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Community Social Work with Seniors
NĚMCOVÁ, Michaela
This bachelor's thesis is aimed on community social work with elderly in the Community Center Máj in České Budějovice. Theoretical part is divided into several chapters: current state, where I deal with the notions of old age, aging, elderly. Next subchapter is community and community social work, where among other, terms are explained like community social worker, community planning and its phases. At the end of the theoretical part, the Community Center Máj in České Budějovice, its development and organizations working here, are described. Practical part contains the aim of my bachelor's thesis, which is mapping the usage of social care and their contribution for the elderly in the Community Center Máj in České Budějovice. Partial objective is to describe possibilities of community social work with elderly in the Community Center Máj in České Budějovice. It further contains research questions, which deal with services offered in Community Center, contributions of the Community Center to the elderly population; and where lies the role of social worker in Community Center. In following part, research methods used in the thesis are described, where qualitative research and questioning method along with semi-structured interview method and content analysis of the data were employed. Described is also the experimental set, which was composed of elderly, who attend the activities of the Community Center Máj in České Budějovice. Following chapter presents the processed results, which is mapping of employed social services and their contribution to the elderly in the Community Center Máj in České Budějovice. To research question No. 1: What kind of services are consumed by elderly in the Community Center Máj in České Budějovice? were found following results - based on interviews, the communication partners agree, in all cases they employ mainly services of the organization Ledax, o.p.s. In some cases they also use Senior point, which works here too under the patronage of Ledax, o.p.s. Based on information by other organizations working in the Community Center Máj in České Budějovice, we can say that the elderly prefer the Elderly Club to others. To the research question No. 2: What is the contribution of the services in the Community Center Máj in České Budějovice to the elderly? was found, that the contribution of the Community Center Máj in České Budějovice lies mainly in supporting social inclusion. All communication partners agreed that the Community Center is convenient for active leisure activities. To research question No. 3: Where lies the role of social worker in the Community Center Máj in České Budějovice? it was found out, that currently there is no social worker employed in the the Community Center Máj in České Budějovice, however in the future, some organizations, like Ledax, o.p.s., plan to expand their activities into this area too. Currently such worker is not necessary, from my point of view and according to information of some organizations, there would not currently be enough work for him. In discussion I compare acquired data with specialized literature. Follows conclusion, where summary of the entire work can be found, as well as possible further uses of this thesis.
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