Screening of high-risk senior citizens - cooperation between the healthcare social worker and general practitioners for adults Social work in healthcare

This diploma thesis is dedicated to the topic of social work in healthcare. It deals directly with the possibility of linking this with primary healthcare within the framework of cooperation between general practitioners for adults and healthcare social workers. The theoretical part clarifies not only the concepts and aspects related to ageing, but also the health characteristics of senior citizens and the social impact of age-related diseases. These theoretical topics are complemented by two case reports from practice. Qualitative research enabled the views of general practitioners for adults to be understood and interpreted through semi-structured interviews. The interviews specified not only their perceived position and standard practices, but also the set conditions and points of friction on the borderline between healthcare and provision of social services in care for the elderly in their private practices. The main aim of the thesis was to reveal how these doctors perceive possible cooperation with a healthcare social worker in the context of screening and care not only for high-risk senior citizens. And to answer the main research question. The results of the research provide an answer which is also suggested by international studies in the field of social work in primary healthcare -..