OmegaPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2022-06-20DOI: 10.1177/00302228221110329
Karen Marie Sangild Stoelen
{"title":"'Without Them, There Would Be Almost Nothing' - Experiences of Interacting With Volunteers in Everyday Life in Nursing Homes - Perspectives of Residents and Next of Kin.","authors":"Karen Marie Sangild Stoelen","doi":"10.1177/00302228221110329","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228221110329","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The study's aim is to explore the experiences of nursing home residents and their next of kin related to interacting with volunteers in daily life and when the resident's death is imminent. Qualitative data consisted of 130 hours of participant observations in three nursing homes and 13 interviews with five residents and eight next of kin. A thematic analysis identified three themes: (1) Social everyday activities - a frame for responsiveness and meaningful everydayness - reflecting the existential dimension of these activities; (2) Time - contrasting volunteers' time for care activities and bedside support to dying residents with professionals' time for similar activities; and (3) Valuable relief when death is imminent - inherent ethical dilemmas - reflecting potential tension between the valuable relief volunteers provide and the preferences of residents and their next of kin. Volunteers can promote and improve a holistic palliative care approach for residents in nursing homes.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"674-691"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40072553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OmegaPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2022-06-29DOI: 10.1177/00302228221111936
Elisabeth Beaunoyer, Alexandre Guitton, Matthieu J Guitton
{"title":"Online Presence of the Funeral Industry: The Example of the Quebec Federation of Funeral Cooperatives.","authors":"Elisabeth Beaunoyer, Alexandre Guitton, Matthieu J Guitton","doi":"10.1177/00302228221111936","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228221111936","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The digitalization of modern societies has offered new tools for funeral industries to reach the communities they serve, ranging from using technologies in funeral planning, in commemoration of the dead, or to support the bereaved. The COVID-19 pandemic only pushed this need for online presence of the funeral industries further. We explore the digitalization of funeral industries through the example of Quebec (Canada), where many funeral institutions are regrouped under a federation of funeral cooperatives. We analyze how this influences the delivery of funeral services and allows the development of common services answering various needs of the population (e.g., a funding program for youth funerals, an ecological memorialization program, online grief support). Finally, we discuss how the federation's online presence contributes to its mission, and more largely whether it changes the perception of the industry.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"762-782"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11490076/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40408496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Palliative Care Utilisation Among Non-Western Migrants in Denmark: A Qualitative Study Of the Experiences of Patients, Family Caregivers and Healthcare Professionals.","authors":"Jahan Shabnam, Helle Ussing Timm, Dorthe Susanne Nielsen, Mette Raunkiær","doi":"10.1177/00302228221111933","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228221111933","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study explores care experiences while utilising palliative care services of non-western migrant families from the perspectives of patients, family caregivers, and healthcare professionals in Denmark. Twenty-three semi-structured individual and group interviews were conducted among eight patients with a life-threatening disease, 11 family caregivers, and ten healthcare professionals. Thematic analysis revealed three themes: 1) Communication between families and healthcare professionals; 2) Building and lack of trusting relations, and feeling safe, and 3) Access to information and navigating in the healthcare system. Moreover, ''language and culture'' emerged as transaction themes that are not mutually exclusive, however, interconnect across the mentioned three themes. Non-western migrant families can be supported by healthcare professionals' cultural competency training, negotiating on providing services concerning information, patient preferences, family involvement, and palliative care setting. This study findings urge inter-sectoral collaboration to ensure needs-oriented and linguistically and culturally appropriate palliative care services for non-western migrant families in Denmark.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"805-833"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40570214","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OmegaPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2022-08-10DOI: 10.1177/00302228221111931
Leila Ostadhashemi, Fardin Alipour, Shokoufeh Ahmadi, Mohammad Sabzi Khoshnami, Maliheh Arshi, Seyed Mohammad Hossein Javadi
{"title":"Complicated Grief: The Lived Experiences of Those Bereaved By COVID-19.","authors":"Leila Ostadhashemi, Fardin Alipour, Shokoufeh Ahmadi, Mohammad Sabzi Khoshnami, Maliheh Arshi, Seyed Mohammad Hossein Javadi","doi":"10.1177/00302228221111931","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228221111931","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The morbidity and mortality rates of COVID-19 pandemic are increasing, and many families have lost their loved ones. This study explored the experiences of families living in Iran who lost a loved one to COVID-19. The researchers apply a descriptive phenomenological approach and draw on in-depth interviews with 18 family members who had lost at least one family member because of COVID-19. Data were analyzed using Colaizzi's method. After reviewing and comparing the consistency of the codes, crisis in crisis, circumstances of death and its consequences, and lack of preservation of patient dignity were extracted as main categories. Neglecting grieving families and related issues can lead to delays and difficulties in the process of recovery and intensification of their psychosocial pressures. Acquiring more knowledge about different impacts of COVID-19 will be helpful for providing timely and better rehabilitation.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"834-847"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9372751/pdf/10.1177_00302228221111931.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40601560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OmegaPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-06-17DOI: 10.1177/00302228241242618
Maggie Stroebe, Debbie Kerslake
{"title":"On the Death of Colin Murray Parkes (1928-2024).","authors":"Maggie Stroebe, Debbie Kerslake","doi":"10.1177/00302228241242618","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228241242618","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":"90 2","pages":"465-474"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142482542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OmegaPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2022-06-29DOI: 10.1177/00302228221111726
Karen Nelson, Jessica Lukawiecki, Kieran Waitschies, Elizabeth Jackson, Chloe Zivot
