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The use of Garden Therapeutic Elements in Social Sevices
VONDRÁŠKOVÁ, Lucie
This bachelor's thesis focuses on the topic of The Use of Garden Therapeutic Elements in Social Services. The leading aim of the thesis was to elicit the ways these garden therapeutic elements are used in retirement homes. The other aim was to reveal the contribution of garden therapy as a healing approach in retirement homes. The bachelor's thesis is divided into two parts - theoretical and practical. Theoretical part concerns essentials of garden therapeutic elements and their usage in retirement homes with the help of specialised literature and internet sources which are occupied with the problematics of garden therapy. Answers on research questions are analysed in the practical part. The main research question is: In which ways are the garden therapeutic elements used in retirement homes? and the other research question is: What is the contribution of garden therapy as a healing therapeutic approach in retirement homes? The questions were answered in the form of half-structured interviews with the help of intended choice of communication partner technique. According to results, it turns out that garden therapy has a positive influence in psychological and physical way. The results only include information given by 11 communication partners from chosen retirement homes. The results of this bachelor's thesis could be used as a feedback for retirement homes and the employees, who provide and develop garden therapy. Further, the results might be useful for other social service providers, who consider the usage of garden therapeutic elements as a part of services provided or medical facilities as a support to healing process.
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Comparison of living standards of the elderly in retirement homes and in households
Linhartová, Pavlína ; Hanušová, Jaroslava (advisor) ; Váchová, Alena (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the satisfaction of the elderly in the retirement homes - with respect to their services in three institutions of this kind. For this purpose, a quantitative method of the personal interviews has been chosen (12 clients in total, 4 from each home). The primary aim of this research (as well as the work itself) is to describe and interpret the situation and eventually to suggest proper changes in order to improve the seniors' quality of life. The first, theoretical part consists form three chapters. First: aging, life stages, old age. Second: human needs, quality of life, satisfaction (well-being), ageism. Third: welfare services, social (welfare) workers, associated laws, institutions and activities. The practical (analytical) part states the research questions, the method and the aims of the research. Also, it introduces the respondents, presents the results of the research and assesses its outcomes, which are the following. The elderly gladly accept "non-institutional" environment and put emphasis on their private. They preferred varied and tasty diet rather than nutritious or "healthy". As for the staff, the clients appreciate friendliness, willingness and helpfulness. There was a difference between genders was in the attitude to the activities. Men favour their...
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Life of mothers with children in a shelter St. Alžběta in Veselíčko
BULANTOVÁ, Ludmila
The theme of asylum houses is the main subject of the bachelor´s thesis. It focuses on life of mothers and social care in the Shelter of St. Alžběta in Veselíčko. Its main objective is to map welfare services, which are provided in these asylum houses and to monitor situation of single mothers and their children. The situation of single mothers is not easy and simple. They are confronted with uncertain prospects. Issues they are mostly dealing with are accommodation, financial situation and, quite often, they are trying to escape domestic violence. They definitely deserve a normal life. This bachelor´s thesis is divided into theoretical and practical parts. The theoretical part is addressing welfare services in general and welfare services specifically in asylum houses, their mission and target groups. The succeeding part describes roles of social workers, ethical code and burnout syndrome which is frequent in a long-term social care career. The last chapter of the theoretical part focuses on family, its functions and pathological phenomena that may occur. The pathological phenomena impact primarily mental development of a child, however, they may affect also other family members. The practical part contains methodology employed to map the life in an asylum house. It is based on interviews with the female clients making use of this welfare service. Its goal is to find out what are the options for single mothers, how they are coping with their situation, why they seek out the services of asylum houses and what are the reasons for such a step. It describes in detail the attitude of social workers and their effort to integrate their clients into normal life. The research was carried out in the form of qualitative questioning. The method of choice became interview based on standardized questions. The interviews were made with clients of the Shelter of St. Alžběta in Veselíčko. As the interviews showed, women seek refuge in asylum houses mainly to get accommodation for themselves and their children. Also, they often solve their financial issues there. It is their last chance for a better life. They feel safe there and they sense order being established in their lives and those of their children. With the help of social workers, they are able to settle basic administrative affairs with local authorities which they probably would not be capable of being on their own. To conclude this one can only say that this particular welfare service is important and that the job of social workers is really hard.
