Activity of the Patients of an Assisted Living Facility on the Example of the Centre and Medical Care Institution of the Nuns of St Elizabeth in Cieszyn

Aim: This study aims to find out the socio-cultural activities of the patients of the Care and Treatment Centre and Medical Centre of the Sisters of St Elizabeth. Methods: The study used action research, and latent participant observation. Results: Rehabilitation in a broad sense is a form of activation for the patients of the Care and Treatment Centre, Centre, and Medical Centre of the Sisters of Saint Elizabeth in Cieszyn. Activities adapted to the needs and individual abilities of each person improve their well-being, raise their self-esteem, and allow them to forget about their serious illness and longing for their loved ones; they also contribute to skillful interpersonal communication, and thus to improved relations with the institution's community or family relations. They fill leisure time and develop new passions and interests in the participants of the therapeutic process. Conclusion: Exclusion theory points to natural changes in social activity in late adulthood, but this does not mean giving up activity altogether, but rather adapting it to new needs and opportunities. Activity theory, on the other hand, emphasizes the need to continue to be socially active and to seek new roles, even in late adulthood, which can contribute to maintaining psychological and social integrity.