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How hospice workers perceive death and dying
Voldřichová, Johana ; Remr, Jiří (advisor) ; Vokřálová, Eliška (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with the topic of how hospice care workers perceive and talk about death and dying. Much of the work that discusses this topic views it from the perspective of patients or relatives or loved ones. This paper aims to describe how hospice care workers work with the everyday presence of death. In the first part, the thesis discusses theoretical concepts that are applicable to hospice care and hospice work. Primarily, the thesis focuses on the topics of coping with death, tabooing death, and working with the body. It is qualitative research based on key informant techniques. Purposeful sampling was used to obtain informants. Ten semi- structured in-depth interviews were conducted with hospice and palliative care workers. In the practical part, the findings from the interviews obtained in a hospice in the Central Bohemia region are elaborated. Thematic analysis helped me to identify three main themes, which are, coping, working with the body and the forms and concepts of death. The thesis attempts to develop the existing research existing on this topic. It is important to understand how workers work with death and how they perceive it due to how stressful this work is, but also because the current society is aging and there will be a need for more workers and overall hospice care.
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The image of death, dying and mourning in modern German-language literature for children and adolescents, using the example of selected picture books
Vorlová, Kateřina ; Markvartová, Eva (advisor) ; Bučková, Tamara (referee)
The diploma thesis focuses on the theme of death, dying and grief in modern German picture books. The theoretical basis of this thesis is, in addition to the chapter on death, its concept in literature, the children's world and theology, a chapter on picture books and the afterlife from the perspective of world religions. In the practical part, selected works are interpreted and compared with each other based on their content. The aim of the thesis is to prove that death has never been a taboo subject in children's literature, but on the contrary, a rich subject, which is popularly depicted. Among other things, the thesis shows that each narrator and protagonist views death in a slightly different way, treats and evaluates it differently. Nevertheless, the final reconciliation is thematized in all texts. KEYWORDS Death, dying, literature, children, adolescents, consolation, sorrow, picture books
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Hospice Care in the Eyes of the Public
HAVLÍČKOVÁ, Hana
This bachelor thesis deals with the issue of hospice care. Its goal is to compare the perception of hospice care of those people who had some personal experience with it and those who have not dealt with it. Another goal is to find out how this experience affects their perspective of dying. To achieve these goals the quantitative research strategy has been used. The method of data collecting has been realized via questionnaires. The researching cohort consisted of individuals whose relatives used the services of sv. Jan N. Neumann Hospice in Prachatice and also of the individuals who have not used such services. 89 respondents have participated on these questionnaires. The hypotheses were tested by the contingency table, chi-squared test and the T-test. The results of the research have shown that the experience with hospice care affects the potential selection of hospice care for the respondent himself or for his relatives. It also affects the appropriateness of hospice care for the last days of a dying person, and it projects into the appraisal of deceasing in hospice. The experience with hospice care also affects the arrangements for death - those with no experience are more likely unprepared. On the other hand, the experience with hospice care has not affect the appraisal of deceasing at home as a proper place for dying. It does not even have an impact on whether the respondents think or talk about their own mortality. The experience with hospice care also does not affect their opinion about the necessity of increasing the support and the public awareness about this type of care. It also does not affect the amount of fear or anxiety about respondent's death. With the issue of awareness about hospice care those respondents who had previous experiences with hospice care proved more knowledge. Nevertheless, it is still necessary to encourage the public awareness about hospice care.
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Dying and Death in Nursing Homes from the Perspective of Social Workers
BALÍKOVÁ, Lucie
The aim of the bachelor's thesis was to find out what attitudes social workers in nursing homes take towards the dying and death of their clients and how social workers deal with the subject of dying and death. In practical part, the main research questions were answered: What attitude do social workers take to dying and death in nursing homes? What stress coping strategies are used by social workers in nursing homes when faced with the death of clients? A qualitative research strategy using semi-structured interviews has been chosen to achieve the objective. The research set consisted of a total of seven social workers of nursing homes on the territory of the South Bohemia Region. The research files were selected by random selection. An open-coding method was used to evaluate the data obtained. Research has shown that the attitude of social workers in nursing homes towards the dying and death of their clients has changed considerably since their careers began. It is clear from the research that social workers did not experience dying and death before taking up the practice, only in the family circle. It is therefore understandable that, for many of them, the death of their first client was a "shock." Social workers who have been involved in research have learned to work with this topic over time during their experience. Thanks to forms of help from organisations where they practice their profession, they no longer experience the stress associated with it. The most frequently listed forms were supervision, informal support and palliative care training. This Bachelor thesis can serve as information material not only for future and current social workers who encounter the subject of dying and death, but also for the general public.