{"title":"Exploring the Impacts of an Art and Narrative Therapy Program on Participants' Grief and Bereavement Experiences.","authors":"Karen Nelson, Jessica Lukawiecki, Kieran Waitschies, Elizabeth Jackson, Chloe Zivot","doi":"10.1177/00302228221111726","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228221111726","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Grief and bereavement impact nearly every individual at some point of their lives, often having short or long-term physical and psychosocial impacts. Yet, these issues are rarely the focus of discussion, intensive therapy programs, or policy initiatives (Corr, 2002; Doka, 2002). This research explores the impacts of a closed group art and narrative therapy program in Ontario for individuals experiencing a grief or bereavement process following the loss of a loved one. It explores the grief experiences of art therapy participants during their time in the program, the nature, extent, and impacts of social and community connections that were made, how the program influenced grief over time, and the overall effectiveness of the program. This study suggests that art and narrative therapy hold great therapeutic potential as a tool to help individuals going through a grief or bereavement process.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"726-745"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11528868/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40405118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OmegaPub Date : 2024-11-29DOI: 10.1177/00302228241305430
Soheil Sabriseilabi
{"title":"Investigating the Effect of Religion's Dimensions on Egoistic Suicide Ideation.","authors":"Soheil Sabriseilabi","doi":"10.1177/00302228241305430","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228241305430","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The complexity of suicide as a social phenomenon has long been discussed in the literature. Scholars have always used religion to show how a social force can shape most individualistic behaviors like egoistic suicide. However, religion is not a simple unidimensional fact that can be applied to any kind of suicidal thought or behavior. The main premise of the present study is that religion consists of different aspects each of which can have different impacts on individuals' attitudes toward suicide. Operationalizing religion as a multidimensional construct this study simultaneously tested the independent effects of four dimensions of religion (religiosity, spirituality, afterlife beliefs, and religious affiliation) on attitudes toward egoistic suicide. Using data from the 2018 General Social Survey (GSS) the present study proposes running a logistic regression analysis to see if suicide attitudes are significantly influenced by religiosity, spirituality, afterlife beliefs, and religious affiliation.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"302228241305430"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142755951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OmegaPub Date : 2024-11-29DOI: 10.1177/00302228241305652
Thatshisiwe Ndlovu
{"title":"Standing Their Ground While Seated: Narratives of Widowhood Activism Against the Ritual of Widow Dispossession in South Africa.","authors":"Thatshisiwe Ndlovu","doi":"10.1177/00302228241305652","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228241305652","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Widows in Africa are mostly perceived as helpless victims of harmful widowhood practices. The article offers new insights into the understanding of widowhood and the status of widows in the context of these practices. Integrating feminist research and narrative theory, the paper examines widows' responses to the ritual of the 'sitting and its associated practice of widow dispossession. I examine how widows challenge the customary ritual of 'sitting' from a place where enforced silences and widow dispossession are ritualized to where widowhood activism is born. The article draws from a feminist theory of activism, highlighting that widows counter silencing and dispossession through speaking out, speaking through objects, delegating someone to act on their behalf, disobedience and non-cooperation. In summary, the article concludes that the practice of 'sitting' is a politically charged space that is both a site of widow dispossession and resistance.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"302228241305652"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142755954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OmegaPub Date : 2024-11-28DOI: 10.1177/00302228241305479
Amy Dellinger Page, Jonelle H Husain, Jack H Glascock
{"title":"Demystifying Death: Reflections on End-of-Life Doula Work.","authors":"Amy Dellinger Page, Jonelle H Husain, Jack H Glascock","doi":"10.1177/00302228241305479","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228241305479","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>End-of-life doulas (EOLDs) represent a portion of a broader mobilization of end-of-life care practitioners to normalize discussions of death and assist dying persons and their caregivers in navigating the dying process. EOLDs primarily focus on creating a supportive environment for the dying and their loved ones. Research on the burgeoning care profession has documented the backgrounds and services of EOLD work; however, literature has overlooked EOLDs' personal reflections on their work. This study seeks to help fill this gap through interviews with 39 EOLDs registered with the International End-of-Life Doula Association (INELDA). Interviewees discussed the rewards, challenges, surprises, and motivations to continue their work, reinforcing previous studies' findings while expanding upon the perspectives of EOLDs in their own words. In sharing their experiences, EOLDs showcase how they facilitate death by respecting and advocating for the wishes of their clients while simultaneously navigating the hardships and joys of their profession.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"302228241305479"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142740858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OmegaPub Date : 2024-11-28DOI: 10.1177/00302228241302431
Gillian Mhairi Findlay, Noelle Robertson
{"title":"How Do Home Care Workers Experience A Client's Death, Professionally and Personally? A Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis.","authors":"Gillian Mhairi Findlay, Noelle Robertson","doi":"10.1177/00302228241302431","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228241302431","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background:</b> Home care workers (HCWs) may frequently experience client death. This critical interpretive meta-synthesis aimed to identify the impacts of client death to offer preliminary recommendations with respect to support. <b>Method:</b> Five electronic databases, APA PsycINFO, CINAHL, MEDLINE, Web of Science, and Scopus, were searched systematically using keywords and subject headings. <b>Results:</b> <i>Eight papers focusing on HCWs' experiences of client death were identified</i>. <i>Constructs were elicited and interpreted via Reciprocal Translation Analysis</i>. <i>The interpreted line of argument highlighted four interrelated themes: ''Personal grief: The impact of loss', 'Disenfranchised grief: no space for humanity and connection'', Inherent tension between self-care and organisational expectations: \"You need a moment to hit the reset\", and 'I wish someone was there to talk to: HCW support needs'</i>. <b>Conclusions:</b> The findings demonstrate that HCWs are affected in multiple ways by client death, but these impacts are not consistently recognised or responded to by their organisations.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"302228241302431"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142752602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}