Kontakt, 2008 (vol. 10), Supl 1
EditorialEditorial
Vladimír Vurm
Kontakt 2008, 10(Supl 1):7 
Jedině zdravé stáří může být aktivníSlovo spolupořadatele
Zdeněk Velikovský
Kontakt 2008, 10(Supl 1):8
Slovo spoluřadateleSlovo spolupořadatele
Marcela Vítová
Kontakt 2008, 10(Supl 1):9
Safe mobility of elderly persons in transportationProblematika generace 50 plus
Jiří Štikar, Jiří Hoskovec, Jana Šmolíková
Kontakt 2008, 10(Supl 1):11-13
Elderly participants in the transportation have their specific needs and problems in the field of their mobility. These problems should be known for planning preventive provisions against dangers.Basic questions are presented, which should be answered by the research. The authors present results of their questionnaire study implemented in two groups of drivers (without accidents and with accidents) over 55 years of age. Needs are emphasized of forming and implementation of educational programmes for the development of self-regulation of elderly persons.
Development of disability in the Czech republic depending on the age with focusing on the generation 50 plusProblematika generace 50 plus
Rostislav Čevela, Libuše Čeledová
Kontakt 2008, 10(Supl 1):14-18
The number of pensioners increased between 2000 and 2006, which holds for old age pensioners as well as for disability pensioners. The increase in the number of old age pensioners was of about 98 thousands in 2006 compared to 2000. The increase of full disability pensioners was about 8 thousands in this period and in partial disability pensioners it was of about 43.5 thousands. Hypothetically, it is possible to believe that there is a certain parallel trend between increasing age of retirement and increasing number of disability pensioners. For a proportion of citizens, the disability retirement is a solution of their health and social problems. Particularly...
Evaluation of the probe "What is the life of seniors in České Budějovice"Problematika generace 50 plus
Monika Měrotská
Kontakt 2008, 10(Supl 1):19-24
Seniors, not only in České Budějovice, are a group of inhabitants having its specific position among other citizens. This is a relatively numerous group; in České Budějovice the citizens of 60 years of age and over 60 years of age form 20% of the population. We intended to acquire a certain concept concerning their situation, needs and interests for purposes of a further activity of the Association of Pensioners, but also for needs of further subjects and for establishing hypotheses for further studies.
Emergency care service "AREÍON" for seniors and people with health handicaps - experience with granting this social serviceProblematika generace 50 plus
Augustín Valko
Kontakt 2008, 10(Supl 1):25-27
The emergency care is a field, distanced social service having as basic target to reduce health and social risks of elderly persons or people with health handicaps and to enable them to live in their own social environment. The contribution informs on the history, current condition and concepts of a further development of the service.
Infringements of human rights in residential facilities for seniorsProblematika generace 50 plus
Radka Bužgová, Kateřina Ivanová
Kontakt 2008, 10(Supl 1):28-33
The article considers rights of seniors in residential facilities. The target of the research was to find whether human rights are violated in these facilities, what the way of the violation is, and what the cause of this phenomenon is. The findings were obtained by a qualitative research methodology: Phenomenological method. For the data accumulation, the technique of non-standardized dialogue was used, the respondents being chosen by the snow ball technique. The total sample group was formed by members of management (n = 4), employees (n = 28) and clients (n = 20) of four old people's homes in Ostrava. Based on a qualitative analysis of data, two...
Satisfaction with dwelling in citizens over 50 years of ageProblematika generace 50 plus
Jaroslav Kotrba, Helena Zavázalová, Květuše Zikmundová
Kontakt 2008, 10(Supl 1):34-36
The contribution presents results of questionnaire examination of the satisfaction with the current dwelling in 600 citizens of 50 to 64 years of age with focusing on men and women, age group, site of the contemporary dwelling and performance of employment. In the evaluation of the satisfaction with dwelling, more than 9/10 citizens of 50 to 64 years of age report that they are satisfied with their dwelling. A decrease in the satisfaction with dwelling is observed in women with increasing age. Women are more satisfied in other cities (compared to Plzeň) and in the country, whereas men are more satisfied in country and in Plzeň. From the standpoint...
