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Benefit of Personal Assistance from the Perspective of Users
SLÁČÍKOVÁ, Olga
The bachelor thesis is divided into theoretical and practical parts. The theoretical part consists of four basic areas. The first is focused on the legislative definition of personal assistance, its types, what personal assistance actually entails, prerequisites for performing the work of a personal assistant, who is a user (client) of social services. In the second heading Maslow's pyramid of needs is described, the third heading is devoted to the elderly, the definition of old age and ageing, the division of old age, biological, psychological, social aspects, demographic aspects of old age and ageing and the specifics of communication with the elderly and the specifics of communication with the elderly with diagnosed dementia are described. The third strand concludes with a description of the needs of the elderly. The fourth strand concerns persons with disabilities. This section describes the specifics of each type of disability - intellectual disability, hearing impairment, visual impairment, physical impairment - and the specifics of communicating with clients with each type of disability. The last section of the theoretical part concludes with a basic definition of the needs of people with disabilities. The main aim of this thesis was to find out what the users of personal assistance see as the greatest benefit. A sub-objective was to determine satisfaction with the services provided. In addition to the actual benefits of the service and satisfaction with the services provided, the thesis also assesses the areas that users are not satisfied with and what their relationship is with the assistants who attend the clients. At the end of the interview, clients were able to give their opinion on personal assistance as such, or comment on its contribution to society. To carry out the research part, a qualitative type of research was chosen, it was carried out by the method of questioning and using the technique of semi-structured interview. The interviews were recorded with the permission of the clients, transcribed into written from and open coded. The target group were the clients of PROSAZ in Prague. The research showed that for each client, personal assistance, or its benefits, means something a little different, and the approach of men and women to this service also differed. Clients particularly valued the opportunity to live in their own home environment and the security of help with activities they were no longer able to do. In the case of men, the filling and the benefit were merged. In addition, women were glad for the opportunity to talk to someone. The research also showed that clients were satisfied with the level of service provided, but had reservations about the problem coordinator and telephone checks by assistants. Relationships with the assistants varied by gender: men had a neutral to friendly relationship with the assistants, they perceived the assistants as outside help and women additionally perceived the assistants as their grandchildren and thus their relationship was somewhat protective. Clients perceived the service as necessary, but undervalued by the public and politicians, and therefore undervalued financially.
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The effect of the cash for care on the autonomy of adults with physical disabilities in parental care
Prager, Michal ; Hradcová, Dana (advisor) ; Synek, Michal (referee)
Through my work, I offer an insight into the lives of people with physical disabilities who depend on the help of another person. I reflect on their opportunities to live autonomously and what role care allowance plays in this. The Czech Republic has ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which includes, among other things, the right to independent living. Through the stories of three people with physical disabilities, I show how this right can be fulfilled with the current system settings of the care allowance. How they can become independent of their parents. What other influences and actor-networks shape their reality and to what extent their life is autonomous in this reality. The care allowance is part of the Social Services Act, which itself greatly accentuates the individual approach. However, the care allowance does not reflect much on the individual needs of people reliant on the help of another person. In addition to this allowance, I also look at other actor-network - family relationships, technologies or accessibility of the environment. I explore how they interact with each other and how strong a role the care allowance plays in this interconnected network. If the current form of the allowance affects family relationships. Through critical social work, I...
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Social fieldwork with the elderly
MÍČKOVÁ, Anna
The work deals with social fieldwork with the elderly. The teoretical part in the first chapter describes old age, aging, physical and psychological changes in old age and the needs of the elderly. The second chapter is devoted to the family of the elderly and its importance in caring for them in cooperation with field social services. The third capter deals with social fieldwork - care service and personal assistance and care allowance. It also describes the field social services of the organization Charita Horažďovice. The practical part of the thesis contains research, the aim of which is determine the adequacy of the services offered by Charita Horažďovice and the need to expand the services by personal assistance. The research was conducted among the clients - elderly of Charita Horažďovice.
