The barriers to communication with hospitalized seniors

Author: Martina Poklopová Institution: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Department of Social Medicine, Department of Nursing Title: The barriers to communication with hospitalized seniors Supervisor: doc. PhDr. Jana Kutnohorská, CSc. Number of pages: 104 Number of attachments: 5 Year of defense: 2016 Key words: communication, old age, senior, barriers to communication, dementia, hearing-impaired senior, visually impaired senior This Bachelor Thesis deals with the most frequent barriers to communication with hospitalized seniors from the perspective of nursing staff. The theoretic part of the thesis deals with communication in general, it defines words: old age, senior, aging, it acquaints with the specifics of communication with seniors. Special attention is paid to the communication with seniors with sensory and cognitive disorders. The empiric part of the thesis is comprised of the quantitative research focused on the detection and analysis of the barriers to communication with hospitalized seniors. The research took place in Rehamedica Žacléř, a. s., the medical facility for the long-term nursing care, and in Oblastní nemocnice Trutnov, a. s. The surveyed file is represented by nursing staff - nurses, nursing assistants, hospital attendants and orderlies. The survey..