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Authors: Chaloupková, Jana
This chapter presents a concept of the transition into adulthood and the changes of this process in the contemporary societies. Using ESS 2006 data it shows that the social definition of adulthood is connected more closely with an economical independence than with a family format...
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Authors: Nešporová, Olga, Kamila Svobodová, Lucie Vidovićová
The text gives an overview of the current situation in the field of social services for older people with an emphasis on the fragile elderly provided by nongovernmental, not-for-profit bodies. The report has three main parts linked by the concept of needs. The first part of the r...
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Authors: Kocman D, Regen E, Phelps K, Martin G, Parker S, Gilbert T, Conroy S.
AbstractIntroductionThe aim of this study was to design an approach to improving care for frail older patients in hospital services where Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) was not part of the clinical tradition.MethodsThe intervention was based on the principles of CGA, us...
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Authors: Radka Dudová, Marta Vohlídalová
Current data show that most elderly care in the Czech Republic, as well as worldwide, is provided by family members and in most cases women. Men also provide care, but they are less likely to do so, the intensity of the care they do provide is not as great, and the care activitie...
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Authors: Křížková, Alena, Radka Dudová, Marie Pospíšilová, Marie Heřmanová
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Authors: Nešporová, Olga
Death and dying is one of the overlooked areas in the Czech Republic. The prolonging of dying in neo-modern/ late-modern societies requires not just medical care but also very important social care that is a major factor in maintaining high quality of life right to the end. Czech...
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Authors: Conroy S P, Bardsley M, Smith P, Neuburger J, Keeble E, Arora S, Kraindler J, Ariti C, Sherlaw-Johnson C, Street A, Roberts H, Kennedy S, Martin G, Phelps K, Regen E, Kocman D, McCue P, Fisher E & Parker S.
AbstractBackgroundThe aim was to provide high quality evidence on delivering hospital-wide Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA).Objective(s)Define CGA, its processes, outcomes and costs in the published literatureIdentify the processes, outcomes and costs of CGA in existing h...
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Authors: Křížková, Alena, Radka Dudová, Marie Pospíšilová, Marie Heřmanová
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Authors: Večerník, Jiří
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Authors: Večerník, Jiří
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Authors: Hašková, Hana, Kyzlinková, Renata
Employees in many European countries do have at their disposal various working-time options. Shorter working hours, leave options and flexible working-time arrangements enable employees to adjust their working time to meet their needs over the life course. The current study prese...
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Authors: Pospíšilová, Marie, Křížková, Alena
Background: The paper deals with older workers and the issue of combining informal care for family members with paid employment, which is increasingly important in the light of socio-demographic changes in society - namely demographic ageing and the lengthening of working li...
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Authors: Trusinová, Romana
The aim of this study is to find out which characteristics affect the age identity of individuals. The main question is: What determines whether the people in the Czech Republic find themselves young, middle aged or old? Two alternative hypotheses were tested: a) the age identity...
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Authors: Hamplová, Dana
The chapter analyzes labor market exists of Czech men and women in 1990s. It shows that the pressure on the labor market increased older workers tendency to retire. The risk of retirement and its timing is however heavily dependent on human capital of a worker.
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Authors: Trusinová, Romana
The article examines age as a possible group identity. It sets out to determine which age groups in society today have a stronger sense of identity and the source of that identity, while drawing on the tenets of social psychology and the theories of social identity and optimal di...
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Authors: Benešová, Romana
The article deals with three basic questions: what is and what is not the ageism, how serious is ageism in Czech Republic based on the research European Social Survey Round 4 and what are the ways of reducing ageism.
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Authors: Hamplová, Dana, Štěpánka Pollnerová
The chapter analyzes labor market in retirement and pre-retirement age and compares the periods 1995-1997 and 1998-2000. Results indicate that the period of economic recession after 1997 witnessed earlier exists from work to retirement even though the mandatory retirement age was...
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Authors: Soukup, Tomáš, Martin Ďurďovič
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