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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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Social fieldwork with the elderly
MÍČKOVÁ, Anna
The work deals with social fieldwork with the elderly. The teoretical part in the first chapter describes old age, aging, physical and psychological changes in old age and the needs of the elderly. The second chapter is devoted to the family of the elderly and its importance in caring for them in cooperation with field social services. The third capter deals with social fieldwork - care service and personal assistance and care allowance. It also describes the field social services of the organization Charita Horažďovice. The practical part of the thesis contains research, the aim of which is determine the adequacy of the services offered by Charita Horažďovice and the need to expand the services by personal assistance. The research was conducted among the clients - elderly of Charita Horažďovice.
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Spiritual care of the Elderly in Diakonia in the Context of Coronavirus Pandemics
MALÍŠKOVÁ, Sandra
This bachelor thesis deals with the topic of spiritual care of the elderly during the time of coronavirus pandemic. The work focuses on the theory of the problem with the aim to describe and investigate the significance of spirituality in the field of the social services In my thesis, I describe the available knowledge regarding seniors and the covid 19 pandemic, how this pandemic has marked and affected the lives of seniors. In addition, the work is focused on the issue of old age and aging and the impact of spiritual care for the elderly during this pandemic.
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Support for carers for the elderly discharged from the hospital for home care.
ŠEBESTOVÁ, Adéla
The bachelor thesis is devoted to support of carers for the elderly in the home environment. It describes the essence and goals of home care. It also deals with the situation of a senior discharged from the hospital, the importance of his needs and why it is important to satisfy them. It also describes social services for seniors, which can be used to saturate the needs of seniors. The work also describes the image of informal carers and deals with the burden of caring for the elderly. It also describes the possibilities of carers support, prevention of burnout, mental hygiene and social services for carers - counseling, self-help groups, respite services. The aim of this thesis is to introduce the issue of social work with the elderly and his/her family carers with regard to the possibilities of supporting carers.
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Emergency care in region Vysočina
ČERVENKOVÁ, Milada
The thesis consists of theory part and empirical part. The theory part is divided into seven chapters and it consists of the main problems, connected with the main research question. The first chapter refers problems of getting old and five basic principes of the approach to the population of seniors. Part of the chapter is description of the hierarchy of human needs (Maslow) and its change in connection with getting old. These changes are divided into three spheres: physiological, higher and spiritual. The second chapter explains the concept of ?Elderly fragility?. The third chapter refers the loneliness and isolation in elderly in various forms and their impact on lives of elderly. It is also dedicated to the concept of successful process of getting old and healthy elderly. The fourth chapter describes using of the modern information and communication technologies by the elderly and their influence on life of a senior. It also consists of results of the research from the Health Science Journal; the research was concentrated on understanding of modern technologies by seniors. The fifth chapter describes the basic explanation of the social service and it is also dedicated to terms like founders, providers, users of the social services and social services offer agreement. The sixth chapter describes social work with seniors, living at home. The seventh chapter is dedicated to the Emergency service care ? its history and present state, the civic association ŽIVOT 90 (Life 90) ? Jihlava, which provides this service, the aims of the emergency care, the target group, criterions of the offer and refusal of the service, the first meeting with the user of the service, ways how to offer the emergency care, cooperation of the Emergency care service with other institutions, expansion of the Emergency care service for mobile seniors, compensation for the offered service and comparison of the service with similar German services. The empirical part is aimed on usage of the emergency care itself, in everyday life of seniors. The target of the thesis was to find out, whether users are satisfied with the Emergency care service in Vysočina (Higlands) district. The main research question of the work was: ?Did this service fulfill the expectation of the seniors?? The next chapter consists of four partial research questions and their operationalization. Partial questions are: ?Did this service fulfill its purpose during its practical using? Which purposes use the seniors this service to? Are the seniors happy with the technical equipment? Are the seniors happy with the Emergency care dispatching personnel?? Next, the methodical procedure of the research follows. The research work itself ran in two phases. In the first phase, the pre-research was conducted and after that, the research itself followed. For research of the work, a strategy of qualitative research was used. The method also consists of description of the research tool and group. The data were collected via method of asking and semi-structured interviews. For partial analysis of the data, the cluster method was used. Whole interview was recorded and then rewritten. Consecutively, the interview was evaluated via the cluster method ? common and different characteristics. The results were texturized and presented according to the partial research questions. We can answer the main research question ?Did the service fulfilled expectations of the seniors? positively. As my results say, the Emergency care service, run by the civic organization ŽIVOT 90 (Life 90) ? Jihlava, meets its goal, which is to increase the quality of life of the seniors. This is enabled by active and meaningful living in own house as long as possible and it helps the seniors to live their ?autumn of the life? with dignity. This abstract should extend the knowledge about the Emergency care service and inform about its using in practice. ?
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