Migration of elderly people for care

Autor: Staňková, Klára
Přispěvatelé: Dragomirecká, Eva, Vojtíšek, Petr
Jazyk: čeština
Rok vydání: 2021
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Popis: Demographic ageing and the shortage of social care workers in European countries are just some of the reasons that lead elderly people to migrate to foreign countries for care. In the theoretical part is this bachelor thesis concerned with the topic of care for the elderly and its problems from a broader perspective and focuses on the situation in Czech Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany. The thesis goes on by defining the term migrant, migration and by introducing the main migration theories. Afterwards explores the thesis migration of caregivers and the phenomenon of international retirement migration. This phenomenon is divided into more kinds, but the main focus lies on the migration of elderly people for care. At the end of the theoretical part introduces the thesis fundamental human needs in old age. These findings are followed by the empirical part of the thesis, which explores, by using the qualitative method, the experience of German elderly people in old age care facilities in the Czech Republic.
Databáze: OpenAIRE