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Tussen ideaal en uitvoering: Potentiële bijdrage, knelpunten en uitdagingen van dialoog met betrekking tot democratisch professionalisme
No full textHumanism in Crisis:A New Draft of Humanist Philosophy
Get PDFIn his speech ‘Humanism in crisis’, Christoph Henning examines how humanism can be reconceived today. To do this, we first have to be sureof philosophy as a method: what can philosophy still accomplish today? He defines it as an approach that neither lectures people nor arrogantly ignores other opinions, but first listens and does justice to diverse views. We need to understand why many people no longer have faith in humanism. Their experiences need to be taken seriously. But he draws another conclusion: There are many crises that point us back to a renewed humanism as a unification of humankind. Without it, the dangers we will be exposed to in the future cannot be addressed: the global climate crisis, the erosion of minimum political standards and the loss of human standards by new technologies. It is essential to understand humans as vulnerable beings who are dependent on nature and each other and who must unite if we are to pass the tests of the coming times
Dealing with uncertainty: a care-ethical, phenomenological study of people with relapsing-remitting Multiple Sclerosis (2021-2024)
No full textThis dataverse includes the data collected for the study "Dealing with uncertainty: a care-ethical, phenomenological study of people with relapsing-remitting Multiple Sclerosis". The aim of the study was to understand how people with relapsing-remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS) experience uncertainty and how the phenomenon of uncertainty appears in Dutch healthcare practice surrounding the care for people with RRMS. 17 people with a recent diagnosis of RRMS were interviewed about their experiences with uncertainty (2021-2022). 15 of them were prospectively followed and observed during hospital appointments (2021-2024). At this point, the anonymized interview transcripts are available and can be accessed upon request
‘We willen hier nooit meer weg’:Een onderzoek naar ervaringen met sociale contacten en zingeving in seniorenwooncomplexen te Bennekom, Wageningen en Rotterdam
Get PDFDe Nederlandse overheid stimuleert dat ouderen zo lang mogelijk zelfstandig blijven wonen en de meeste ouderen willen dat zelf ook. Om in de behoefte aan zelfstandige woonruimte te voorzien kent Nederland een groot aantal wooncomplexen die specifiek voor ouderen zijn bedoeld. Deze complexen beschikken vaak over extra voorzieningen, zoals een gemeenschappelijke ruimte waar bewoners elkaar kunnen ontmoeten en deel kunnen nemen aan gezamenlijke activiteiten.Dit onderzoek richt zich op de vraag wat er gebeurt in je leven als je de stap zet van het huis waarin je zo lang woonde, wellicht met je gezin, naar een appartement binnen een seniorencomplex. En als je er eenmaal woont, hoe ga je dan om met de spanning tussen de autonomie waarnaar je verlangt en de verbondenheid waaraan je behoefte hebt
'Why bother?' Skeptical doubt and moral imagination in care for people with profound intellectual disabilities
No full textCaring well for people with profound intellectual disabilities is challenging. This challenge is often framed in terms of their complex needs and the ambiguity of interpreting these needs. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, this article argues that behind these challenges lies a more fundamental challenge of doubt: doubt stemming from uncertainties about the mind of the other, and thus about the purpose of care itself. Drawing on Stanley Cavell's notion of skepticism, the article explores how this challenge arises and how caregivers grapple with it. The study finds that skeptical doubt always threatens care for people with profound intellectual disabilities, but often remains unseen. This is because caregivers deftly manage to ward off their skeptical doubt, by 'placing people into life': imagining the people in their care as participants in a shared human everyday life. The article tracks such exercises of 'placing people into life' to document how caregivers manage to retain faith in the purpose of their care. In this way, the article gives ethnographic texture to the challenge of caring well for people with profound intellectual disabilities and gathers clues for improving this care-which can also aid in improving care in other contexts of cognitive difference
Rituele verbinding op scholen. Kansen en aandachtpunten voor geestelijk verzorgers
No full textOp welke manieren kunnen rituelen verbindend werken in openbare scholen in het voortgezet onderwijs? In dit artikel presenteren wij de uitkomsten van een verkennend, kwalitatief onderzoek naar nieuwe rituelen. In de plurale samenleving kunnen vragen ontstaan hoe een schoolgemeenschap gevormd en versterkt kan worden door rituelen. Geestelijk verzorgers kunnen als zingevingsexperts een educatieve en adviserende rol spelen voor openbare scholen die behoefte hebben aan meer rituele sensitiviteit
“From my life, she will never be gone, even though she is no longer here”:A single case interpretative phenomenological analysis on spousal loss and resilience
No full textOlder people often face drastic life events, such as spousal loss, that profoundly affect their daily lives. Consequently, resilience—how one navigates life’s changes to avoid further adverse outcomes—is increasingly relevant in ageing studies. Although understanding older adults’ resilience is key to preventing adverse outcomes, the complexity of loss-related events and everyday resilience in later life is underexplored from a process-based perspective. This study employs an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) case study of one individual to investigate resilience in response to spousal loss from a process-based perspective. Four interviews were conducted with this one participant and data was analysed following IPA guidelines. Findings indicate how resilience, in this case, resembles a process of continuous adaptation and renewal or “bouncing forward”, in the face of diverse adversities, as written by Bourbeau. This study enriches our understanding of the process-based perspective on resilience, which is essential for concretely defining resilience and its practical application
Gender Equality and Life Satisfaction:A Mediation Model with Individual Autonomy, Income Per Capita and Trust
No full textGender equality has been found to positively affect life satisfaction. However, the reason why gender equality affects life satisfaction remains relatively unexplored. In this paper, we hypothesize three mediators for this relationship: individual autonomy, income per capita, and generalized trust. All three variables have been found to positively affect life satisfaction. We argue that each mediator may, in turn, depend positively on gender equality, suggesting that individual autonomy, income per capita, and generalized trust positively mediate the relationship between gender equality and life satisfaction. Using a sample of 81 countries from 1990 to 2020, we find that individual autonomy and income per capita are important channels that together explain 98% of the total relationship between gender equality and life satisfaction. While the mediation effect of individual autonomy is robust, the significance of income per capita is less consistent when using alternative estimation techniques. For generalized trust we do not find evidence of mediation
The Impact of Relocations Within Nursing Home Care on Long-Term Care Residents According to Stakeholders:A Qualitative Study
No full textINTRODUCTION: Nursing home residents can be faced with relocations within nursing home care for various reasons, whether individual or per group. We aimed to collect a broad stakeholder overview of observed and experienced impacts on residents and aspects that influence the impact.METHODS: We conducted a qualitative study using semistructured interviews followed by one focus group. We recruited participants from various stakeholder perspectives based on differences in roles while having an interest or involvement in relocations, and experience with relocations. The interviews and focus group were audiorecorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed using responsive and thematic analysis.RESULTS: In 17 interviews including one duo interview, participants described the impact on residents varying from very positive to very negative. In addition, stakeholders addressed differences in impact related to the relocation phase (before, during, after). Aspects influencing the impact of relocations were (1) mental resilience of residents, (2) organisation of relocations, (3) social connections of residents, and (4) the new (care) environment. The focus group with six participants added further insights in the subtheme 'organisation of relocations', emphasising the importance of clear and timely communication with residents and relatives and recognizability of (personal) items and professional caregivers from the former nursing home.CONCLUSION: Stakeholders described the impact of relocations within nursing homes to vary between and within nursing home residents. Aspects they identified to influence this impact provide incentives to reduce the negative impact on residents and foster positive impact. Further research needs to zoom-in on the perceived impact of relocations within nursing homes of residents themselves.</p
