The Hope Children’s Hospice
A The Hope Children’s Hospice provides free specialist care for children
with life-limiting conditions who are not expected to live into adulthood. It
cares for up to eight terminally- ill children at one time, and aims to care
for them in the same way their families would care for them at home. When
families prefer to do the caring themselves, a hospice carer will go to their
home and help them.
B Life-limiting conditions present many long-term medical and emotional
problems – not only for the child, but for parents and siblings too. So the
hospice offers respite care – short stays for the child alone or for the whole
family together. At these times, parents hand over responsibilities to the
staff and have a ‘holiday’. Short stays give terminally-ill children an
opportunity to meet others with similar conditions.
C Each
child at the hospice has their own carer and their own care plan. A normal day
might start with a jacuzzi bath
followed by a massage from a complementary therapist. Some children go to
school, while others play with hospice play specialists.
D The hospice has a multi-sensory room. This is
a special room which stimulates the children’s senses with lights, music,
touch, and smell. It has touch-screen computers, video games, paddling pools, and space for
wheelchair dancing. Children have music therapy and can record their own music,
not only as a way to express their feelings, but to leave something for their
family and friends to listen to in the years to come.
E The
hospice has a number of quiet rooms where we care for children during and after
death. These are places where families and friends can say goodbye. Our support
does not end with death. We help not just grieving
parents, but also siblings who are experiencing bereavement. We give everyone opportunities to discuss their fears
about death and dying.
bereavement –
ztráta blízké osoby
grieving –
truchlící
jacuzzi – vířivka
paddling pool –
brouzdaliště
1) Read the article and match each of the headings to a paragraph.
1 Saying goodbye
2 Using the senses
3 A home from home
4 Personal care
5 Helping the family
2) Read the article again and answer the questions.
1 Do children have to stay
at the hospice all the time?
2 How does the hospice help
the children’s families?
3 How many children does
each carer look after?
4 What can children do in
the multi-sensory room?
5 How is music used at the
hospice?
6 How are the special quiet
rooms used?
3) Explain the following words.
1 terminally-ill
2 siblings
3 staff
4 wheelchair
5 fear
4) Answer the following questions.
How are Czech hospice
centres financed? Where do they get money from? Have you ever been to a
hospice? Who works in a hospice? What are typical illnesses of the people
staying in a hospice?
Adjusted to:
GRICE,
Tony. Oxford English for Careers : Nursing 1 Student's Book. Oxford : Oxford
University Press, 2007. The
Hope Children’s Hospice, s. 76.
1) E,D,A,C,B
ReplyDelete2)
a) It doesn't have to be because the hospice goes to help home.
b) The hospice offers respite care – short stays for the child alone or for the whole family together. At these times, parents hand over responsibilities to the staff and have a ‘holiday’.
c) One caregiver has one child.
d) They stimulates the children’s senses with lights, music, touch, and smell. It has touch-screen computers, video games, paddling pools, and space for wheelchair dancing.
e) Children compose their music for family and friends.
f) A special room is used to care for a dying child before and after death. The family can say goodbye here.
3) 1 terminally-ill - It's an adjective. A man who can no longer recover and die.
2 siblings - it´s a noun. They are other children from the same parents in the family.
3 staff - it´s a noun. People who are employed somewhe
4 wheelchair - it´s a noun. An aid that helps people who cannot walk to move.
5 fear - it´s a feel. Negative feeling. Shaking, anxiety, nausea.
1) 1.E, 2.D, 3.A, 4.C, 5.B
ReplyDelete2)1. It doesn't have to be when families prefer to care for themselves, the hospice will go to their home and help them.
2. the hospice therefore offers relief care - short stays for the child alone or for the whole family together. Short-term stays give terminally ill children the opportunity to meet others under similar conditions.
3. each caregiver take care of one child
4. It is a special room that stimulates children's senses with light, music, touch and smell. It has touch-screen computers, video games, a paddling pool and a wheelchair dance area.
5.Children have music therapy and can record their own music, not only as a way to express their feelings, but to leave something for their family and friends
6.quiet rooms in the hospice where they take care of children during and after death. In these places, families and friends can say goodbye.
3)1.it´san adjective. it´ s a person who can no longer be cured and will soon die
2. siblings - it's a noun. They are other children from the same parents in the family.
3.employees - it's a noun. People who are employed somewhere and receive a salary for it
4.Wheelchair - it's a noun. An aid that helps people who cannot walk to move anywhere.
5. fear - it's a feel. Negative feeling. people feel anxiety, nausea.
4)
How are Czech hospice centers financed? more source of funding to prevent them from being left without money
Where do they get the money from - health insurance, donations from people, subsidies from the state, money from the city
Have you ever been to a hospice? Yes, we were there as part of a one-time placement.
Who works in a hospice? social worker, nurse, doctor.
What are the typical illnesses of people living in a hospice? incurable diseases such as cancer.
1. headings paragraphs
ReplyDelete1-E, 2-D, 3-A, 4-C, 5-B
2. questions
1. Children do not have to stay in the hospice, people from the hospice can come to the children at home, so the children can stay with their family.
2. to grieving parents and siblings experiencing death. We will give everyone the opportunity to discuss their fears of death and dying.
3. Each caregiver has one child. It has its own individual plan.
4. in a multisensory room children can: play video games, paddling and dance: even people in wheelchairs can dance. Children have music therapy and can record their own music.
5. Music is used by hospices as: not only as a way to express their feelings, but to leave something for their family and friends in the years to come.
6. special quiet rooms are used for children, where they are cared for during dying and after death. The child's family and friends can say goodbye to the child here.
3. Words
terminally-ill - an incurably ill person is a person who cannot recover. He will be ill forever, in some cases he may die after some time.
siblings- Siblings are people who have the same parents. They are not singles. They have themselves.
staff- Employees are people who work for a particular organization. They get money for it.
wheelchair - A wheelchair is an armchair that has wheels and people who cannot move their own legs are moved with the help of this.
Fear- Fear is the feeling of a person being afraid of something or someone.
4. questions II.
1. hospice centers in the Czech Republic are financed by the region and the state.
2. Hospices take money: money from the state is redistributed taxes paid by every CR citizen. Money from regions is also redistributed money from the state. Hospice care is also charged.
3. Yes, we were in the hospice as a student on an excursion.
4. nurses. There is also a doctor.
5.