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The use of Garden Therapeutic Elements in Social Sevices
VONDRÁŠKOVÁ, Lucie
This bachelor's thesis focuses on the topic of The Use of Garden Therapeutic Elements in Social Services. The leading aim of the thesis was to elicit the ways these garden therapeutic elements are used in retirement homes. The other aim was to reveal the contribution of garden therapy as a healing approach in retirement homes. The bachelor's thesis is divided into two parts - theoretical and practical. Theoretical part concerns essentials of garden therapeutic elements and their usage in retirement homes with the help of specialised literature and internet sources which are occupied with the problematics of garden therapy. Answers on research questions are analysed in the practical part. The main research question is: In which ways are the garden therapeutic elements used in retirement homes? and the other research question is: What is the contribution of garden therapy as a healing therapeutic approach in retirement homes? The questions were answered in the form of half-structured interviews with the help of intended choice of communication partner technique. According to results, it turns out that garden therapy has a positive influence in psychological and physical way. The results only include information given by 11 communication partners from chosen retirement homes. The results of this bachelor's thesis could be used as a feedback for retirement homes and the employees, who provide and develop garden therapy. Further, the results might be useful for other social service providers, who consider the usage of garden therapeutic elements as a part of services provided or medical facilities as a support to healing process.

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