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The bachelor's thesis deals with zootherapy in homes for the elderly in the Pilsen region. It examines the views and opinions of workers providing zootherapy and social workers. The work further examines how zootherapy is performed, what are its benefits and how its users are involved. Zootherapy contributes to improving the mental and physical condition of clients. The bachelor thesis consists of two parts - the practical one and the theoretical one. The theoretical part is devoted to defining important terms related to zootherapy and home for the elderly, it also deals with the history of zootherapy and the description of individual types of zootherapy. The practical part deals with the process itself, the benefits for the user, and the involvement of a social worker in the process. The aim of the bachelor's thesis was to find out how zootherapy is provided in homes for the elderly in the Pilsen region. The partial goal was to find out how users are involved in the process, what is the benefit of providing zootherapy and what kind of zootherapy is most frequently used in homes for the elderly. 1 main research question and 3 secondary research questions were defined to fulfil these aims. A qualitative strategy, concretely a semi-standardized interview technique, was used for the research of the bachelor's thesis. The results were processed by open coding, rewritten, and recorded in schemes via the literal responses of individual information partners. The result of the research is the finding that the most provided type of zootherapy is canistherapy and that feline therapy is provided only in one single case. All respondents evaluate the benefits of therapy positively, clients are actively involved in the therapeutic process. The bachelor's thesis can serve as a source of information about the course and benefits of zootherapy in the Pilsen region. |
