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Analysis of the needs of seniors - users of care service of Municipal Charity České Budějovice.
HOFMANNOVÁ, Klára
This bachelor thesis deals with needs of seniors - users of care service of Municipal Charity České Budějovice. The theoretic part explains terms such as senility and aging, needs of seniors, help and care provided by the family and by the day care, as well as introduces follow-up services for the seniors. At the end of the theoretic part, legislative contexts of providing social services are specified. The empiric part analyses the needs, or services provided by the family and the care service for the users.
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Individual Care Planning with Users of Personal Assistance and Care Services
SOCHOROVÁ, Kateřina
This diploma thesis deals with the process of individual planning focusing on the care in the organization providing domiciliary services and care services. The theoretical section devoted attention to the development of social services in the Czech Republic. Furthermore, it specifies care services as well as personal assistance services. According to the Act 108/2006 Coll., on social services, providers of social services are obligated to draw up quality standards of social services and to respect them. In the theoretical section, there are briefly described all quality standards of social services. The thesis is focused mainly on quality standard No. 5 (The Individual Planning in Social Services). The public notice No. 505/2006 Coll. defines the criteria, which are obligatory to be respected by providers of social services. The aim of the thesis was to find out, how are the criteria of the quality standard No. 5 ensured by providers of personal assistance and care services. A partial aim of the work was to outline, to which users makes the individual planning the biggest difficulties. H1: Difficulty of meeting quality standard No. 5 declines with the increasing number of activities, required from the user of the social service. I?ve chosen a qualitative research to test the hypothesis and for achievement of the objectives. The relevant qualitative research relied on the questioning method. Questions in the first part of the questionnaire are directed to the main objective of the thesis, questions in the second part to the stopover and to the testing of the hypothesis. For the selected questions, I carried out a statistical analysis of dependence in the cross tabulations and an analysis based on the uncertainty coefficient by using the SPSS program. As part of my research, I approached provider of the care and personal assistance in the South Bohemian Region via e-mail. 167 completed questionnaires returned back. After summarizing of these results, we can conclude that the criteria of the quality standard No. 5 are reflected by the vast majority of providers. The providers have a written methodology for individual planning and they practice it. They plan together with the user, taking into account his personal target and they evaluate the plan collectively. They have a written system for the transmission of information about an individual users? planning and the staff follows it. Individual planning makes the greatest difficulties to the providers with users using only a small scale care. This fact is confirmed by the results of statistical analysis. Based on respondents' answers, the hypothesis that the difficulty of meeting the quality of standard No. 5 decreases with increasing number of required activities by the user of social services, can be consider as valid.
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Significance of socio-medical assistance services for families of affected senior
HELEBRANDOVÁ, Lucie
Abstract: I have chosen a subject matter which is focused on care for seniors who are not self-sufficient as a topic of my bachelor thesis. Due to the fact that I have looked after my relatives whose self-sufficiency was cut down for their health this topic is close to my heart. This gained experience together with the specialisation I have been studying became the main reason I have chosen such topic for my bachelor thesis. This bachelor thesis is divided into theoretical and practical parts. The theoretical part was divided into four basic chapters. In the first chapter there are the present state of the population of seniors, the role of the state and a status of seniors in our society described. The second chapter follows up and is focused on aging and an old age itself. The third chapter deals with social policy and a system of social services in our society. The fourth chapter deals with the theoretical significance of social care services particularly care services and personal assistance for families with seniors who are not self-sufficient. In particular I have focused on what kind of help is provided to families by each of the two services. The second part of the thesis is a qualitative research which helped to fulfill the objective of this thesis. The subject of the research was to determine the extent to which these services are being used and their relevance for families with chronically ill or differently disadvantaged seniors. The purpose of the survey was to obtain reactions and responses to the question: "What is the importance of social and health care services and personal assistance for families with seniors who are not self-sufficient." The research was focused on individuals and families who care for their loved ones and relatives of an old age who are partially or fully dependent on the assistance of another person. These were just caring family members who were using a day care or personal assistance. In order to obtain the necessary information I have chosen an individual interview method. Through this I could direct research participants in the debate to the subject matters that had helped to clarify goals of this thesis. The survey has resulted in to the summary of the results. The results were formulated on the basis of the recorded reactions of the respondents at first in general and then in the tables. The acquired knowledge became the basis for the formulation of a clear appreciation of the research. There was also evaluated the objective of the thesis and given an answer to my research question. In most cases, the main significance of care services and personal assistance was found in the fact that families are more or less able to keep living standard not only of their own but mainly of a caring person. For a family it is usually very important, to keep a good quality of life to the caring person for this reason it tries with the help of social services to provide maximum in health and social area to seniors. The importance of these two social services also lies in the fact that a family member who is not self-sufficient has the option to stay in his natural home environment surrounded by his relatives. Caregivers have space to have a rest and to recover as well as some time needed to process personal and work matters. Social services can make shared lives of the elderly, who is not self-sufficient, and his entire family easier.
