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Activating programs for long-term hospitalized patients
HLAVÁČOVÁ, Lucie
In general, it is very important for a human being to stay active. During any kind of hospitalization, activities that anyone is used to from their home environment or lifestyle may get interrupted or halted completely. It is crucial to return these activities back to the life and activation programs were designed to help us with this task. The aim of this paper is to map the current usage of activation programs and the needs of any individual patient. The paper further focuses on the benefits of these programs and also on the general requirements of possible providers of activation programs. The research used qualitative methodology and information was obtained via semi-structured interviews. These interviews were conducted with ten nurses working at the Long-term Care Department of a hospital located in South Bohemian region and with ten selected patients from the same department. Research shows that activation programs are rarely used in every day operations. Currently, this issue is even more accented due to the world-wide epidemiological situation. The hospital is unable to offer all the special activation programs the patients need. The research itself provides comprehensive overview of the advantages stemming from using activation programs for both patients and the nursing staff. The final result of our research is a new concept of activation techniques. This concept would take into consideration patients' own interest an his/her physical strengths to allow them to select an appropriate activity. These would be offered by the nursing staff who would participate in any selected activity with the patient. All exercises would be simple enough and with low physical requirements for the nurse to be able to add these activities to the regular working schedule. We would suggested the following examples of activities: targeted conversations on a specific topic favored by the patient, reading, watching television, singing, painting and drawing, simple crafting and short strolls. The nurse would be properly trained and educated in providing support during the activity. Example information brochure with possible activation techniques is attached in the appendices section of this written work. The brochure will also be presented to the head nursing staff of the Long-term Care Department.
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The Contact Center for Seniors and People with Disabilities in Benešov
PLAČKOVÁ, Ivana
The diploma thesis deals with the contact points of the POSEZ project and their activities. The aim of this work was to map the services provided by individual POSEZ contact points. The main research question was: What are the specifics of the provided services POSEZ in selected contact points. The work is divided into two parts, theoretical and practical. The theoretical part deals with the issue of aging, the needs of seniors, active life. It also describes the senior issues and their anchoring in the Czech Republic. For better orientation in the topic, the POSEZ project is also presented here. In the practical part, four partial research questions were set. Qualitative research was chosen, the method of questioning and the technique of semi-structured interview were used. The research group consisted of four managers of selected POSEZ contact points. Sub-questions were set for individual partial research questions. In order to answer the research questions, the obtained data were processed by the bunch method and subsequently interpreted according to individual partial research questions. The research mapped the specifics of the services provided by individual selected POSEZ contact points. These specifics concerned the area of operation of contact points, basic and above-standard project activities and the specifics of further development. Thanks to the project of the Central Bohemian Region called POSEZ, in individual cities it was possible to help seniors from households to spend their free time actively, get a place where they can come for advice and try a number of possible activities such as education, but also activation activities or various types of counseling activities. Each of these places is very unique, as its activities and choice of activities depend on many different factors in the localities, such as the needs of seniors in individual cities or the availability of services for seniors in these localities, premises, personnel and operational options and more. Some contact points were created depending on another functioning service, others contact points are created independently, under the auspices of, for example, social services or other organizations dealing with senior issues. The results of this diploma thesis will serve the latest and future contact points. The work will also serve as a good material for establishing a new POSEZ contact point, but also as an inspiring template for the creation of other services in all contact points. Furthermore, the thesis can serve as feedback for the author of the project and individual contact points, but can also provide valuable information to students and people dealing with this topic.
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Social Work and Activation of People with Dementia
ZAJÍČKOVÁ, Marie
The bachelor thesis focusing on the various types of supporting activite for people suffering with dementia as well as on the possibilities of help and support provided by social services. It describes stages of dementia and diseases that lead to it. It describes treatment options how the treatments should be modified for the patient and also activation techniques. Social services and social financial support are introduced too which may benefit the care for the patient.
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Use of Canistherapy in SeneCura SeniorCentrum Písek
ZEMANOVÁ, Tereza
The thesis deals with the use of canistherapy in the senior house SeneCura Písek. The theoretical part characterizes what canistherapy is, what are its forms, methods, techniques and effects and where it is possible to use canistherapy. It also describes the senior's needs and the types of social services they can use, specifically focusing on the SeneCura SeniorCentrum Písek. The practical part deals with the question of what effect the use of canistherapy in a residential form has on clients and how the whole process is perceived by seniors and employees.
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Activation of Users with Mental Disorder
SPÁLENKOVÁ, Zuzana
This bachelor thesis focuses on the activation of clients with mental disorders, as well as on the motivation strategies secured by social workers and other professionals. It aims to analyze ways of providing activation to clients of the Czech non-profit organization Fokus České Budějovice, South Bohemia. Additionally, the thesis discovers motivations of clients with mental health conditions to participate in activating activities. The thesis is divided into two parts. The theoretical part describes relevant mental disorders and specific strategies of social work with clients with mental conditions. In the practical part, the author seeks to answer the main research question: How is activation of clients with mental disorders performed? Secondary research question 1: How are clients motivated to participate in activation and what motivates them? Secondary research question 2: What obstacles restrict the activation? Secondary research question 3: Which benefits are identified by clients and professionals? The research reveals that activating activities is provided in the Fokus organization within the frame of modern community care, but family should be involved deeper. The motivation is developed through a close relationship between the client and the worker, in which unconditional acceptance is present. This bachelor thesis will serve as a feedback to the Fokus organization, as well as a study to other providers of care to clients with mental conditions, comparing services and strategies for activation and motivation of clients.
