BLÁHOVÁ, J. The Most Frequent Causes of Failure of Foster Care in the Czech Republic 15 Years ago and Today. Prague: Philosophical Faculty of Charles University in Prague, 2012, 114 pp. Diploma Thesis. The aim of my diploma thesis was to map the main cause which take part in premature end of foster care in our country. I have recorded this problematic since the year 1996 up to now. I have focused on definition and forms of foster care. Further on the process of its arrangement and the starting conditions which have an influence on foster care. I have introduced and compared the results of two big Czech studies which were devoted in this topic and were published in the interval of 15 years. Besides the failure cause of foster care on the foster parents side and children entrusted into a foster care and the system of alternative family care I have also focused on factors which contributes to its success on the other hand. In the practical part I have tried to get more deeply into the cause of foster care failure from the view of social workers from OSPOD. I was interested in what and how influences the foster care failure, how the system components of alternative family care and which changes social workers see as needed in the support of foster care success. It has been shown that the causes of its...

This thesis is concerned with twenty-four hours for elderly family members from the perspective of the primary caregiver. The aim of this work is the understanding of home care, not as an isolated activity usually practiced by women in the private sphere, but as an aktivity, which is affected family relationships or deciding provide/not provide home care etc. For this reason I used as the theoretical basis of this work feminist ethics of care, which does not care define "natural" / spontaneous female activity, and enable to reveal the gender line of care. That is the main topic of this thesis. For a deeper understanding of the phenomenon of home care I used biographical interview. It's main characteristic is the emphasis on stories from participants, which was an important aspect that helped me put the care in a broader social context Key words: home care, feminist ethic of care, biographical interviews.

The diploma thesis discusses the issue of kinship foster care, its specifics, strengths and weaknesses. It examines the views of grandparents, aunties, uncles and other relatives on their role in foster care and the children's life. The theoretical part is focused on basic topics in foster care, views on foster care and the development of children living in foster care. The practical part of the thesis is focused on semi-structured interviews with care givers which should tell us facts about their views of foster care, why children are placed in their family, practical problems and help which they need. There are also casuistries of foster care families.

This diploma thesis is focused on the issue of home hospice care in Blansko and its surroundings and it presents existing information about palliative care. The text preferably examines the current state of awareness of this care among the general public and its availability in South Moravian region. In addition the text offers suit-able marketing plan for development of St Martin's Hospice in Blansko, three action plans are evaluated.

Abstract, key words Title of the thesis: Shared residence in Czech and German law The aim of this thesis is to compare the approach to shared residence in the legal order of the Czech Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany, i.e. to find out to what extent the approaches of these countries to shared residence differ. This is examined in relation to selected issues which courts had to deal with when deciding on the shared residence, i.e. the influence of the child's wishes, the parents' will, their ability to communicate and long distance between the parents' households on the suitability of shared residence. Special attention is paid to the presumption of shared residence, or shared residence as a rule. The thesis focuses on the effective regulations. The thesis is divided into three parts. The first part deals with the Czech regulation of the shared residence. The individual chapters explain basic terminology, sources of law, legal regulation of shared residence, case law on the selected issues, including the presumption of shared residence, and some of the specifics of maintenance obligation. The second part of the thesis follows the same structure as the first part. However, there is a special chapter regarding drafts on shared residence as a rule. The third part compares the findings made in the...

This thesis deals with the development of hospice home care policy by identifying key events and actors who express themselves in the Czech Republic about the issue of hospice home care. From a methodological point of view, a qualitative approach is chosen. The research design of the thesis is a historical case study that allows to chronologically capture key events of origin and development of hospice home care in the Czech Republic. The work uses both secondary data and primary data. Primary data were obtained by eight expert interviews with members of a professional society, hospice home care providers, insurance companyand doctors. The author explains the development of hospice home care in the Czech Republic from 1989 until present through key events. In addition, the author identifies key actors and their value beliefs in the area of hospice home care on the basis of advocacy coalitions theory. She further analyzes the creation of possible coalitions of these actors. The thesis, using the view of questioned experts, identifies the main problems and barriers of the hospice home care system in the Czech Republic.

