Activation in nursing care for seniors

Presented diploma thesis titled "Activation in the care of seniors" deals with the issue and the use of activation aktivities in nursing care of seniors in homes for the eldery in the South Bohemia region, Central Bohemia Region, West Bohemia region and in tha Vysočina region. The main objective of this diploma thesis was to map out what activation activities are used by nursing staff and what activation activities contribute to the self-sufficiency of the clients in the homes for elderly. The theoretcal part of this diploma thesis contains an information about the age and aging issues. Further part of the diploma thesis is dedicated to the definition and characterization of the notion of activation and description of the role of nurses in the care of seniors. It also approaches using of communication, motivation and sensual activation from the nurse's point of view. The following objectives have been set: Identify nurse's share of senior activation in providing nursing care in homes for elderly and also identify, which activities in the context of activation in nursing care are expected from family members of seniors from nursing staff. To achieve the goals have been set following research questions: Which activities are used by nursing staff in the context of activation in the providing of nursing care? How do activation activities contribute to the self-sufficiency of clients in seniors homes? What are activation activities from the perspective of family members expected from nurses? To achieve the objectives was chose a qualitative research, and the research sample consisted of nurses and family members. The results showed that the activation of providing nursing care to seniors is really important to them. Under the notion of activation, the nurses imagine the clients keep their self-sufficiency. An important factor that greatly affects the activation process is the lack of qualified staff in the homes for the elderly. Therefore we supposed that one of the possible solutions how to improve the activation in nursing care is to increase the number of professional and qualified staff. The research also showed, nurses activate the clients with the support of communication, mobilization, but also with the help of all day activities