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Activating programs for long-term hospitalized patients
HLAVÁČOVÁ, Lucie
In general, it is very important for a human being to stay active. During any kind of hospitalization, activities that anyone is used to from their home environment or lifestyle may get interrupted or halted completely. It is crucial to return these activities back to the life and activation programs were designed to help us with this task. The aim of this paper is to map the current usage of activation programs and the needs of any individual patient. The paper further focuses on the benefits of these programs and also on the general requirements of possible providers of activation programs. The research used qualitative methodology and information was obtained via semi-structured interviews. These interviews were conducted with ten nurses working at the Long-term Care Department of a hospital located in South Bohemian region and with ten selected patients from the same department. Research shows that activation programs are rarely used in every day operations. Currently, this issue is even more accented due to the world-wide epidemiological situation. The hospital is unable to offer all the special activation programs the patients need. The research itself provides comprehensive overview of the advantages stemming from using activation programs for both patients and the nursing staff. The final result of our research is a new concept of activation techniques. This concept would take into consideration patients' own interest an his/her physical strengths to allow them to select an appropriate activity. These would be offered by the nursing staff who would participate in any selected activity with the patient. All exercises would be simple enough and with low physical requirements for the nurse to be able to add these activities to the regular working schedule. We would suggested the following examples of activities: targeted conversations on a specific topic favored by the patient, reading, watching television, singing, painting and drawing, simple crafting and short strolls. The nurse would be properly trained and educated in providing support during the activity. Example information brochure with possible activation techniques is attached in the appendices section of this written work. The brochure will also be presented to the head nursing staff of the Long-term Care Department.
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Satisfying the needs of long-term hospitalized patients
VYDROVÁ, Tereza
The thesis deals with the problematic of satisfying the needs of long-term hospitalized patients. The objective of the thesis is to find out, how individual needs of long-term hospitalized patients differ in connection with the duration of their stay. To what extent are their needs satisfied and how much are family members involved in satisfying the needs of their relatives.
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Nurse as a support of long - term hospitalized senior
TUŠLOVÁ, Michaela
This thesis "Nurse as a support of long-term hospitalized senior" is divided into a theoretical and an empirical part. It deals with the issue of long-term hospitalization of seniors at the aftercare department, especially with the nurses' support to seniors and their interrelationships. Three main goals were appointed. It was examined how the seniors perceive nurses who takes care of them. Then in which areas nurses are supportive and which techniques they try to use to be a support for seniors. Ten nurses working in aftercare department and five hospitalized seniors of aftercare department participated in this research. There were used methods such as a qualitative research, a method of questioning and a technology of semi - structured interviews. Collected information were analyzed and encoded, was used open encoding, pen and paper method. In the context of categorization, there six categories and ten subcategories were created. From the results of the thesis there is evident that nurses try to be a support. According to the research results, insufficiencies are evident. Most seniors perceive the nurses positively. In majority, gratitude toward nurses was perceived by seniors. Some seniors met with negative behavior, with devaluing addressing, even with conflict situation. Nurses support seniors in psychological aspects, take care of their basic needs, they also try to keep them self-sufficient. The results show, that most nurses acts with respect, try to ensure privacy and be helpful. Was created brief educational material. Then the material could be published in the form of a leaflet or as an article in the academic magazine. It could help nurses to find the proper attitude to seniors.
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Social Work in the Medical Facilities.
HOUZAROVÁ, Pavla
The central subject of this thesis is about a social work with the seniors within the medical facilities. The aim is introduce the reader with the social worker´s agenda with the hospitalized pacients, especially with the seniors within long " term medical process. Concretely, the thesis is about an expert social assist in the Hospital in Benešov. The Introduction is about an legislative definition of a social work. It´s also accented the etical access toward the pacients which is a very important issue. The following sections are about the primary assignments which the social worker ensure in the hospital. The conlusions in the secions which deal about the long " term pacients and the senior pacients describes the most marked problems of the social worker in a daily practise. These parts involve the casuistry references devise to the concerete cases or situations which illustrate the social work within the medical facilities. I try to describe the concrete proceedings made for the benefit of the pacients. In the supplements you can find the casuistries, the concept of the health " social problematic in the Hospital in Benešov and the schedule for the social investigation, which is a very important instrument for the social workers.
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