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Aspects of Advance care planning in older adults
Bártová, Anna ; Šámalová, Kateřina (advisor) ; Truhlářová, Zuzana (referee)
The aim of the presented work is to introduce aspects of planning future care for the elderly. That is a process in which individuals can discuss and document their wishes and preferences regarding the care of their person at a time when they themselves will no longer be able to express themselves. Within the theoretical part of the work, the context of planning will be presented as well as very concept of Advance care planning. Attention will also be paid to the historical transformation of the perception of death and dying by the majority society as well as to the role of classical medicine, aimed to saving human life and delaying death, for the moments of the end of life. The subsequent chapter is devoted to the presentation of palliative care, its role in the care for a patient at the end of life, what its relationship to the so-called victorious medicine can be, what type of patients it cares for and what their needs could be. Following chapters are then devoted to the main participants in planning, i.e. health professionals, family members or social workers. The last chapter then presents the main component of the concept, the conversation about future care. In the practical part of the work, I focus on the very aspects of planning through semi- structured interviews. These aspects include...
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