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Homelessness and dying
Vondruška, Ondřej ; Ulrichová, Monika (advisor) ; Pěnkava, Pavel (referee)
The diploma thesis presents the personal experience of homeless people who have had someone close to them die while living on the streets. It introduces us to their ways of living on the streets, their relationship with their loved ones and the circumstances of their deaths. It reflects on what changed in their lives after the death of their loved one and whether their loved ones had the opportunity to mend their relationships, put things in order and fulfil their wishes before their death. The theoretical part defines basic concepts related to homelessness and concepts related to dying. The practical part contains transcripts of interviews with homeless people who have been in this situation. The final part analyses the interviews. It summarizes that homeless people did not have the opportunity to arrange their affairs before they died, due to the fact that their deaths were quick and unexpected. Their social situation prevented them from doing so and they were not aware of any available services. Interviews show that they expressed a wish to meet their loved ones and try to mend relations with them, which they did not manage to do. Neither their partner nor their friends had the opportunity to say goodbye at the funeral and they were unable to find out if and how the funeral took place. The survivors were...
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Media Representation of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in the Czech Republic from the Perspective af Survivors and Non-participants
Machatová, Karolína ; Vochocová, Lenka (advisor) ; Reifová, Irena (referee)
This thesis explores how the Czech mainstream news media portrays sexual and gender-based violence from the perspective of people with different experiences and attitudes towards it. This includes survivors, relatives of survivors, those who are sensitive to the topic, and those who are skeptical or have a negative view towards the portrayal of sexual violence as a topic. The theoretical framework for this thesis is gender theory and cultural studies, specifically interpretive communities, which examine how the media influences our perceptions of gender and society. The research is qualitative and uses grounded theory practices, which involves open and axial coding to analyze how people with different experiences and attitudes towards sexual and gender-based violence perceive the way Czech media portrays the topic. This includes evaluating the portrayal, the emotions it evokes, and suggesting possible changes. Using the vignette technique, specific examples of media content on the topic of sexual violence are analyzed, and specific changes and adjustments are suggested. Through coding and the vignette technique, four main problematic phenomena related to czech media portrayals of sexual violence were identified. These include inappropriate portrayals of victims and perpetrators, inadequate use of...
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Farewell to the dying as important ritual in lives of bereaved
JINDROVÁ, Renata
The bachelor thesis is a theoretical analysis of the process of parting with the dying / deceased and its influence on the survivors. The introduction describes the process of dying and death in terms of history and from the present perspective. The following chapter describes the basic forms of parting, as we can understand them in the context of death and dying. Next chapters are devoted to individual forms of palliative care and dying in hospital treatment or at home. Subsequently, the work deals with death itself, its influence on the survivors and the process of mourning. The final part describes the possibilities of social work and counselling for both the dying and the survivors.
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Psychological and ethical aspects of the last things of man
KÜMMELOVÁ, Magda
The thesis deals with the very last issues of a person from the psychologically-ethical view, however it doesn't neglect the social view. With the topic is worked also in a context of selected current ethical systems, mainly deontologism and utilitarianism, also regarding the topic of the thesis, the topic of bioethics is discussed as well. Regarding the field of psychology, the thesis elaborates more in detail on the existential psychotherapy, actually also on the logotherapy, which was shaped by an Austrian psychologist Viktor E. Frankl. There is also included the problematics of burial, the possibilities of giving a last farewell, also in a religious and an ethnical point of view. The key part of the thesis deals mainly with a needed psychosocial care for the terminally ill, the dying and also their close ones, in the times of pre finem, in finem and post finem by the prospective death of adults, it deals also with the influence of this care on the experiencing of the final period of life of the dying, and the following grieving of the survivors. In the thesis is also shortly mentioned the topic of palliative and hospice care. The thesis also follows the evaluation of the influence of the last farewell on the process of the survivors' grieving. The inspiration for writing the thesis were apart from professional literature and other professional sources also to a bigger extent the many years of work experience of the author, thanks to which is the work supplemented with many own cases.
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Access to death and social work with the dying and their families
VIKTOROVÁ, Nikola
The bachelor's thesis deals with the phenomenon of death and dying which are defined in the first chapter. It also compares the access to death in the past time with the access to death nowadays. This thesis describes the forms of dying, funeral habits and rituals in the past and the concept of death nowadays. The last chapter deals with social work with dying people and their families, so it can serve as an inspiration for social work with this target group.
