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Model of an ideally sized long stay institution delivering social care services
 KOCMANOVÁ, Kateřina
The diploma thesis deals with finding optimal size for model of residential facilities providing social services. The thesis is divided into two parts. The first part deals with social services in general context, presents actual legislation and publishes the view of experts who handle with issues in providing social services. The second research part is focused on data analysis and quantitative survey of social services users. Quantitative research is made by interrogation method through questionnaire. Secondary data analysis is specified on financial costs those facilities and its differences. The aim of diploma thesis is to create optimal model of residential facilities providing social care services. Diploma thesis works with two hypotheses. Hypothesis 1 is : ?The capacity of residential facility providing social services for more than 70 clients do not guarantee providing better services than facilities with lower capacity of clients. ? This hypothesis was confirmed. Hypothesis was statistically tested through working hypotheses and shown in contingency tables and also graphically by descriptive statistics. Hypothesis 2 is : ?Operating costs of residential facility providing social services for less than 70 clients are higher than residential facility providing social services for more than 70 clients.? This hypothesis was also confirmed. Hypothesis was statistically tested by statistic tests and summarized in charts. Results were statistically processed by using multi-scale classification of data in contexts with obtained nominal, ordinal, and cardinal variables. To analyse categorical data were used two statistical tests ? chi square test of independence and t-test. Questionnaires were distributed to the registered providers of social services after their written agreement. Total of 290 questionnaires were sent out and 214 of them returned. Return the sample reached 74%. Importance of this thesis is to get a better insight into the optimal size of residential facility providing social services from the perspective of clients and operating costs. The gathered data from quantitative survey could be useful for students, social workers and in general for all people profesionally focused on the area of building, providing and improving residential facilities providing social services.
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Middle age generation attitude towards old age and aging
 KOCMANOVÁ, Kateřina
The thesis deals with the attitude of present middle-age generation to senior age and aging. The work is focused on the attitude character, i.e. whether it is positive, neutral or negative. The thesis is divided onto two parts. The first part deals with views and approaches of people to senior age and aging in today?s society. The main aim of the first part of the work was to map the views and approaches to senior age and aging occurring in the society. The second part is a research one and includes data analysis, and quantitative research among respondents in the issues of the approach to senior age and aging. The main aim of the second part of the work was to find the current view of the present middle-age generation to senior age and aging. The quantitative research was performed by the method of questioning by means of the standardized questionnaire technique examining the view of senior age and aging. The research shows that the middle-age generation views the senior age and aging positively. It also shows that the differences in the views of senior age and aging between the monitored middle-generation groups are not remarkable. In the discussion the author compares the results of her work with the views of other authors dealing with the same issue. She points out the areas of problems that occurred during the research. This thesis is contributory because it describes the character of the attitude of present middle-age society to the senior age and aging. The results may be beneficial for student involved in caring for people of this age group in their practical training and other activities. The work points out the feelings and attitudes of mid-generation people towards this irreversible process and life stage.
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