Abstract
Social therapy is a set of individual and group practices for creating, restoring and strengthening social relationships and skills of individuals. One of the important therapies is ergotherapy. The aim of the research is to show the importance of social therapy, which is carried out in retirement homes. Research data and methods. We used the inductive statistics tools, Chi-square test, to verify the hypotheses. We make decisions on the significance of the differences based on the calculated value and the significance level of 0.05. We conducted the research in three retirement homes. We found out the relation between the length of stay in the retirement home and the type of respondents' social therapy and the subjective perception of help in managing everyday activities. Results . From the research results we found a link between the length of stay in a retirement home and the use of social therapy. The longer the respondents have been in the retirement home, the more often they use ergotherapy. There is also a statistically significant relationship between the length of stay in a retirement home and their subjective perception of therapy in managing everyday activities. Conclusions . The psychological impact of therapeutic activities on seniors is undeniable. It helps seniors to accept themselves because they still feel capable of performing a useful activity.
Highlights
The word therapy comes from the Greek word, meaning to heal, nurse, educate, exercise, help, care
Occupational therapy is based on the belief that people are active beings who are constantly evolving through their relationship with the physical, social, cultural and spiritual environment
Given the calculated chi square of 13.41, we found in Hypothesis 1 a link between the length of stay in a retirement home and the use of social therapy
Summary
The word therapy comes from the Greek word (therapeia), meaning to heal, nurse, educate, exercise, help, care. [1] According to the World Federation of Occupational Therapists (2004), “occupational therapy is a profession that aims to promote the health and wellbeing of a client through activities. The primary purpose of ergotherapy is to enable clients to participate in everyday activities Occupational therapists achieve this goal by trying to help people carry out activities that increase their ability to integrate into everyday life. Occupational therapy is the treatment of persons with physical or mental illness or disability, using selected activities to enable them to achieve maximum functional standards and independence in all aspects of life. Occupational therapy is a profession that draws on medical and social sciences It focuses on the nature, balance, forms and context of being busy in an individual’s life. The quality of life concerns the physical, psychological state, and the area of social relations and the economic and financial situation. [3] Therapists of the Czech Association of Occupational
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