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Quality of life in patients with methanol poisoning survivors during the so-called Methanol cases in the Czech Republic
Nedělová, Barbara ; Šejvl, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Matoušek, Petr (referee)
Background: Methanol poisoning survivors in their lives seen big changes, especially in sphere of quality of life. Aims: The aim of this thesis is to analyze changes in the quality of life for survivors after a methanol poisoning that took place in a large affair in 2012-2013, when there were many tens of poisoning. Sample and Methods: A cohort of 47 patients, 40 men and 7 women out of ten regions of the Czech Republic, who survived poisoning by methanol in 2012-2013. For the purpose of the research was elected standardized questionnaire WHOQOL-100, which was subsequently processed in MS Excel. Results: The research has confirmed that the quality of life has deteriorated after a methane affair. The patient said they had the biggest problems in the area of finance; Mobility; Energy and fatigue; Sleep and rest; Perception of body and appearance; Everyday activities. Highest values were recorded in the areas of Experience; Thinking, learning, memory and concentration. In conclusion, low value items are predominant and no maximum value of 20 has been recorded. Conclusion: The presented results are a clear indicator that the quality of life has deteriorated in the case of the surviving metallurgical case in the Czech Republic. Key words: quality of life, poisoning, methanol, survivors.
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The Care of the Holocaust Survivors and its Specifics
Pončová, Radka ; Havrdová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Peterová, Zuzana (referee)
The master's thesis called The Care of the Holocaust Survivors and its Specifics is divided into a theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part is based on a premise that the specifics of the Holocaust survivors' care have three resources: the Holocaust trauma, the age of the elderly survivors, and Judaism. This part of the thesis discusses the Holocaust aspects and its impacts on the psyche of the survived victims, especially focusing on post-traumatic stress disorder as well as the consequences for the next generation, the children of survived Jews. Moreover, the following issues are examined: Judaism and the community life, the system of the special care of those survived, with regard to social and psychological services. The next chapter concentrates on the specification of this care differences and also of the elderly needs. The second, practical part of the thesis is based on the qualitative research conducted by the method of interviews with experts working with the target group of the survivors. The half- structured interviews imply that the survivors form a group of clients whose needs are partly different from the common elderly population and for whom the care reacting to their needs is preferable by most experts. However, it is impossible to generalise; each elderly who has not...
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The Last Things - ethical aspects of dying and burial
HEJDUKOVÁ, Petra
The work deals with the last things of the man from dying, through fear of death, burial and funeral rituals, to the demands that are placed on the funeral service. The work is not focused only on the actual experience of dying and his last period of life, but great attention is paid to survivors, particularly in the context of grieving, coping with loss and consultancy for survivors. In this thesis is provide space for all the various topics that are related to the last things of the man - funeral, cemeteries and funeral services that work closely with the survivors, who come to arrange a funeral. Summarizes the statutory regulations, codexes and regulations, which funeral services must at all times observe. It also mentions the role of undertaker and function of consultancy for survivors.
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Death and dying in the work of nurses
BOHDALOVÁ, Jaroslava
Dying is a process composed of three consequential phases. It starts with the pre-dying period then there is the dying period and it is finished by the post - mortem period. Every period has its own specificity and hospital nurses have to be able to look after a person passing through the successive dying periods, and they have to percive him/her as a holistic being including his/her biological, psychological, social and spiritual needs that also have to be satisfied. Even in the post - mortem period a dead patient has the right to be treated with regard and respect. The most important link in all the periods is communication with both the dying patient and his/her family and the survivors after his/her death. The target of the thesis was to find out how hospital nurses perceive taking care of a dying person in hospitals and how hospital nurses look after a dead body. The following research questions were stated: How is the dying period perceived by hospital nurses? What obstructions in communication are there between hospital nurses and survivors? How do hospital nurses look after dead bodies? To figure out the investigation the method of qualitative research with the use of depth interview was used. The respondents were willing to record the interviews which were verbally - rewritten and then subjected to the contents analysis by the method paper and pencil. From the research it is clear that hospital nurses can cope with dying and death. However, taking care of dying people is not easy. Hospital nurses try to comfort the dying and satisfy their biological, psychological and social needs. But it is an alarming discovery that no spiritul needs are satisfied at all.Taking care of a dying person also involves communication with his/her family, hospital nurses try to meet all the wishes and needs. Hospital nurses do not use touching and listening while communicating with a dying patient, they do not even mention the stages by Elisabeth Kübler - Ross. The lack of time and suitable premises inhibits nurses from communication with survivors. Besides the form "Information for survivors" which includes the necessary details of arranging funerals and hospital social worker´s telephone number, hospital nurses do not provide any information, they do not even have any knowledge how to conduct survivors. Hospital nurses take care of dead bodies with regard and respect in terms of hospital standard. Care is provided in the room itself, if there is the lack of space, a screen is used so that other patients can not see the dead body. Survivors can part with the dead patient in the hospital room. There is no special room for that purpose. More than half of respondents is not educated in the field of dying and death any longer. On the basis of the research investigation and after the consultation with the senior nursing officer the training course will be organized. The topic of the training course will concentrate on the dying period and death with intent to the stages by Elisabeth Kübler - Ross, spiritual needs of dying patients, ways of communication with dying patients and how to conduct survivors. The form "Information for survivors" will be supplied with further information which can help survivors cope with the difficult situation that has occured. Other discovered facts, for example, the lack of suitable premises, time and staff can not be influenced by the respondents, but it could surely be influenced by the hospital management.
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