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Didactic report for the seniors concernig the questions of the sense of life
JÁNSKÝ, Svatopluk
The dissertation deals about the sense of life with senior people. In the theoretical part I am concerned with what means to be a senior in our society, and I pay attention to the problems of the crisis in the sense of life and of coping with the finality of human life. I also consider the meaning of spirituality and religious faith in the life of an aging man and I put questions concerning the sense and the goals of life in old age. In the practical part, each chapter is being enclosed with didactic impulses aimed at using them at seniors´ encounters.
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Working Conditions of the Staff in Social Centres for Seniors
UŠIAKOVÁ, Dagmar
With life expactancy continuing to rise, more and more clients of social services are seniors. The quality od the care provided is closely associated with professional and pleasant staff attitude to clients. Senior social care is a highly demanding job for all workers taking care of clients´ well-being. This thesis is focused on working conditions in senior services facilities and their impact on staff job performance which affects directly clients´ perception of the care. The study was carried out in various facilities of the Pilsen region provided social services to seniors, e.g. senior homes, daily stationaries, day care centers, personal assistance, social welfare institutions, assisted living, rehabilitation facilities, residential long-term care, emergency assistance, social therapeutic activities for seniors and disabled and weekly stationaries. The work is aimed at identification of the moments which significantly affect working conditions. It studies which of them are accepted positively and which make job performance more difficult or even impossible to complete. To collect the data of the survey, the questionnaires were used. While 180 questionnnaires were distributed, only 134 of them were given back which means 74% return rate. The questions were focused on differences of working conditions between residence and field social workers, and the impact of further education and changes resulted from introducing quality standards for social care. The findings of the study will help identify and gradually improve working conditions of social care staff.
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Leisure Time and spent of Leisure Time in the Nursing Home "Dolní Cetno, provider of Social Services"
GAPKOVÁ, Jiřina
The bachelor thesis titled Leisure and its spending in Home of Dolní Cetno, a provider of social services, has been divided into two parts, a theoretical one and a practical one. The theoretical part is focused on the old age, leisure time for seniors, Home for the elderly as well as Home of Dolní Centro, a provider of social services. An aim of the practical part was to describe a leisure time and possibilities how to spend it at users in Home of Dolní Cetno, a provider of social services. A partial goal was find out users´ satisfaction with offered leisure-time activities in Home of Dolní Cetno, a provider of social services. I used a qualitative method to carry out the research. An interviewing method was chosen, a technique of a semi-structured interview with 15 users in Home of Dolní Cetno, a provider of social services. The research showed that the most common activation activities in Home of Dolní Cetno, a provider of social services, included crossword puzzles, watching TV series, reading books and magazines. Based on the research it was possible to draw a following hypothesis, which must be, due to a low number of respondents, verified by a greater number of respondents. H: ?Users of Home of Dolní Cetno, a provider of social services, are satisfied with offered leisure-time activities.? The bachelor thesis will be used as a feedback in the area of the leisure-time spending in Home of Dolní Cetno, a provider of social services, and as a proposal or a recommendation for an improvement of the leisure-time activities in this facility.
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The offer of activation programs at senior house Kopretina in Plzeň
FENCLOVÁ, Zuzana
Our population is aging, people live longer. The number of the elderly who are not self-sufficient and need help of other person has been growing. These elderly often do not have a family who could either take care of them or are not able to take care of them. One of the possible solution for such people is to use services of Homes for the Elderly. An important part of care of healthy body is care of psychological (mental) well-being. It is proved that these two areas interact and in the spirit of this interaction, leisure activities in Homes for the Elderly are offered. They offer meaningful use of leisure time to the elderly and also possibility to meet new people and find new friends to spend their leisure time with. The thesis is divided into two parts. The theoretical part deals with theoretical ways and solutions connected with old age, with needs of a human and leisure activities of the elderly and it also deals with social services for these people. It also describes the Home for the Elderly called Kopretina in the town of Plzen, where the research took place. Qualitative research and semi-structured interviews were applied to gather data in the empirical part. The objective of the work was to find out whether the elderly in Kopretina are satisfied with the offer of activation programmes. Three sub-questions were set to answer the main pre-set research question. The main research question led to the confirmation of the objective. The information gathered through the research may be used to improve the offered activities in the Home Kopretina. The research also showed which activity in the Home is wanted.
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Physiological mechanisms of aging in maless of model insect species
PROVAZNÍK, Jan
Trade-off between reproduction and longevity is a widely accepted fact, yet proximate mechanisms are scarcely understood. In this work I tested differences in lifespan between diapause and non-diapause males of a model insect, the linden bug Pyrrhocoris apterus. Also the role of juvenile hormone in regulation of longevity and immunity (measured by relative phenoloxidase activity) was assessed. In addition to that, I examined if juvenile hormone is the mediator of reduction in longevity induced by mating.
