Catering of second type diabetics Iin old age

The main goal of the thesis called "Catering of second type diabetics in old age" is to research their knowledge on the subject of the principles of a healthy diabetic diet and determine if patients are following these principles. Another goal is to learn about the dieting habits in two different senior homes. The theoretical part describes the types of diabetes mellitus and the accompanied complications, the principles of a healthy diet and the description of nutrients of the diet. The thesis also deals with a characterization of an old age and the physiological changes in senior years. The method of the qualitative research was used for the practical section of the thesis. It was realized by a questionnaire dealing with the problem. Patients for the research were chosen in the senior home Máj and the senior home Horní Stropnice. There were 20 participants of the age between 65 and 99 years. Four men and six women were chosen from the senior home Máj. Three men and seven women participated from the senior home Horní Stropnice. Seven seniors were chosen from each home as a starting number of respondents and because of a use of a snowball method the final number of respondents grew to 10. We have learnt the weekly dietary regimen of each home and evaluated the data in the Nutriservis Profi programme to determine the nutritional values of energy, protein, fats and carbohydrates. In the addendum of the thesis you can find the weekly dietary regimen for seniors assembled with the goal of easier understanding of the healthy diet for diabetics. The answers to the questionnaires are visually summarized in the 5th chapter. The weekly dietary regimens from each home are nutritionally evaluated in the last section of the thesis