UPPVFK020 Social Work with Seniors

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PaedDr. Miroslav Pilát, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PaedDr. Miroslav Pilát, 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 aim of this subject is to provide basic orientation in terminology, history and education in social work with seniors. Students will be introduced with selected theories of social work and with methods of social work focused on seniors. There will be specified problems of the target group and the specificities of working with them.
Syllabus
  • 1. Definition of social work, its aims, meaning, development and position within the social sciences.
    2. Social work as a construction - paradigms of social work (reflexively therapeutic paradigm, socialist-collectivist paradigm, individualistic-reform paradigm.
    3. The personality of a social worker, claims to the profession of a social worker in the field of social work with the elderly.
    4. Dilemmas in contemporary social work with the elderly (formalization and de-formalization, professionalization and de-professionalisation, normative and non-normative, help and social control, polyvalention and specialization, social work as science and art).
    5. Burnout syndrome of social workers and social workers at social services who work with the target group of seniors. Supervision of social service providers focusing on work with seniors. Balint groups.
    6. Ethics of social work with seniors. Ethical codes and the reasons that lead to their creation, acceptance and their fulfillment. Ethical Code of Social Workers of the Czech Republic.
    7. Social work and social services for the elderly - mutual relationship. Act No. 108/2006 Coll., On Social Services. Quality standards of social services and their focus on providers of social services with the target group of seniors.
    8. Definition of cognitive-behavioral approach and pre-therapy in social work with the elderly. Social services for seniors in the Czech Republic - typology according to the Act on Social Services.
    Flats of special purpose - apartments in nursing homes and barrier-free flats.
    9. A social care assistant as an alternative to the care of persons dependent on the care of another person according to the Social Services Act with a view to providing care to the elderly. Conditions for the performance of the Welfare Assistance Institute, care allowance, written agreement about the provision of assistance and its details.
    10. The issue of lonely and abused old people from the point of view of social work. Solution options - pre-therapy, crisis intervention, catatonia - focused on client. Possibilities of a cognitive - behavioral approach to the subject.
    11. Use of reminiscence therapy in social work with seniors. Origin and development of reminiscence therapy, principles of reminiscence therapy, forms and methods of reminiscence therapy, tools in reminiscence therapy, professional competence of reminiscence therapist.
    12. Social aspects of social work with seniors in residential facilities. Age and institutional care for the elderly, characteristics of residential facilities, needs of users and the possibilities of their satisfaction in residential facilities.
    13. Sexual life of seniors in social care facilities. Sexuality in old age, forms of sexual behavior, changes in sexuality in old age, biological changes and their reflection in sexual life, psychosexual changes, removal of communication barriers between seniors, staff and the public in the sexual life of seniors.
Literature
    required literature
  • MATOUŠEK, O. a kol. Encyklopedie sociální práce. Praha: Portál, 2013. ISBN 978-80-262-0366-7. info
  • HOLMEROVÁ, I., JAROLÍMOVÁ, E. a SUCHÁ. J. Péče o pacienty s kognitivní poruchou. Gerontologické centrum: edice Vážka, 2007. ISBN 978-80-254-0177-4. info
  • HOLMEROVÁ, I., JURAŠKOVÁ, B. a ZIKMUNDOVÁ, K. Vybrané kapitoly z gerontologie. Praha: Gema, 2007. ISBN 978-80-254-0179-8. info
  • PROUTY, G., WERDE, D. V., PORTNER, M. Preterapie. Praha: Portál, 2005. ISBN 80-7178-949-6. info
  • MATOUŠEK, O., KOLÁČKOVÁ, J. a KODYMOVÁ, P. (eds.). Sociální práce v praxi: specifika různých cílových skupin a práce s nimi. Praha: Portál, 2005. ISBN 80-7367-002-X. info
  • MATOUŠEK, O. et al. Základy sociální práce. Praha: Portál, 2001. ISBN 80-7178-473-7. info
    recommended literature
  • Vyhláška č. 505/2006 Sb., kterou se provádějí některá ustanovení zákona o sociálních službách, ve znění pozdějších předpisů. info
  • Zákon č. 108/2008 Sb., o sociálních službách, ve znění pozdějších předpisů. info
  • Zákon č. 329/2011 Sb., o poskytování dávek osobám se zdravotním postižením, ve znění pozdějších předpisů. info
  • JŮN, H. Moc, pomoc a bezmoc v sociálních službách a ve zdravotnictví. Praha: Portál, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7367-590-5. info
  • MÁTL, O. a JABŮRKOVÁ, M. Kvalita péče o seniory. Řízení kvality dlouhodobé péče v ČR. Praha: Galén, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7262-499-7. info
  • MATOUŠEK, O. et al. Metody a řízení sociální práce. Praha: Portál, 2003. ISBN 948-80-7367-502-8. info
  • DAVIES, M. (ED.). The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Social Work. Malden, Oxford, Carlton: Blackwell Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0631214518. info
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 8 HOD/SEM.
Teacher's information
Processing of 7-10 standard pages on Comparison of two selected approaches in social work. Each student chooses a topic (2 approaches) and can consult with a teacher within 14 days. The literature from which the student will draw will be a minimum of 3 titles from the literature and 1 titled from the literature.
The basic criterion in assessing the quality of the thesis will be the demonstration of the ability to work with a specialized text, with the emphasis on the appropriate interconnection of individual authors' theses into a coherent logical framework and the ability to project the theoretical knowledge into the practice of social work with the client. Students will submit the processed paper at least two weeks before the start of the last week of study so that the teacher has the opportunity to evaluate the job and possibly return it for reworking by e-mail. In the framework of consultations (personal, electronic), the student can use the time to solve the ambiguities in the processing of tasks. The processing of the paper is a precondition for admitting the student to the exam.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2016, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023.
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