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Use of Leisure Time by the Residents of Retirement Homes
VASKOVÁ, Jana
The main topic of this thesis deals with the use of leisure time by the residents of retirement homes owing to the influence of different activities together with their impact on mental and physical conditions of seniors. The aim of this study is to find out how seniors fill their leisure time, what possibilities of leisure time activities are used by them in the particular retirement homes and whether they realise the positive influence of such activities on their health. The theoretical part describes the stage of old age and ageing with all changes related to this period, as well as social care services provided to seniors and their adaptation to institutional establishments. The conclusion chapter of this part summarises leisure time and its characteristics together with possibilities how to spend it efficiently. The practical part of my work consists of the results carried out by a standardized interview, a method, used in order to find out how seniors spend their leisure time, whether the differences between the sexes regarding spending leisure time are significant and whether they realise the influence of active leisure time on their mental and physical conditions.
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Importance of volunteering in the nursing homes
RYBÁROVÁ, Barbora
This thesis concentrates on the topic of volunteering, its potentiality and contribution in rest homes for seniors. The thesis is divided into two parts: theoretical and practical. The theoretical part deals with the terms volunteer and volunteering. The motivation of the volunteers and their typical area of activity are described. The thesis concentrates on the cooperation with the volunteers and related activities. It deals with the old age and the needs of seniors and presents the principles of communication with elderly people. The theoretical part is concluded with the topic of contribution and potentiality of volunteering. The practical part is concerned with the volunteer program in the Máj Rest Home in České Budějovice. It involves a brief characteristic of the volunteer program in the rest home. It presents the results of a quantitative research concentrated on the volunteers{\crq} contribution and compares responses of two types of respondents: volunteers and seniors. The research of this part is a source of the hypotheses about the benefits of volunteering.
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The role the pedagogue of free time at old people's homes
KRATOCHVÍLOVÁ, Eva
The main concern of this work is the asset of the graduate of the course (field of study) Leisure time pedagogy as an employee in a rest home, who is responsible for the organization of the leisure time. This work is divided in two parts, theoretical one and practical one. The theoretical part describes the ageing process, old age, its periodical division, physical, psychological and social changes connected with this process and the demographic trends related to the ageing of the population in the Czech Republic. It also includes a general description of a rest home, outlines the work of the leisure time pedagogue and discusses the topic of leisure time activities in a rest home. The practical part includes description of three rest homes situated in the South Moravian Region, where the survey was carried out in February and March 2010. This survey was mainly focused on leisure time activities of subjects and the work of leisure time pedagogues. The last part of the thesis contains the examination of hypotheses by the results of the conducted survey. Hypotheses were stated as follows: 1. Workers at rest homes systematically and regularly plan and organize leisure time activities for their clients. 2. Occasionally held events or regular leisure time activities are planned, organized and carried out mostly by social workers. 3. The clients at rest homes are interested in regular leisure time activities. 4. Most clients at rest home who are permanently confined to bed aren{\crq}t provided with activation therapy in their leisure time.
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Seniors and volunteerism (in the context of contemporary civil society)
OSTRÁ, Petra
The bachelor thesis consists of theoretical and practical part. Theoretical part is divided into three main chapters: civil society, voluntary work and life in old age. The first chapter analyses the civil society and the corresponding civic sector. The second chapter focuses on the basic features of volunteerism(and voluntary work). The terms volunteerism and volunteer are explained, describing various types of volunteerism and the motivation of voluntary workers. The third chapter is dedicated to the topic of life in old age. The definitionsof terms ageing and old age, the recent phenomenon of elderly people within the major society and activities in old age are the main features of the chapter. Furthermore, it takes a closer look on the present attitudes of the society towards the elderly resulting in two main points of view: skeptic and optimistic (successful ageing concept). The practical part of the thesis is mapping the motivation of senior volunteers towards active voluntary work in the districts of Vodňany and Drahonice. Secondly, the proportion of men to women among volunteers is being questioned as well as which particular activities are typical for senior volunteers. The acquired data originate directly from local non-profit organizations which provide voluntary service. As a research method, quantitative research was chosen {--} using the methods of questioning and standardized interviews with senior volunteers.
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Quality improvement of field social services in the region of Jindřichův Hradec
MRÁZOVÁ, Ivana
The paper examines the quality of domiciliary services as seen by their recipients - senior citizens. The paper consists of two parts. The first one defines the main notions {--} old age and ageing, demographic changes in society, social services goals, domiciliary services, importace of ethical norms for social workers and people in direct contact with elderly people, vulnerability of people doing some auxiliary jobs and mobilizing activities for senior citizens. The second part consists of the research carried out among the recepients of domiciliary services, its analysis, data evaluation and comparison of senior citizen´s and their home nurses´ view.
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