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The Importance of in-home nursing care for seniors and their families
ŠPAČKOVÁ, Ivana
Domiciliary care as a field or ambulatory service is provided to people with reduced self-sufficiency due to age, chronic illness or disability and is also used by families with children, whose situation requires assistance of another person. The aim of the service is to individually support a person's life in their natural environment. The theoretical part is divided into five chapters. The first chapter deals with old age and aging, as it is the time when changes affecting the overall function of human body occur. These are then reflected in increased vulnerability, limited performance and decline of an individualas abilities. The second chapter deals with changes that come with age, which mainly relate to the physical, psychological and social area. In the third chapter I describe the current situation in the provision of social services. These services are defined by the Act no.108/2006 Coll. primarily as a means to ensure the greatest mental and physical self-sufficiency of the individual obtainable. The services seek to enable people to participate in daily life, live in dignified environment and be treated with respect. The fourth chapter deals with the concept of providing domiciliary care services in the Czech Republic. The last, fifth, chapter deals with individual planning, which is one of the most important tools to ensure and improve the quality of social services provided and is also enshrined in the Act no.108/2006Coll. describing social services. The practical part of my thesis was elaborated by the qualitative research technique, specifically the questioning method using a semi-standardized interview with predetermined open-ended questions and by analysis of personal documentation. Basic research sample consisted of selected users and staff of the care services provider Ledax (charitable trust). The aim of this research was to determine factors that are perceived by health care users as major. The investigation showed that these are mainly health deterioration and old age. My research has shown that users perceive their key worker rather as a confidant. They are not afraid to confide their feelings or problems to them and report that the worker always has enough time to hear them. On the contrary, the workers themselves see their role only as a helper's and also due to the large workload lack sufficient time for the user. From my own experience I can confirm that this problem is often encountered because caregivers are responsible for more users, and the care is not concentrated in one place. The solution for this situation would be to reduce the number of users assigned to one caregiver, but the provider would be forced to expand their staff. However providers are currently limited by operational and financial limits of the given organization. It is important to emphasize that if the care and support provided by the user be at a professional level, the key worker should coordinate the care for the user and be their confidant and guide in a difficult season of life. Although there are some differences in the view of the factor of caregiver's personality, I think that the fact that users perceive their caregiver as a confidant is also a guarantee of efficient implementation of individual planning in the organization of the provider.
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The care of seniors in the field day care of the Regional charity Třeboň
BROŽOVÁ, Alena
Our population is aging, people are living longer. There are a growing number of seniors who are non self-sufficient due to their age and need help from others. Since their families may not always be able to take care of them, these people need adequate social services. This thesis deals with two groups of seniors that use two social services available in a small town. The first group contains seniors living in their homes ? in-home care clients, the second group are Senior Home residents. The thesis is divided into two parts. The theoretical part consists of four sections, the first deals with the aging of population in the Czech Republic, the second deals with the care for seniors, the third describes aspects of seniors´ lives and the fourth section defines the Home Care for seniors and the Senior Home in Třeboň. The objective of the thesis was to compare aspects of life of these two services users. To collect data, the strategy of qualitative research was used and the following techniques were chosen: participant observation, semi-conducted interview and personal documents analysis. In the discussion, the author compares the results of her work with the views of other authors dealing with senior issues. This thesis can be used as information material for both the mentioned workplaces, as well as for students and, last but not least, for seniors who are deciding which service to choose.
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Fine games like activation activity of seniors
NEJEDLÁ, Lada
The work is focused on the development of motivating activities for seniors, using art games. The theoretical part explains the different notions about old age, motivating activities and motivation for seniors and personality development by art education is mentioned. The practical part is focused on the project, which will create a model curriculum for motivational activities work with seniors. The entire project will take place in the nursing home in Dačice.
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The Social activities of Jewish Community of Prague
KAŠPAROVÁ, Jana
The work deals with the specifics and religious solutions of social activities of the Jewish community in Prague. The first part briefly describes the written and oral sources of Judaism with an emphasis on social and charitable activities contained in the texts. In the second part there are described characteristics and history of the Jewish community in Prague, the third chapter deals with social activities themselves engaged in various social facilities under the community administration. The last part is dedicated to the specifics identified in social services and their superiority compared to the other social organizations. All social facilities are kept in accordance with the laws on social services, but their quality, in particular their focus on victims of the Shoah, surpass the level non-Jewish social facilities services.
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A comparison of day care funding in an administrative district of municipality with extended competence of České Budějovice.
ZÍBAROVÁ, Zuzana
The thesis compares funding of domiciliary services in the administration district of České Budějovice, the municipality with the extended scope of performance. In the theoretical part I focus on the history of the development of domiciliary social services provided on site and I define the social service at first. Then, I identify the different specifics of social services and their characteristics. Attention is also devoted to funding of social services in the Czech Republic and European countries. I also show the differences in management in the non-profit sector. The most important section of the thesis analyzes domiciliary service and gives its definition. Further, the thesis contains practical part, which compares the collected data on the domiciliary services. It specifies services provided within the domiciliary services, funds granted for the service, number of clients, basic information on providers and their pricelists. The data were collected as of the last quarter of 2011. The target of the thesis was to compare the income and expenditures of the domiciliary services provided in the administration district of České Budějovice, the municipality with the extended scope of performance. For the applied methodology I selected qualitative research and the secondary analysis of data as the applied method. The conducted research analysed four types of services provided in the administration district. The original hypothesis of the thesis that the assessed providers have identical average cost per 1 user proved to be invalid.
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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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