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Speech therapy care in homes for the elderly from the perspective of employees of these facilities
Siváková, Kateřina ; Komorná, Marie (advisor) ; Horynová, Jana (referee)
This bachellor thesis is focused on logopaedic intervention and its benefits in retirement homes. It is subdivided into a theoretical and an empiric part. The theoretical part is mainly dedicated to defining the terms of ' age' and 'ageing', characterisation of the most common communication disorders among elderly people and their diagnostics, etiology, therapy and symptoms. The system of care of elderly people in the Czech Republic is also depicted in the theoretical part, introducing all kinds of services provided to seniors, mainly in retirement homes. Further, logopaedic intervention and its possible application is described. The following empiric part of the thesis inspected logopedic intervention in a particular retirement home including the assessment of logopedic care contribution by the retirement home's employees. Employees were specifically chosen to assess their clients' progress as they are in a day-to-day contact with them and can therefore observe any improvements brought on by this kind of care. At the same time, they shall be more unbiased as opposed to the logopedician providing the logopedic care or the elderly people themselves. The research has proven that the employees have no deep knowledge in terms of specific methods used in the intervention, they rather have a vague grasp...
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Educational needs of activity coordinators in the nursing homes
LUKESCH, Vít
The thesis deals with the educational needs of activity coordinators in the nursing homes. The theoretical part characterizes nursing homes, their function, services, their legislative definition and then focuses on the elderly, their needs and the changes they undergo in old age. It also describes activation activities in the nursing homes, focusing on the characteristics of activity coordinators and specific activation activities. The theoretical section concludes with a discussion of adult education in the context of selected theories of human needs and adult motivation for further learning. Furthermore, the general principles of adult education and the current situation in the education of activity coordinators are described. The practical part includes qualitative research in which aspects that influence the educational needs of activity coordinators in the nursing homes were identified and evaluated. A total of five activation workers from three different nursing homes located in the South Bohemia region participated in the research.
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The issue of evaluating and alleviating pain in the elderly in nursing homes
PANOVA, Vladislava
The bachelor's thesis "The issue of evaluating and alleviating pain in the elderly in nursing homes" deals with research into the nursing care of elderly people with pain who are permanently housed in social facilities, so-called nursing homes. The research was conducted in selected homes for the nursing homes in the South Bohemian Region. The thesis consists of two parts: theoretical and empirical. The theoretical part is divided into 3 individual chapters. The first is about gerontology and geriatrics, it describes different perspectives on aging, aspects of old age, society's view on the elderly, etc. The second clarifies the concept of pain and related areas: anatomy and physiology, collection of patient history, therapy, etc. The third tells about social facilities and legislation. The empirical part was carried out by a qualitative research investigation, using a semistructured interview method. Data analysis took place in the form of open coding, using the "pencil and paper" method. The codes created further were classified into individual categories and subcategories. According to the obtained data, we can say that nurses are well informed about the methods of pain assessment of their clients based on standardized methods and personal experience while working with them. They know well the pharmacological and nonpharmacological methods of pain relief and they are excellent at cooperating with the members of the multidisciplinary team who oversee implementing some of the given methods. In addition to the good aspects, the lack of a certain standard for the assessment of pain in seniors suffering from dementia syndrome is discovered, which needs to be created in the future not only for social, but also for medical facilities. The results of the bachelor's thesis can be used for further research in the field of nurses' work in social facilities and nursing care for elderly people with pain and inability to express themselves verbally.
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Stress Factors of Volunteers Working With Older People in Residential Facilities in České Budějovice
BALA, Sára
The bachelor's thesis considers stress factors of volunteering in long-term residential care. The theoretical part of the thesis focuses on the themes of volunteering, ageing and old age and identifies several selected stress factors. The practical part of the thesis represents the data interpretation from in-depth semi-structured interviews with volunteers who are managed by volunteer centres in České Budějovice and who also visit older people in cooperating long-term residential care.
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The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on clients in nursing homes
VACHUTOVÁ, Šárka
This thesis is focused on consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on clients in retirement homes. The research part is based on the results of a questionnaire survey conducted from December 2022 to January 2023 in seven facilities in the South Bohemia Region. The theoretical part characterizes the residential social services, the concept of senior and emotions, the measures related to the pandemic that have been introduced in retirement homes.
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Homes for the elderly during pandemic covid-19
Křenek, Jan ; Remr, Jiří (advisor) ; Hasmanová Marhánková, Jaroslava (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the topic of homes for the elderly during the covid-19 pandemic. Specifically, it deals with the period of time from year 2020 until the first quarter of the year 2022, where in said period the homes for the elderly were forced to adapt to the new situation of the covid-19 pandemic. The thesis aims to confront adapted government regulations with practice inside specific home for the elderly and map their influence on said institution. To achieve this, the author collected information regarding homes for the elderly during pandemic, information regarding measures existing inside the homes and their influence on homes for the elderly. Author uses the collection of information to study the influence of said regulations and practice inside specific home. Using the collected information, author then shows all relevant measures and their effect on particular home for the elderly, the practice of the home when implementing these measures and the evaluation of the regulations by the staff. To gather all the information needed, author used multiple sources of literature, foreign sources, legislatives, annual reports, and interviews carried out inside the home for the elderly Sue Ryder. Apart from the contrast, the thesis also maps individual government regulations relevant to...
