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Activation of Cognitive Functions in Senior Houses
JAKEŠOVÁ, Ludmila
The Bachelor´s thesis deals with application of methods which stimulate cognitive functions in retirement homes. It investigates which activities are offered to people in retirement homes. The thesis concerns with its impact to them and its advantages and disadvantages. The information was achieved by half-structural interview with activation workers in retirement homes. It is devided into a theoretical part and a practical part. The theoretical part of the thesis proceeds from specialized literature analyses and verified internet sources. It is devided into seven chapters. The first chapter deals with old age, growing old, stages of old age, active ageing and involutive changes which comes in that part of life. The second chapter is devoted to specification of cognitive functions (sensory perception, memory, learning, thinking and attention). In the next chapter are described involutive changes of selected cognitive functions. The fourth chapter deals with training of cognitive processes and their activation. There are descibed methods and treatment which are used for this purpose. The last chapter is focused on legislative definition of retirement homes and activation function which takes place there. The practical part of the thesis is composed of a qualitative research method. There were used half-structured interviews with four activation workers from chosen retirement homes in South Bohemia for the research. The results which were formed from the given information are divided into several fields. They bring up the responses to the research questions. The main aim of the research was to find out which methods are really used for activation of cognitive functions in retirement homes, their income and response of activation workers.
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The pond Svět - the development of selected environmental factors in the years 2009-2010
JAKEŠOVÁ, Ludmila
Fishpond Svět is one of the most prominent and attractive water bodies of Třeboň region. It is located close to Třeboň town, is is used for fish production and joined economic activities, as well as for recreation and sporting. To harmonize all the functions is the goal of the Rybářství Třeboň Co., owner of the fishpond, and local governement of Třeboň town. For revitalization of the fishpond, economic activities are harmonized in order to improve the water quality. The goal is provided via decreasing fish number, fertilizers and food, which resulted in decreasing numbers of cyanobacteria and algae in phytoplankton, especially during warm parts of years, when the troubles, for recretaion, are most. This measures are monitored by Inst. Botany Acad. Sci. via regular sampling and analysing NO2-, NO3-, tN, PO43-, tP, Cl- a NH4+ concentrations as well as temperature, Secchi desk depth and chlorophyll_a. I was participating in sampling and evaluation in period 2008-2010. Results of the monitoring are regularly presented in local press and internet home page of town Třeboň which is also covering the expenses of the project.
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