My thesis deals with aspects of long-term intensive care. The goal of my thesis is to determine the basic needs of patients and family preparedness aspects of intensive home care. Other stated goals is find out the possibility of returning patients to home care and also find out what is the use of basal stimulation in long-term intensive care department. In the theoretical part of my thesis are included the chapters about definition of intensive care and home intensive care, for the full completeness is here the chapter about the state which are requesting the intensive care. The main part is dedicated to extensive immobilization syndrome in intensive care. An integral part is also a chapter discussing the basal therapy. For an easy transition to the empirical part is included a chapter outlining the nursing model according to Majora Gordon The empirical part of my thesis contains three detailed studies of nursing.Nursing case studies are carried out in intensive care department Vršovická, in chronic intensive care department of Motol hospital and long-term intensive care department of the Pardubice region, in Chrudim hospital. Coincidentally, it is of patients with different diagnoses and different age. Nursing case report is created at patient with diagnose of end-stage chronic obstructive...

The master thesis deals with an intensive home care - home care of intensive nursing and maps the situation concerning the home mechanical ventilation. The theoretical part draws from the researchers' reviews. It clarifies the basic concepts, intensive home care and trends in providing the home mechanical ventilation. Furthermore, this part of the thesis explains the term mechanical ventilation. To facilitate long-term ventilation of a chronic patients it is necessary to ensure an adequate airway. Therefore, it is included a chapter dealing with a tracheostomy and its treatment.The first part of the survey summarizes a statistical overview of the home mechanical ventilation used in the Czech Republic till 31th March 2013. Next section includes a qualitative form research, which is observing the whole indicating and transferring process of a patient from a hospital to the home environment where the home mechanical ventilation is assured. I have concluded that men are more ill and women, mothers or wives are taking part in the healing process according to the investigation results. We have 81 ventilated patients in home care in total. Mechanical ventilation is mostly indicated for children with spinal muscular atrophy disease. Men compared to women are more often affected by traumatic conditions,...

The thesis titled "Comparison of institutes of spare parental care from terms of the needs of the child and the caregivers" is focusing on the issue of spare parental care and caring of other person than a parent from the view of the needs of children and the caregivers. There are two strikingly similar institutions in the practice which have their own characteristics. The aim of my thesis is to describe, explain and specify differences these institutes and to show how it is accepted by caregivers. For specifics of long- term foster care and other individuals in this thesis is considered mainly a way of material security of the state, the method of cooperation with the non-profit sector, law institutes, experienced caregivers and the issue of cooperation with original family. In the empirical part was conducted quantitative research through a questionnaire that focused on the experiences and skills of the caregivers. The work also deals with quantitative research when caregivers share their views and experiences. The main finding is that the persons taking care of the foster care institute have greater knowledge about the new rights and obligations arising from the amendment Law of social and legal protection of children. Foster parents are more often missing general information about other forms of...

The concept of a missing nursing care in a nursing practice is a phenomenon that could endanger patients' safety in all cultures. This global deficit of a superior and comprehensive nursing care occurs in various departments of healthcare facilities. The theoretical part of this thesis deals with problematic aspects of the concept of a missing nursing care based on theoretical findings. Furthemore it summarises strategies used for ensuring that quality, safety and kompetence in a nursing care is met in relation to latest findings and the legislation. The research part presents outcomes of a conducted qualitative survey research focusing on nurses working in an Intensive Care Unit where a nursing care is directed towards the population of adult patients. Research Metodology: The data collection in the study is based on a semi-structured interview conducted on an actively working group of nine Intensive Care Unit nurses. Aim of the Study: The main objective of the thesis is to describe and analyse problematic aspects of the concept of a missing nursing care in an Intensive Care Unit, as well as to identify factors that affect occurrence of the given concept limited to the nursing staff in the Intensive Care Units. Research Results: The study analyses six categories in total, of which five categories...