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The issue of neglect of the elderly from the perspective of the workers in direct care
NOVOTNÁ, Ivana
Abstract The issue of neglect of the elderly from the perspective of the workers in direkt care Bachelor's work concern is the issue of senior self-neglect from the workers view in direct care. Work is divided to theoretical and practical parts. Theoretical part aims at explanation of concepts related to subject of bachelor's work. First chapter is presented to specify the concepts of human age and ageing and age periodicity. Second chapter describes changes in ageing - physical,psychical and social changes. Third chapter concern is human needs at old age. Fourth chapter describes particular forms of senior care - care provided by family,social and medical care. Fifth chapter concern is EAN Syndrome and it's particular forms. Last sixth chapter concern is violence on seniors in institutional care,factors,which are increasing the threat with wrong manipulation and causes of it. The work goal was to find out,if the workers of the social service centre sufficiently getting informations about senior neglects and how would they act upon the case of it's appearance. Part of the goal was to find out,how opinions vary and workers attitude during providing the services. To complete the goals,there was created four research sphere questions : First sphere was finding about social service centre workers,if they getting informed enough about senior abuse and neglect. Second sphere concern was to find out,if the workers in direct care meet the senior neglect. Third sphere concern was,what ways the workers would have chosen upon the findings of the neglect and abuse. Last fouth sphere was about getting known workers opinions or perceptions towards the senior abuse and neglect issue. Considering the chosen subject,there was selected qualitative approach,interview method and semistructured interview technique. Research complex form were six female respondents chosen by random selection. Chosen workers were doing profesions as social workers,then workers in social services and a nurse. The workers were chosen at České Budějovice organisation,which provides senior care within the residential and cross-country services. Within the framework of the research was finding,that the social service centre workers are informed about senior neglect,only one worker hasn't had necessary informations. Respondents mentioned,that the most frequent occurrences are psychical,financial abuse and care neglect. Out of the care neglect,they mentioned,that it goes especially for insufficient help with personal hygiene and not giving them adequate amounts of liquids. Within the framework of their profesion, five out of six asked respondents were met with cases of senior neglect. In most cases seniors suffered from mental harm,loss of financial resources or they weren't provided with basic vital needs. Most of the respondents would report the fact of senior neglect upon the findings to superior or police. Fourth question of the research helped to find out the workers opinions on senior abuse/neglect case. Respondents ideas are, that it's necessary to raise the numbers of qualified staff and even that it would be convenient, to set up supervisions for organisations,which are providing social servises for seniors. One of the respondents said,that also teamwork is very important and workers rest. Bachelor's work could help to extend senior neglect informations to wide public. It could be used as an informative material for workers in organizations,which provide social services. And it also could be used as a teaching material for students studiing social care or other helping profesions.
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Senior as Victime of Crime
ŽATKOVIČOVÁ, Lenka
The Bachelor thesis discusses the issue of crimes committed against seniors and their particularities. The first part of the thesis defines the human old age and the changes taking place during old age. Further, it delimits the concepts of victimology, victimity and victimization, with special regard to seniors' victimity and to the impact of crime on the victim - senior. The second part of the thesis describes in detail the types of crimes committed most frequently against seniors -great emphasis is put particularly on the area of partner and intergeneration violence. The chapter devoted to legal regulations mentions the most important international documents related to protection of victims of crimes; the thesis also deals with Act No. 45/2013 Coll., on victims of crimes, as amended, including comments on the prepared amendment of the said Act. The final part of the thesis summarizes the opportunities of help to seniors who become victims of crimes - greater attention is paid to the help provided by intervention centres, phone crisis assistance and the role of Bílý kruh bezpečí (White Circle of Safety). The goal of the thesis consists in presenting a comprehensive picture of the issue in question - in ascertaining why seniors become victims of crimes so easily and frequently, in determining the greatest risks and mapping specific opportunities of helping the victims.
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Possibilities of using psychotherapy while working with the victims of domestic violence: perspective of workers of several Prague's crisis and intervention centers
Vrbová, Markéta ; Vodáčková, Daniela (advisor) ; Havránková, Olga (referee)
Markéta Vrbová Abstract The diploma thesis deals with the possibilities of using psychotherapy while working with the victims of domestic violence. The aim is to introduce the perspective of this issue from the view of workers from several crisis and intervention centers in Prague. The thesis is structured into two sections; theoretical and practical. The theoretical part contains the definition of domestic violence, its consequences including post-traumatic stress disorder, working with a violent person, and last but not least the possibilities of using psychotherapy and its definition. The empirical part is based on qualitative research, which describes the steps throughout the whole survey. The analysis and interpretation of the data contain the most important extracts of the interviews. This thesis discovers not only if social workers use psychotherapeutic elements with victims, but also other significant topics that are marginally mentioned. The focus must be on these marginally mentioned issues as well to improve the quality of work with victims of domestic violence.
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Health and Social Impacts of Violence against Seniors and its Prevention
OLTOVÁ, Dagmar
This thesis deals with the health and social impacts of violence against elderly persons and the ways of its prevention. The objective of the practical part of the thesis was to map the health and social impacts and prevention of violence against seniors from the perspective of social workers. A secondary objective was to describe the experience of social workers with the consequences of violence against seniors. Another sub-objective was to obtain suggestions and recommendations of social workers regarding the prevention of violence against the elderly. On the basis of the objectives of the thesis, four research questions were determined: What are the health and social impacts of violence against seniors from the perspective of social workers? What are the experiences of social workers with the consequences of violence against seniors? What is the subjective view of social workers on the prevention of violence against seniors? What suggestions and recommendations the social workers offer to prevent violence against seniors? Qualitative approach, method of interview and technique of semi-structured interview were chosen with regard to the chosen theme. The research group consisted of six respondents. The collected data were processed by the method of clustering. Based on the research questions, the results were divided into four categories. From the perspective of the respondents, violence against seniors is a current but hidden problem. Work with victims requires the cooperation of workers from the health and social sectors. The respondents associate health consequences with the impacts on the psyche of seniors. According to the respondents, physical violence is not typical, but rather financial abuse and emotional pressure, which is why psychological consequences are the most common and the most serious. The answers even mentioned death of an elderly person, injuries, fractures and bruises. Respondents associate social impacts with social isolation, loss of financial means, change of permanent address and change of social status. The most frequent and most serious impacts, according to respondents, are social isolation and loss of financial means. Within their profession, five respondents encountered cases of violence against the elderly. The impacts of violence were diverse fractures, bruises, adapting to the situation, unsecured basic needs, accusations regarding the way of upbringing, loss of financial means, social isolation and hospitalization of an immobile woman. According to these five respondents, prevention of violence against seniors is insufficient. Non-profit organizations, organizations providing social services for the elderly and workers in helping professions should be more engaged in prevention. Also public should be informed better. According to the workers, public awareness of the problem is insufficient because violence against seniors is little talked about. However, two respondents believe that public awareness is sufficient. Prevention includes training of workers in helping professions. Four respondents do not have any experience with training in the area of prevention of violence against seniors. For a timely resolution of a victim's situation, the availability of services for victims of violence against seniors is crucial. All respondents agreed that the availability of services in the Region of South Bohemia is sufficient. The problem is in the low awareness of seniors about these specific services. At the conclusion of the research, I was interested in specific suggestions and recommendations of the respondents to prevent violence against the elderly. Respondents think that prevention needs to be improved. According to respondents, the prevention of violence against seniors could be enhanced by better coverage in the media, lectures and discussions provided by the police, training of workers, informing seniors and educating by social workers and doctors.
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