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Design and verification of an interventional movement program aimed at developing the flexibility of the back of personal assistants caring for people with a combined disability
JINEK, Zdeněk
Bachelor thesis is focused on proposal and intervention of moving programme focused on back flexibility progress for assistants, who care about people with combined handicap in Arpida center. Aim of bachelor thesis was forming of intervention moving programme, which was focused on improvement of back flexibility. There were chosen personal assistants for research, who were 28 to 55 years old. Personal assistants have a manually strenuous labour and some of them use adaptive technology for prevention muscle injury or muscle shortening. In view of the fact there was input measurement according to locomotor system tests of flexibility. Intervention moving programme was used during 3 months, once a week. In the course of intervention moving programme was done a interim measurement. After finish of intervention moving programme was done a final measurement. The results of measurement were compared to controlled group. There was done input measurement to all respondents in experimental group, where was measured average value during moving test of deep forward bend in stand position 6,6 cm and during test of deep bend forward in seated position 4,5 cm. In final measurement was achieved average value for moving test of deep forward bend in stand position 11,4 cm and during test of deep bend forward in seated position 9,1 cm in experimental group. Personal assistants improved flexibility after finishing of intervention programme.
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Linking Family Care and Personal Assistance
BRABCOVÁ, Jana
Currently, old age and associated issues of care for the elderly are very topical problem in terms of the demographic changes in society. This BA thesis responds to the changes in the society-wide climate caused by population ageing. This BA thesis focuses on linking of family care and social care in accordance with the Social Services Act No. 108/2006 Coll. These are examined in the context of a particular field social service providing personal assistance. The aim of this thesis is to establish what options and limits exist in terms of care for the personal assistance client who is concurrently attended toby a family member or members. The thesis emphasizes several fundamental topics. It focuses predominantly on the importance of family care and personal assistance services, relations between generations, and the role of the elderly and their family in providing care. For the empirical part of the BA thesis a strategy of qualitative research was chosen, using methods of participant observation and focus groups. Obtained data were divided into four areas on the basis of the examined phenomenon, and these were analysed into research results. The focus group consists of twelve personal assistants of the organisation who were selected by exhaustive selection method. The subsequent analysis of obtained data assessed what situations of the combined form of care most often lead to conflicts and difficulties. These include mainly miscommunication among the client, personal assistant and family, conflicts of interests, family disputes, domination, necessity to reduce the load on the family, and obtaining information on care. In conclusion, the results of both theoretical and practical part demonstrated that the essence of the combined care can be fully accomplished only under the condition of effective communication and cooperation of all parties involved - personal assistant, client, and family.
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Possibilities of living for people with multiple disabilities outside of institutional care
Rajdlová, Magdalena ; Štrinclová, Marta (advisor) ; Janyšková, Kristýna (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the issue of housing for people with physical and multiple disabilities outside of institutional care. The thesis also deals with social services that people with disabilities often need in order to live outside of institutional facilities. The theoretical part first defines disability with special attention to physical and multiple disability. The next chapter describes the legislation concerning people with disabilities. The following chapters focus on various living options outside of institutional care, particularly independent living, as well as social services, especially personal assistance. In the last chapter, attention is paid to Asistence o.p.s., the non-profit organization providing social services to people with physical and multiple disabilities in Prague. Three selected clients of Asistence o.p.s. participated in the research for this bachelor thesis. The practical part focuses on the experiences with different types of housing of selected participants. It also examines what kinds of social services they use and how they generally evaluate their current life situation. For the research, a qualitative strategy was chosen, specifically the method of semi-structured interviews. The findings are then discussed in detail at the end of the thesis. Living of...
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Social services and the role of non-governmental organizations in the social security
Hospodárová, Zuzana ; Koldinská, Kristina (advisor) ; Štefko, Martin (referee)
The thesis offers and systematizes the knowledge of the social services provided by the Law Digest, number 108/2006. This thesis is focused primarily on the most significant conceptual changes. In particular, the provision of new social benefits - care allowance, contract for the provision of social services, registration of providers, social services inspection, defining of required qualified assumptions for the work in social services and, of course, financing the entire region. Main shortcomings of these institutes are solved separately. Of the many services offered the thesis deals with one particular - personal assistance, its treatment in the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic. The thesis brings information concerning the non-profit organizations, primarily because they belong to one of the leading providers of social services.
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