Senioři komunikujíProblematika generace 50 plus
Iveta Petráňová
Kontakt 2008, 10(Supl 1):37
Seniors and distanced workProblematika generace 50 plus
Pavel Sládek
Kontakt 2008, 10(Supl 1):38-40
In the contribution presented here, a method of work is analyzed, for which the name teleworking or distanced work was adopted. This type of work can be used in certain professions only, which do not call for frequent personal contacts with employees and co-workers.For the development of teleworking, there is a decisive situation in branches of so called new technologies. The distanced employee performs his/her activity through the mediation of a computer, because he/she is at a site different from that of the employee or customer and thus, the remote communication is provided thanks to telecommunication networks.
Spiritual service in old people's homesProblematika generace 50 plus
Ondřej Doskočil, Markéta Uxová
Kontakt 2008, 10(Supl 1):41-45
The concept "spiritual" is currently ever more mentioned in addition to the known group of three: "Bio-psycho-social" needs. However, the spirituality cannot be identified in a simple manner with religion. Due to this, the spiritual service in the health and social field cannot only be understood as a domain of professional priests. On the general level, the authors of the contribution deal with the scope of the spirituality and spiritual needs and they present questions concerning the position of spirituality in the holistic concept of the man. By way of example of new trends of taking spiritual care in health services (phenomenon of hospital curates),...
Specific features of members of the generation 50plus on the labour marketProblematika generace 50 plus
Nina Mocová
Kontakt 2008, 10(Supl 1):46-47
The contribution deals with certain changes concerning the labour market and nature of employment of the Generation 50plus, which exert considerable impacts onto the offer of and demand for the work. The contribution speaks about changes associated with aging of the population on the labour market.
Problems of contemporary world seniors - problems and perspectivesProblematika generace 50 plus
Vladimír Vurm, Zdeněk Velikovský
Kontakt 2008, 10(Supl 1):48-49
Problems of the contemporary world, overeating on the one hand and starvation on the other, also considerably concern the generation 50 plus. A further problem is an ever existing growth of the concentration of humans in big cities and "de-humanization" of mutual contacts including increases in numbers of single-member households.
Cooperation of family members with health personnel in taking care of seniors in old people's homesProblematika generace 50 plus
Iveta Sladká, Alena Machová
Kontakt 2008, 10(Supl 1):50-54
In the present article, we deal with problems of cooperation between family members and health personnel in old people's homes. This problem is currently very topical, since the number of seniors is ever increasing.
Criminality committed on seniorsProblematika generace 50 plus
Petra Zimmelová, Eva Novotná
Kontakt 2008, 10(Supl 1):55-60
Problems of violation against seniors are in the centre of interest in many advanced countries. Elderly people belong to the risk population groups. This is due to the fact that the population is aging in general.Elderly people are endangered in many respects and they have disadvantages compared to younger citizens. The personal safety is an important area in the enhanced endangerment. The seniors are endangered by unintentional accidents and injuries (e.g. in transportation or during falls) as well as by forceful and other criminal activities.The results of the research demonstrate the fact that elderly people are not the most frequent victims...
Vaccination of seniors against encephalitis transmitted by ticksProblematika generace 50 plus
Markéta Kastnerová, Kvetoslava Kotrbová, František Kotrba
Kontakt 2008, 10(Supl 1):61-63
The encephalitis transmitted by ticks or the inflammation of the brain transmitted by ticks is an infectious viral disease. The agent of the disease is the virus of the Central-European encephalitis transmitted by ticks from the group of flaviviruses. The virus is transmitted through the mediation of ticks (Gőpfertová, Pazdiora, Dáňová, 2005). The disease occurs under different clinical patterns and it has typically a two-stage course. Depending on the severity of the involvement, we consider the following form: Meningeal, encephalitic, encephalomyelitic and bulbocervical. The transmission of the infection occurs by the attachment of the infected tick....
