UPPVJP042 Spa Stays for Seniors

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
13/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Pavlína Sonnková (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Institute of Pedagogical and Psychological Sciences – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: PhDr. Edita Ondřejová, Ph.D.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(P)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course aims to familiarize students with the current situation in the area of balneology and spa stays. It provides an overview of the various forms of spa treatments and their functions, focusing on the specific needs of seniors. During the course, students will be introduced to basic (health and medical, accommodation, catering) as well as additional services provided in spas and health resorts, to the division of spas depending on the nature of services and their basic characteristics. The course includes basic knowledge from the field of offer of leisure activities and preparation of educational activities for seniors in the framework of a long-term spa stay. Based on examples of good practice, students will be introduced to the situation in the Czech Republic and abroad.
Learning outcomes
Professional knowledge: Having completed the course, students can define the basic forms of spa stays and their functions. They can specify the needs of seniors within long-term spa stays.

Professional skills: Based on the completion of the course, students will be able to select and evaluate the offer of stays in spa resorts of the Czech Republic. In practice, they can design leisure activities with emphasis on educational goals as part of long-term spa stays of seniors for selected spa facilities.

General qualification: After completing the course, students can analyze problems related to the issues of spa stays for the elderly, to the specifics of accommodation, catering services and leisure activities within the framework of long-term stays in spa resorts.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the issues of balneology
  • 2. Importance and specifics of balneology and spa care in the Czech Republic
  • 3. Organization and course of spa stays
  • 4. – 5. Forms of spa stays and their functions
  • 6. Specifics of spa stays for seniors
  • 7. Characteristics of services provided during spa stays of seniors
  • 8. – 10. Cultural, social, sporting and educational activities during spa stays of seniors
  • 11. Typology of spas in the Czech Republic
  • 12. Inspiration from the Czech Republic and abroad - examples of good practice
  • 13. Excursion in a selected spa resort.
Literature
    required literature
  • JANÍK, P. Informační systémy v hotelovém a lázeňském provozu. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2017. ISBN 978-80-7510-275-1
  • KOTÍKOVÁ, Halina. Nové trendy v nabídce cestovního ruchu. Praha, 2013. ISBN 978-80-247-4603-6. info
  • SCHWARTZHOFFOVÁ, E. Lázeňství a wellness. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2016. ISBN 978-80-244-5113-8.
  • SONNKOVÁ, P. Lázeňský cestovní ruch a wellness. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2017. ISBN 978-80-7510-253-9.
  • ŠPATÉNKOVÁ, N., SMÉKALOVÁ, L. Edukace seniorů. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2015. ISBN 978-80-247-5446-8. info
  • VANÍČEK, J. Lázeňské pobyty pro seniory [online]. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, Fakulta veřejných politik v Opavě, 2019. Dostupné z: https://elearning.slu.cz/course/index.php?categoryid=45
  • VANÍČEK, J. Marketing služeb a cestovního ruchu. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, Filozoficko-přírodovědecká fakulta v Opavě, Ústav lázeňství, gastronomie a turismu, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7248-870-4.
    recommended literature
  • BERÁNEK, J. Ekonomika cestovního ruchu. Praha: GRADA, 2016. ISBN 978-80-86724-46-1.
  • GOELDNER, C. R. and J. R. RITSCHIE. Tourism: Principles, Practices, Philosophies. New York: John Wiley, 2011. ISBN 978-1-118-07177-9.
  • JAKUBÍKOVÁ, D. Marketing v cestovním ruchu. Praha:Grada Publishing, 2012. ISBN 978-80-247-4209-0. info
  • JANIŠ, Kamil and Jitka SKOPALOVÁ. Volný čas seniorů (Leisure time of senior citizens). první. Praha: Grada, 2016, 156 pp. Pedagogika. ISBN 978-80-247-5535-9. info
  • LOCHMANNOVÁ, A. Cestovní ruch. Prostějov: Computer Media, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7402-216-6.
  • PALÁTKOVÁ, M. a J. ZICHOVÁ. Ekonomika turismu – turismus České republiky. Praha: GRADA, 2014. ISBN 978-80-247-3643-3.
  • RAŠOVSKÁ, I. a K. RYGLOVÁ. Management kvality služeb v cestovním ruchu. Praha: GRADA, 2017. ISBN 978-80-247-5021-7.
  • RYGLOVÁ, K., BURIAN, M. a I. VAJČNEROVÁ. Cestovní ruch – podnikatelské principy a příležitosti v praxi. Praha: GRADA, 2011. ISBN 978-80-247-4039-3.
  • ŠPATENKOVÁ, N. a kol. Krize a krizová intervence. Vydání 1. Praha: Grada, 2017. 285 stran. Psyché. ISBN 978-80-247-5327-0.
  • VANÍČEK, J. Příprava a řízení projektů. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, Filozoficko-přírodovědecká fakulta v Opavě, Ústav lázeňství, gastronomie a turismu, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7248-825-4.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
zápočet
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2019, Accreditation summer, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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