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Death in communication of pedagogical workers and parents with preschool children
BELŠANOVÁ, Kristýna
This bachelor thesis focuses on the problematics of death, its perception among children and their process of mourning. It speaks about the differences while dealing with the loss of a loved one between adults and children, how children's feelings during this time differ from adults and in which way are they the same. The goal of this thesis is to find out in what way, if at all, do teachers in preschools and parents communicate with children about death. Theoretical part focuses on children's mourning and on appropriate ways of communicating with them about death during the loss of a loved done. In the practical part it describes and evaluates surveys aimed at parents and teachers in kindergartens. The main result of the work is the processing of their opinions and experiences on this topic and comparing them to the knowledge from theoretical part.
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Death of client from social worker's perspective especially in adult day care centers and the impact of client's death on social worker
VANÁČ, David
This bachelor's thesis deals with death of a client in a care home and psychical impact of client's death on social care assistant. In the first chapter is described history of care service in the Czech republic, perception of death since 19th century and perception of death in nowdays in comparison to the past. In the following chapters this bachelor's thesis concerns groaning, five phases of grief, death of a client in a care home and psychical workload of social care assistants. The research focuses on emotions of social care assistants after client's death. The research uses a qualitative method and the main aim was to describe emotion of social care assistants after client's death.
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Spiritual Accompaniment with Dying People and Palliative Patiens
Cehová, Beata ; Přibyl, Stanislav (advisor) ; Zimmermannová, Marie (referee)
The bachelor's thesis "Spiritual accompaniment about dying and palliative patients" deals with the spiritual care and approach of a seriously ill patient, is not only his body and social environment but especially his soul. Although modern secularized society is technologically advanced, despite these facts, the spiritual need in our health care system is minimally themed. This is more concerned of palliative care and the care of the dying, where the goal is no longer the cure of the disease, but the treatment of pain, the symptoms of the disease and the accompaniment to a reconciled departure from this world. My work deals with these questions in more detail and clarifies which spiritual approach is possible to calm the patient through believe and how it is possible to mature spiritually even in unmanageable moments.
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Accompanying hospice care, public awareness and ideas
Mikulová, Jana ; Jirkovský, Daniel (advisor) ; Dorková, Zlatica (referee)
The bachelor's thesis "Accompanying in hospice care, public awareness and ideas" examined, compared and also evaluated the awareness and ideas of the general public about concepts such as: hospice, accompaniment, palliative care and also focused on the topic of death and dying. The aim of the work was to find out what the general public is aware of palliative care in the Czech Republic, what the public has fears of death and dying and also how ideas and awareness of the topics differ depending on age, education and place of residence. The theoretical part of the thesis explained the legal definitions and basic concepts. The importance of palliative care in the Czech Republic was emphasized, its development was mapped, its basic goals were defined and the target group of palliative care was defined. Furthermore, the bachelor's thesis presents a structured form of hospice care, describes the professions working in hospices and the final part of the theoretical part is devoted to accompanying the dying. The empirical part contains the results of our own survey and its comparison with the results of other similar works. Method: questionnaire survey - self- designed questionnaire. Results: 87 respondents out of the original 93 respondents participated in the research survey, ie 93.54%. Conclusions: The...
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The Narratives about Jesus' Healing of the Deaf and Blind in the Synoptic Gospels
Jurkulák, Petr ; Ryšková, Mireia (advisor) ; Brož, Jaroslav (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the topic of healing in the synoptic gospels. Illness and the suffering associated with it is a phenomenon that everyone encounters throughout their lives. We can look at illness and suffering from many different angles, and many scientific disciplines are studying this phenomenon. In my work, attention is focused on the meaning, meaning and perception of the disease from a human and theological point of view. The starting point of the work are excerpts from the synoptic gospels, which deal with the disease and the miraculous healing of the diseases of the human senses. Pericopes are divided according to the types of sensory impairments. Biblical events give us inspiration on how to perceive different life situations in accordance with God's purpose. These are model situations from which we draw lessons and inspiration in our life story. The introduction introduces the concepts of sin, suffering and illness from the perspective of the Old Testament and the New Testament. The next treatise then provides a view of the healing of the sick as a confirmation of the divinity of Jesus and the authenticity of Jesus' teaching. Healing by Jesus' disciples is also mentioned here. The main focus of the work is the exegesis of pericopes, ending with a summary of the main ideas of...
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