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Reasons for selecting services provided by clients in day-care homes in the region of České Budějovice
PODHORCOVÁ, Naděžda
Reasons for selecting services provided by clients in day-care homes in the region of České Budějovice Abstract Day care is a traditional social service that is provided, as a field or outpatient service, to persons with limited self-sufficiency due to their age, chronic disease or handicap, and to families with children whose situation requires assistance from another person. Day care provides individual tasks at home according to a schedule arranged in advance. The theoretical section of this diploma paper provides explanations of the following terms: senior citizen, aging, geriatrics and gerontology. The other sections deal with the legislature related to the issues of aging, social services and social work with senior citizens. The objective of the paper was to find out which services, out of a wide spectrum offered, senior citizens in day-care homes choose and the reasons of their choices. The method of qualitative survey was used with the technique of questioning through a standardized interview technique. The respondents were selected on the basis of a stratified selection from four day-care homes in the region of České Budějovice. The results of the paper have answered the set research questions. Day-care clients require most frequently the following services: delivery of meals, household cleaning and maintenance, washing and ironing of clothes, assistance with personal hygiene, and measurements of physiological functions. The reasons of selecting these services are a poor health state and also the fact that the clients do not have anybody who would provide them with such assistance. In the event that day-care services are free of charge, less than a half of the respondents would use other services as well. The respondents{\crq} answers in my research enable me to assume that the financial availability of provided day-care services is good. The results of my diploma paper will be offered to the founder and provider of social services in day-care homes in the region of České Budějovice and also, as informative material, to the Municipal Office in Týn nad Vltavou.
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