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Music therapy used in SENECURA retirement homes in Pilsen and in Vienna
SOUKUPOVÁ, Marcela
The bachelor´s thesis deals with working with music in residential care homes for elderly. Music has a positive and healing effect on a human and can be used for all ages, including seniors. Working with music in residential care homes for elderly can have different forms. This bachelor's theses defines a music activity and music therapy and also defines differences between them, because even in the professional literature as well as in practice, the perception of both terms is ambiguous. The thesis also includes a description of two concrete examples of working with music. Based on predetermined criteria it is determined what kind of working with music it is and what positives it has brought.
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Dependence of aerosol activation on meteorological conditions
Zíková, Naděžda ; Pokorná, Petra ; Sedlák, Pavel ; Ždímal, Vladimír
Four intensive in-situ campaigns focused on aerosol-cloud interactions were performed in the autumn and spring months from Nov 2018 to Apr 2020 at Milešovka Mountain in Czechia to bring more insight into size-dependent aerosol activation and dependence on its origin for a wide variety of meteorological parameters. Most activated particles were larger than 100 nm, with a mode over 200 nm. For the description of the changes in the activation, no effect of photochemistry was found, in contrast, some dependence on relative humidity, temperature, wind speed, and liquid water content (LWC) proved to be useful. The strongest connection was found between activation and LWC. For LWC below 0.1 g/m3, in the LWC-limited regime, the LWC values and variables effecting the LWC were the main factors influencing the activation, while different parameters could have played a role at LWCs over 0.1 g/m3, in the LWC-independent regime.
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Mental health support and activation of people with mental illness from the point of view of a special pedagogue
Cimbálová, Lucie ; Janyšková, Kristýna (advisor) ; Bartoňová, Miroslava (referee)
This thesis focuses on the forms and methods of support for individuals with mental illness aimed at helping them to return to normal life. The individual chapters of the thesis deal with the historical milestones of the emergence of psychiatry, the classification of mental illness and quality of life issues. Therefore, the most used therapeutic methods and strategies of working with clients are defined in the text, which lead to the adoption of appropriate daily habits, improvement of mental health and thus quality of life. The work also focuses on interdisciplinary cooperation, which, in addition to medicine, permeates other disciplines, namely psychology, social work and special education. The topic of my research is timely as an increasing number of people with mental illness are seeking professional help. Therefore, all team members should have sufficient knowledge of the symptomatology and nature of each psychiatric diagnosis. In order for interdisciplinary collaboration to be meaningful, the competencies of the individual professionals must be clearly defined. This creates an interconnected set of services aimed at making the person's integration into society and everyday life as easy as possible. KEYWORDS Mental health support; activation; therapy; mental illness; day care centre; stigma of...
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Activation of older adults at home - example of care and respite service Caritas Příbram
Toužimská, Zuzana ; Janečková, Hana (advisor) ; Čížková, Hana (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the issue of activation of seniors in the home environment, who use the relief service of Caritas Příbram. The work is divided into two parts, theoretical and empirical. The theoretical part has a total of 7 chapters dealing with topics such as old age, changes associated with this period of life, dementia as one of the possible disabilities in old age. It introduces the types of social services and care for the elderly, acquainted with activities that can be implemented when working with seniors. It is important to focus on individual planning as integral part of providing social services. The thesis also last describes the social service provider Charita Příbram and its relief service. The practical part is based on qualitative methods, namely the participatory observation in the home environment of clients of the relief service Charita Příbram with a combination of non-standardized interviews together with document analysis. The aim of the thesis is to find out and describe how the care of selected clients of the relief service of Charita Příbram in the home environment with emphasis on the applied activation methods, and to evaluate whether the scope of these services covers the individual needs, resources and possibilities of the client. Key words older adults,...
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Possibilities for the development of cognitive function in the elderly
Veselovská, Nicola ; Zemková, Jaroslava (advisor) ; Šumníková, Pavlína (referee)
This diploma thesis entitled "Possibilities of the development of cognitive functions in the elderly" deals with the issue of activition of seniors, through which there is a development or at least the preservation of existing abilities of seniors. At the same time, the effort is to prevent damage to cognitive functions, which naturally weaken due to old age. The theoretical part describes and characterizes the developmental period of old age, cognitive functions and their possible disorders occurring in the elderly. Here the work focuses on the desciption of dementia, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, the possible causes, the course of the disease and clinical manifestations, consequences and therapeutic approaches. The third chapter is a key part, because the work deals with possible non-pharmecological approaches and activation of seniors. The empirical part describes the activation activities carried out by the Home for the elderly Háje, where the research was carried out. The empirical part focouses on the activition of intact clients and clients suffering from Parkinson's disease. Furthermore, examples from four activiation blocks, which were implemented with both intact clients and clients with Parkinson's disease, are presented and described in this section. Subsequently, an...
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