Communication as a tool for the activization of seniorsProblematika generace 50 plus
Josef Havlík
Kontakt 2008, 10(Supl 1):64-68
The irreplaceable role in enjoyment of active and worthy old age is associated with mutual communication between seniors and their surroundings. It supports their personal identity, motivates them for social connections, facilitates solution of their problems, potentiates their education, contributes to entertainment, etc. The activization of seniors is also considerably enhanced by the society and by their institutions, since through the mediation of interaction and aimed communication they provide a legal, economical, cultural, educational and social-health framework important for the senior life quality itself. In the life of the older generation,...
Hospic - místo radostiProblematika generace 50 plus
Robert Huneš
Kontakt 2008, 10(Supl 1):69-72
Methods of activization of elderly patientsProblematika generace 50 plus
Lenka Hofbauerová, Veronika Švábová
Kontakt 2008, 10(Supl 1):73-74
The worldwide population in advanced countries is currently aging and this trend is also obvious in our country. Thus, the society should search for starting points for providing meaningful life of elderly people with taking into account the possibilities of their health. Thus, the activization of hospitalized seniors should be one of them.
Generation 50+ in the focus of interest of community planningProblematika generace 50 plus
Ľuba Pavelová
Kontakt 2008, 10(Supl 1):75-80
The community social work represents a very wide variety of different perspectives, strategies, models and techniques. Many authors attempt to bring a system into this diversity which is, of course, not simple. In spite of difficult classification, these attempts are important for the use in practice and for proper procedures in the community social work. Planning opens new possibilities for the generation 50+.
Health as a key factor of the quality of life of elderly peopleProblematika generace 50 plus
Martina Hrozenská
Kontakt 2008, 10(Supl 1):81-84
The contribution indicates theoretical and methodological possibilities of managing the quality of life of elderly people, particularly quality of life associated with their health. The author of the contribution indicates the importance of accepting the autonomy (independence) of elderly man in the measurement and assessment of the life quality.
Importance of non-profit organizations in the field of social servicesProblematika generace 50 plus
Pavla Varvažovská
Kontakt 2008, 10(Supl 1):85-88
The target of the work is characterization of the importance and mission of non-profit organizations in the field of social services. The new law on social services arranges rights and obligations in the field of granting social services not only for users and givers of these services but also rights and obligations of state administrative authorities. One of duties of the region is compilation of a mid-term plan of development of social services in the region.
Selected determinants of the life of persons of pre-retirement ageProblematika generace 50 plus
Helena Zavázalová, Květuše Zikmundová, Vladimír Zaremba
Kontakt 2008, 10(Supl 1):89-92
Why the analysis of selected determinants in persons of pre-retirement age? The age is a reflection of the whole life, but the period 50 plus is of importance. By prolonging the time for retirement, the average age will be shifted to older age groups (60 plus). By the retirement, the whole still existing way of life, stereotypes, is changed. The way of life in pre-senior age considerably affects the life after retirement and consumption of health care. In accordance with demographic prognoses, in average, women and men will live after their retirement for 20 years and about 17 years, respectively.How to enjoy this time in a quality manner? Taking...
Psychospiritual transformation of personality in the second half of lifeProblematika generace 50 plus
Silvester Sawicki, Ľubomír Holkovič
Kontakt 2008, 10(Supl 1):93-98
The psychospiritual transformation of the personality is an extraordinary phenomenon rather frequently occurring in humans in the second half of their lives. This is a period, where life priorities and values are naturally changed. Within the scope of this process, our ego is prepared to give up old formulae of the consensual reality and to adopt new spiritual and formerly extended perception. This can bring new possibilities of knowledge of our own personality and deeper knowledge of relationships with people and surroundings. The research indicates that people, due to psychospiritual transformation, live rather more in spiritual manner, they alter...