The Old Age and the Leisure Time of Seniors in the Retirement Homes

The diploma work explains the basic terms which are related to the old age, the phenomenon of the old age and accompanying changes of this age. Institutions concretely retirement homes are the main aim of this work. I have chosen three institutions in České Budějovice {--} Houses for retired people Máj, Hvízdal and Dobrá Voda. I{\crq}m describing and characterizing these houses and comparing their leisure time offers. Further there are described suggestions of spending leisure time of the elderly and activities which are possible to do. The work contains an illustrative research realized with the clients in the form of reading questionnaires in these three institutions. There are little differences, but the offers of the leisure time activities are mostly the same. The way, how the clients spend their leisure time depends a lot on the staff willingness. A special worker for leisure time is not employed in any of these institutions. That is a social worker who cares about clients{\crq} leisure time the most