UPPVFK058 Family and Senior

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Edita Ondřejová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Edita Ondřejová, Ph.D.
Institute of Pedagogical and Psychological Sciences – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course aims to provide students with insight into the problems of the family, the family development cycle, forming the relationships within the family, focusing on relationships and lines of development of the individual in old age. This course is based on the characteristics of the family especially contemporary Czech society, it defines its functions with a special focus on the elderly in families. Attention will be paid to the layout and atmosphere of families senior. Details will be discussed family environment as an essential factor in the education of seniors.
Syllabus
  • 1. Senior and family, family environment. The concept of family, family function - fulfilling family functions in relation to individuals in the senior age - the issue of emotional security functions, home security and so on. Current Issues families with a focus on seniors. Current trends in the family, postponing parenthood, single parent families - the impact of these trends on life in old age.
    2. The family and its development stages from the period of retirement until death. Family life during retirement. Intergenerational cohabitation. Preparing individuals and families at this developmental stage.
    3. The role of the individual in old age in the context of his family life. (Problems, conflicts, divorce in old age). Senior as a grandparent. Specific tasks care grandparent, grandparent foster care.
    4. Family and social support.
    5. Families with elderly abuse syndrome. Relatives and human rights.
    6. Family as his educational environment. Employment x to employ individuals during old age
Literature
    required literature
  • MATOUŠEK, O., PAZLAROVÁ, H. Podpora rodiny. Manuál pro pomáhající profese. Praha: Portál, s. r. o., 2014. ISBN 978-80-262-0697-2. info
  • SOBOTKOVÁ, I. Psychologie rodiny. Praha: Portál, 2012. ISBN 978-80-262-0217-2. info
  • ŠEVČÍK, D., ŠPATENKOVÁ, N. a kol. Kontext, dynamika a intervence. Praha: Portál, s. r. o., 2011. ISBN 978-80-7367-690-2. info
  • HAŠKOVCOVÁ, H. Fenomén stáří. Praha: Havlíček Brain Tram, 2010. ISBN 978-80-87109-19-9. info
  • MOŽNÝ, I. Rodina a společnost. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství (SLON), 2008. ISBN 978-80-86429-87-8. info
  • KRAUS, B. Základy sociální pedagogiky. Praha: Portál, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7367-383-3. info
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, M. Vývojová psychologie II: dospělost a stáří. Praha: Karolinum, 2007. ISBN 978-80-246-1318-5. info
  • MATOUŠEK, O. Rodina jako instituce a vztahová síť. Praha: Slon, 2003. ISBN 80-86429-19-9. info
  • MATĚJČEK, Z., DYTRYCH, Z. Radosti a strasti prarodičů, aneb když máme vnoučata. Praha: Grada, 1997. ISBN 80-7169-455-X. info
    recommended literature
  • WÜNSCHOVÁ, P. Rodina a domácí násilí. In: MATOUŠEK, O., PAZLAROVÁ, H. Podpora rodiny. Manuál pro pomáhající profese. Praha: Portál, 2014. ISBN 978-80-262-0697-2. info
  • LUSSO, V. C. Prarodiče, rodiče a vnoučata. O emočních, vztahových a komunikačních úskalích. Praha. Portál, 2011. ISBN 978-80-262-0003-1. info
  • KIMPLOVÁ T. Základy psychologie manželského a rodinného soužití. 1. vyd. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7368-619-2. info
  • MLČÁK, Z. Vybrané kapitoly z psychologie manželství a rodiny. Ostrava: FF OU, 1996. ISBN 80-7042-452-4. info
Teaching methods
Monological
Assessment methods
Credit
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Přednáška 6 HOD/SEM.
Teacher's information
Credit: seminar test (successful completion - 75%) of the intended primary literature.
Students worked in the subject cases of two families on a chosen topic:
Family situation in the death of one parent in old age; Family situation, relationship breakdown in the child, the role of grandparents in this situation, family and caring for an aging family member - demands on family life, family and intergenerational cohabitation, kinship foster care - such as foster grandparent, family violence against seniors and so on.
Case report can be processed and a senior resident outside the family (retirement home, senior staying at the hospice etc.). Range kasuistiky 5 pages.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2017, Winter 2018.
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