Living Conditions in Retirement Homes in the Czech Republic and Austria from Seniors' Point of View

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/2292-2598.2014.02.01.8" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/2292-2598.2014.02.01.8</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/2292-2598.2014.02.01.8" target="_blank" >10.6000/2292-2598.2014.02.01.8</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Living Conditions in Retirement Homes in the Czech Republic and Austria from Seniors' Point of View

Original language description

Senior citizens generally face more challenging life situations than other people (death of people close to them, deteriorating health, loss of social status, leaving home, etc.) - even multiple such situations at one time - and must cope with them. Thefocus of this report is one of these situations: the life of senior citizens in a retirement home, which is a type of residential social services. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this research was to map the living conditions of seniors living in 1 retirement home in the Písek region (Czech Republic) and in 1 retirement home in the Innsbruck region (Austria). METHODS: The enquiry method was chosen for the research. A semi-standardised interview with 40 seniors was carried out as part of routine data collection. The topics of the interview were compiled as to cover areas related to residential standards, eating, economic situation, maintaining of social contacts, use of free time and assessment of health care. RESULTS: The research showed th

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AE - Management, administration and clerical work

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2014

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Intellectual Disability - Diagnosis and Treatment

ISSN

2292-2598

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

2

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CA - CANADA

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

59-67

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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