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Palliative care in retirement homes
BOUZOVÁ, Eva
This bachelor thesis focuses on the topic "Palliative care in nursing homes". The thesis is divided into theoretical and practical parts. The theoretical part contains 5 chapters focused on defining the basic terms related to death and dying, old age, palliative care, nursing homes and the topic of communication between nurses and clients and nurses and client´s families. practical part includes the elaboration and evaluation of the results obtained in the research. There were two objectives set in the thesis. The first goal was to find out the possibilities of providing palliative care in nursing homes, the second goal was to find out possible insufficiency in the providing of palliative care in nursing homes. Based on these objectives, we set the following 4 research questions: 1. How is the care of a dying client provided? 2. What elements and practices of palliative care are applied by nurses when providing palliative care? 3. What problems do nurses perceive in the provision of palliative care? 4. How is the communication between nurses and client's family being held? The strategy of qualitative research and method of semi-structured interview was used to achieve chosen goals. The research was conducted in two nursing homes in the South Bohemia region. The interviews were made with 10 nurses working in the nursing homes. The interviews included 30 questions which were focused on the palliative care, care of the dying client and cooperation with the client's family. The potential problems and weaknesses related to the mentioned topics were also covered. The results show that nurses, when providing palliative care, focus on pain relief, respect for human dignity, ensuring all the client's needs are met and closeness to the family at the end of the client's life. The most frequently mentioned problems by nurses in the palliative care were the absence of 24/7 doctor care, nursing home's facilities, finances, staff and also troubles in cooperation with the client's family.
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Use of Sociotherapy in Social Services
NEDBALOVÁ, Aneta
The theoretical part of the work consists of 3 chapters, which relate to social work with the elderly, aging and old age and the periodization of old age. The following chapters are focused on socio therapy, namely its definition, goals, stages, clients, the role of the socio therapist, methods and techniques. The last chapter deals with homes for the elderly and selected socio therapies (zoo therapy, art therapy, reminiscence therapy), which are suitable for the elderly in the age 65+. The aim of the bachelor thesis was to find out how socio therapy is used in social services. These research questions were identified: HVO: How is provided the socio therapy within social services? DVO1: What is the experience of social workers with the provision of socio therapy in social services? DVO2: How do social workers perceive socio therapy compared to other methods used? In the practical part, qualitative research, the method of questioning and the technique of semi-structured interview were chosen. The informants were selected by deliberate selection using the purpose sampling method. The research was carried out in February 2022 in homes for the elderly located in the Jindřichův Hradec district. The research group included seven social workers and one activation worker. Data analysis was performed using open coding. According to opinions of the informants, socio therapy is an effective and used method that has a comprehensive positive effect on the elderly. It allows clients to adapt to new environment, regain their skills and learn new, meaningfully fill their free time, maintain contact with the surroundings, etc. The research also showed that informants consider activation and leisure activities to be a part of socio therapy. The bachelor thesis has an informative significance about the use of socio therapy in homes for the elderly. In the future, it can provide social workers and social science students with insight into whether socio therapy is an effective and preferred method.
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Satisfaction of clients in retirement homes with nursing care
KOTKOVÁ, Stanislava
The diploma thesis " Satisfaction of clients in retirement homes with nursing care" maps out clients´ contentment in nursing homes and simultaneously also how general nurses influence this contentment. With extending lifespan, the number of seniors who need institutionalised care is growing. Placing a senior in a nursing home and thus leaving his/her original home can influence his/her general contentment. The theoretical part deals with the changes in old age, nursing care of seniors, communication with seniors and contentment. The research part was implemented through a quantitative research construct with seniors through a structured interview based on a questionnaire. The second part was implemented through a qualitative research construct with general nurses through an in-depth interview. The aim of quantitative part of the thesis was to detect clients´ contentment with provided nursing care in nursing homes. There were 3 hypotheses determined. H1: Clients´ contentment in nursing home changes depending on gender. Based on the research construct, it emerged that contentment of nursing home clients does not change depending on gender; therefore, this hypothesis was refused. H2: Nursing personnel influences positively contentment of nursing home clients. Based on the research construct, it emerged that the nursing personnel influences positively contentment of nursing home clients, therefore this hypothesis was confirmed. H3: Contentment of nursing home clients changes depending on their self-sufficiency. This hypothesis was neither confirmed nor refused. Based on the research construct, it emerged that the clients´ contentment changes partially, depending on their self-sufficiency. The aim of the qualitative part was to identify factors influencing contentment of nursing home clients from the point of view of a nurse. For this target, one research question was determined. RQ1: How can nurses influence contentment of nursing home clients? From results it emerged that nurses can influence contentment of nursing home clients by all what they do for clients by their willingness and helpfulness. It was revealed that clients´ contentment is influenced not only by providing essential biological needs, such as hygiene, help with eating and hydration. Clients´ contentment is influenced by nurses´ presence and well-elected communication. From the research construct, it emerged that communication is perceived by nurses as one of the basic factors of contentment. The reason of this fact is that communication helps to get closer and thus the clients can feel more like at home. Furthermore, it emerged that seniors are influenced by nursing personnel, decent dealing and handling as well as by the environment where they live. The obtained results might be provided for the management of nursing homes and thus they might contribute to better quality of provided nursing care. Based on the results, an interactive seminar with nurses might be organised, which would focus, for example, on the field of communication, manipulation or self-sufficiency support of the clients.
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Social work with seniors
HORKÁ, Anna
The bachelor's thesis consists of two parts. The first part is theoretical, contains the characteristics of the elderly population, the effects that old age has on society. Furthermore, theoretical starting points of social work with an individual client of homes for the elderly and their families. I also describe here the main objectives of social work in homes for the elderly. The second part is practical. It contains qualitative research. Based on interviews with social workers, it identifies and describes the specifics of social work used in homes for the elderly. The aim of this bachelor's thesis is to identify and describe the specifics of social work with seniors in homes for the elderly.
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