do family caregivers, whose way of saturating their needs changes the moment they begin caregiving. In general, we are concerned with the needs and their fulfilment of the patients themselves, i.e. those who are dependent on care. But we must not neglect family caregivers, since their physical and mental well-being is a prerequisite for being able to care for their loved ones because they have a very difficult task ahead of them, which...
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The needs of people with dementia and the support of their independent living in their own environment
Bártová, Alžběta ; Šteffl, Michal (advisor) ; Bunc, Václav (referee) ; Jurašková, Božena (referee)
The present thesis which focuses on the needs of people with dementia and the support of their independent living in the home environment was written within the framework of the PhD study in Longevity at the Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, GAČR project co- researcher and AZV participated in during post gradual studies. Presented research focuses on the needs of home dwelling people with dementia, the needs of their informal carers, the needs and experiences with providing care of patients with dementia in acute hospital care. The text of the thesis is divided into four parts, which are based on texts reviewed and published or prepared for publication. The first three parts present own research aimed at identifying the needs of people with dementia and experiences with caring of them in their home environment and in the hospital environment during acute care. The final part presents the possibilities and services to support their independent life in their own environment.
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