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Adressing the Needs of Nursing Home Residents
Alterová, Lucie ; Cidlinská, Kateřina (advisor) ; Vojtíšek, Petr (referee)
The thesis focuses on the provision of services in nursing homes. It aims to find out what needs the homes perceive in their clients and how they respond to them. The theoretical part of the thesis introduces the concepts and theories of needs, quality of life in old age and well-being, the topic of the protection of the rights of the elderly and the Quality Standards for Social Services. The research part presents the methodological approach of the study and the research findings. The study is based on semi-structured interviews with social workers of selected homes, which include homes with the highest rating of the Quality Mark certification. As a result of the work, the individual groups of needs are described together with the factors influencing their fulfilment. The paper then presents the differences found between homes with and without the Quality Mark. Keywords: nursing home, needs, senior, well-being, quality of life
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The Process of Admission and Adaption of New Clients to a Retirement Home
Alterová, Lucie ; Dragomirecká, Eva (advisor) ; Holasová, Lenka (referee)
The bachelor thesis is focused on admission of new clients to a retirement home and the difficulty of adjustment to this kind of major life change. The main aim of the thesis is to find out how retirement homes in the district of Kladno proceed in the admission of new clients. The theoretical part describes working with an applicant for the services, as well as the following process of adjustment, including its faults. The adjustment is also connected with the experience of stress, which is discussed among other related topics in this part of the thesis. The practical part consists of a research. Its goal is to find out how the admission process differs in different retirement homes in the district of Kladno. The secondary research question is finding out whether this process is described in their internal documents. To fulfil these goals, semi- structured interviews with social workers were conducted. The results of the research take form in the descriptions of processes of the admission of new clients and a summary of the workers' experiences. Keywords: senior, retirement home, adjustment, adjustment disorder, stress
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