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Use of non-pharmacological approaches in the care for elderly with dementia
Čížková, Anna ; Marádová, Eva (advisor) ; Bartoňová, Miroslava (referee)
Use of non-pharmacological approaches in the care for elderly with dementia Anna Čížková ABSTRACT Subject of the present work is use of non-pharmacological methods in care about seniors with dementia in residential care homes for the elderly. The theoretical part of the work describes the problem of dementia and issues of professional and non-professional care. Five selected non-pharmacological methods, namely reminiscence, validation, pre-therapy, basal stimulation and Montessori approach, are described as well. The aim of the present work is to examine the awareness of nursing staff about the five non- pharmacological methods and to evaluate to what extend are these approaches used in residential care homes for the elderly. The level of personnel training in these approaches was investigated as well. A questionnaire survey method was selected for obtaining data about the investigated problem. A dedicated questionnaire was sent out to all residential care homes for the elderly in the Czech Republic. Filled questionnaires were received from 134 respondents. Statistical analysis of responses revealed that non-pharmacological approaches are known and used by the majority of personnel. The data showed that basal stimulation and reminiscence are best known theoretically by the staff, while the Montessori...
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Educational Needs Analysis of General Nurses in Psychiatric Hospital of Bohnice
Hrášková, Jana Magdalena ; Jaroševská, Elena (advisor) ; Záškodná, Helena (referee)
The goal of this bachelor thesis is to distinguish and to analyze the educational needs of general nurses of Psychiatric Hospital of Bohnice by testing specific method of research. This specific method is a questionnaire based on Metodika vzdělávacích plánů created by HESTIA a. s. together with PhDr. Jiří Tošner. The goal can be devided into two sub-goals. First sub-goal is to test this questionnaire for distingushing the educational needs of general nurses in Psychiatric Hospital of Bohnice, the second sub-goal is to distinguish and analyze the educational needs of general nurses of Psychiatric Hospital of Bohnice. The theoretical part of this thesis is based on remarkable work of 20th century's scholars, sociologists, physicians and researchers and its aim is to present the psychiatry within its historical and contemporary concept. The thesis will also focus on the occupation of nurse, its history and current state. Last but not least, this thesis will present the history, organizational structure and educational opportunities of Psychiatric Hospital of Bohnice. As stated above, the research was based on specifically chosen questionnaire. The research was also completed by interviewing professionals within the field. Keywords Educational Needs Analysis, Psychiatric Hospital of Bohnice, General...
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