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Specifics of Care for the Elderly
MIKUDOVÁ, Dita
This bachelor thesis called Specifics of Care for the Elderly is focused on the elderly and their status in contemporary society, the possibilities which the elderly have at present, effective attitude to them and communication with the elderly. The thesis is divided into theoretical and empirical part. The theoretical part has six chapters. The first chapter deals with terms like gerontology and geriatrics, it describes process of growing old and the term called age, its division and displays of age. This chapter also defines the term like the elderly, their needs and demography of age in the way as specialists perceive and describe them. The second chapter concentrates on social politics, its division and speaks about welfare services intended for the elderly. The third chapter specifies elderly care benefit and conditions for meeting the requirements to getting this benefit, dependence degrees, amount of benefit for age group older than eighteen years. It also gives and information about who is beneficiary, the process of paying out the benefit and the proceedings about the claim to the benefit. The fourth chapter is focused on the term of communication, it defines social communication, non-verbal and verbal communication. The chapter also deals with communication principles with the elderly including pensioners with hearing or visual impairment. There are described mistakes and obstacles which may appear in communication. The fifth chapter looks into leisure time and its functions; it defines the leisure time of the elderly including preparation for old age. The sixth chapter speaks about medical assessment service, the disability and its appraisal. In the empirical part there is determined the goal of this thesis which should lead to finding out how social system works with the elderly, how the elderly are secured by the state and if there is satisfactory number of welfare centres intended for the elderly. The thesis is also aimed at life quality of the elderly in home environment and in homefortheelderly as well as at self-sufficiency in chosen group of the elderly. There were established three research questions which came out from the research goal. The first question should reveal the status of the elderly in contemporary society and if they may influence it on their own. The second question asked for the place where the individuals want to live. The third research question focused on sufficiency of respondents. For meeting the target it was selected the qualitative strategy. It was used method of questioning with the half-structured interviews technique. The interviews were answered by eight seniors, specifically by seven women and one man. The research brought expected as well as unexpected findings. Example given the surprising result was high awareness of welfare centres owing to the fact welfare centres do not make self-presentation so much. The second astonishing thing lay in the majority of the elderly wants to build up new spaces intended for welfare services. The research also confirmed my personal expectation which is opinion of respondents that status of the elderly in contemporary society is not favourable.
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Financial Analysis of a Home for the Elderly
Brantalová, Adéla ; Hajdíková, Taťána (advisor) ; Stejskalová, Irena (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on data processing for retirements home financial plan. The aim of this thesis is to analyse costs at the average occupancy of 130 beds. In the next step the thesis focuses on planning for changes at reduction of occupancy to 100 beds. Both analysing contemporary costs and planed costs at the change of occupancy were done by costing. Second method that was use dis break-even point analysis. By using this method I found out, what price clients should pay to maintain the retirement home out of the red. Due to those methods it was necessary to classify costs into fix costs, variable costs, explicit costs and indirect costs.
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Community Planning of Welfare Services in the Union of Blatná Region
SLOUPOVÁ, Adéla
This bachelory work on the topic Community Planning of Welfare Services in the Union of Blatná Region consists of two parts. The target of the work is to describe the community planning of welfare services and its practical implementation in the Union of Blatna Region. The first part is devoted to the information about community planning of welfare services which I gained in special sources of knowledge. This part is devoted to the description of this planning. I present here participiants of welfare services which is community planning based on. I also present particular stages of community planning of welfare services. The second part is devoted to the research with particular mayors from the Union of Blatna Region. I also define the Union of Blatna Region and respondents who were selected for the research. The target of this part is to find out whether and which experience mayors have with community planning of the welfare services in given area.
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System of centres for people in need in area of ČB and availability of these sorts of service in South Bohemia
ČECHOVÁ, Barbora
My diploma work is focused on help and services for people in need in the region of South Bohemia and České Budějovice. I describe welfare principles, as they are defined in literature and law, in theoretical part. In second part I enumerate all welfare centres in Czech Repuublik, and in all regions. I describe welfare planning and management in local parts of South Bohemia. In research I tried to summarize personal opinion of those who work for people in need. The goal was to find common points between management and planning and needs of affected organizations.
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