The Thesis deals with the topic of leisure activities in retirement homes and the engagement of senior citizens in these activities. The primary aim of the thesis is to describe the whole spectrum of leisure activities available for the elderly and its secondary aim is to describe how the seniors actually engage in leisure activities in particular retirement homes including the comparisons among the examined facilities. The first part of the thesis includes the description of the phenomenon of aging and of the system of social services for the elderly, seniors needs in their leisure time, how they are met with the leisure activities available in retirement homes and how seniors engage in them. The first part also includes the analysis of the leisure activities in retirement homes. The subsequent part of the thesis includes the outcomes of my research study of use of leisure activities by seniors in two particular retirement homes in České Budějovice and its comparison with the analyses of engagement of seniors in leisure activities in other facilities for elderly people. The research was carried out by the method of semi-structured interviews.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:172667 |
| Date | January 2014 |
| Creators | HŘEBEČKOVÁ, Věra |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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