Seniors adaptation after entering the Department of Social Services

The bachelor thesis deals with the adaptation of seniors in a nursing home. It surveys how the seniors experience their arrival at the nursing home and what problems they face during it. Firstly, it describes the old age and the changes accompanying this period. It introduces social services available for the seniors. The most important point of the thesis is the adaptation to the old age and the process of a senior´s adaptation in the nursing home. It also deals with an issue of loneliness and the seniors´ interest in single rooms. The bachelor thesis contains a qualitative research in its practical part. It is a processing of half- structured interviews with 7 clients of the nursing home. These interviews offer a view of the clients´ first day in the nursing home and the beginnings of their adaptation. The evaluation of the adaptation and factors enabling or disabling this process is in the discussion and conclusion of the thesis