My dissertation is focused on usage of psychobiographical model of care during working with seniors. The first part of my dissertation is focused on theories, where I explain things such as old age and its age borders, changes in old age and senior's needs, dementia and its forms. We can also find here informations about senior services, social workers and ethic codex. Besides that, my dissertation contains informations about psychobiographical model and everything that is related to it. Second part of my dissertation is focud on concrete usage of the model in Senior House Háje and Senior House Palata for people with eyes dissorder. Keywords  Senior, age, Psychobiographical model of care, dementia, normality principle, regression phases, activities of daily living, biographies, individual care plans, memories Therapy.

I takt med att världens befolkning åldras ökar också gruppen av äldre användare. För denna användargrupp är ensamhet ett samhälleligt problem som riskerar att förvärras i och med ökande digitalisering. Ensamhet har identifierats som en orsak till flera psykiska och fysiska hälsoproblem. Åtgärder för att minska ensamhet bör fokusera på att stärka användares redan existerande sociala kopplingar; ett sätt att stärka den sociala sammankopplingen för äldre användare är genom hågkomst och berättande i ett intergenerationellt perspektiv. Denna studie undersöker just hur ett digitalt verktyg skulle kunna utformas i syfte att stimulera äldre till intergenerationellt berättande. För detta ändamål skapades en prototyp (“Minnesvandring”) av en möjlig mobilapplikation för intergenerationellt berättande. Denna prototyp undersöktes sedan med hjälp av fyra respondenter (74 - 92 år) i en kvalitativ ansats genom semistrukturerade intervjuer. Det empiriska materialet analyserades sedan med den Stegvis-deduktiva induktiva metoden. Undersökningens viktigaste slutsatser är: minnesberättande är en process; triggers bör utformas med tanke på både de yngre och de äldre; trygghet och kontroll är viktiga; att få respons är motiverande för de äldre. Dessa slutsatser kan tjäna som hjälpmedel för en designer vid design av en tjänst avsedd att stödja äldre i deras minnesberättande. / The world's population is ageing and the number of elderly technology users increases. For this user group loneliness has become a public health concern which is likely to continue growing along with the rising digitalisation. Worsened mental and physical health in elderly users has also been attributed to loneliness. Measures aiming to reduce loneliness should focus on strengthening users’ existing social bonds; one way to achieve this is through intergenerational storytelling and reminiscing. This paper evaluates how a digital artefact could be designed for intergenerational storytelling, with a focus on the elderly users’ engagement. To fulfil this research objective, we created a prototype of a mobile application for intergenerational storytelling. The prototype was tested together with four elderly (74 – 92 years) users in a qualitative study of semi-structured interviews. The stepwise deductive-inductive approach was used to analyse the empirical data.   The most important findings of this study indicate that: storytelling of memories is a process; triggers should be designed together with both the elderly users and their audience; security and control are important; receiving an answer is motivating to the elderly users.  These conclusions can be used as a guide for design of digital services that aim to support elderly users in their intergenerational storytelling.

The main goal of the thesis entitled "The selected methods of social work with clients self-non sufficient in health care facilities" was to describe and to analyze methods used in activation of the elderly suffering from dementia. It draws a comparison of different settings and explores workers's attitude to the methods of activation. The text of the thesis was mapped out into five chapters. The first chapter was set into the context of old age and ageing. The second chapter is concerned with the issues of self-sufficiency and dependency of old age and other related issues. The topic of the third chapter is old age in relation with memory. It defines memory and memory disorders in the elderly suffering from dementia. The fourth chapter is crucial and gives an idea of non-pharmacological and other possible activities which are eligible for application in practice and are intended to reduce cognitive disorders of cognitive functions and behavior disorders. The theoretical part enters into research carried out in four facilities which care for clients with dementia. The research section is represented by a qualitative research where methods of a half structured interview and observation were opted for. The interviews were realized with eight practicing experts. The outcomes gathered from the...