ABSTRACT

This article compares the institutional bereavements response systems available in Danish and Norwegian daycare institutions when encountering critical illness or death among attached families. Both countries' structured responses are developed around bereavement response plans that highlights the actions, which should be taken by institution staff when families and children experience challenging life circumstances. Our exploration was conducted through document analysis of 65 Danish plans and 30 Norwegian plans, currently used in daycare institutions.

Despite stemming from the same origin, the two approaches have diverged significantly. This includes Norwegian plans often being longer and written by professionals. In contrast, Danish plans differ more in size and quality and have mainly been written by each institution's daycare staff. The divergences are likely due to differences on an organisational level (e.g. Norwegian law) because of national events (e.g. the Utoya terror attack) and the ways propagators of the support systems went about implementing them in each country. The analysis highlights the two approaches' crucial strengths and weaknesses, which can be useful for other countries considering developing similar bereavement response initiatives.

摘要

本文比较了丹麦和挪威的日托机构在亲属家庭中遇到重病或死亡时所使用的机构丧亲反应系统。两国围绕丧亲应对计划制定了结构化的应对措施，该计划着重强调了行动，当家庭和儿童经历艰难的生活环境时，机构工作人员应采取这些行动。我们通过对目前在日托机构中使用的65个丹麦计划和30个挪威计划的文件分析进行了探索。

尽管起源相同，但这两种方法却大相径庭。这包括挪威的计划通常更长，并且由专业人士撰写。相比之下，丹麦的计划在规模和质量上差别更大，并且主要由各机构的日托人员编写。差异可能是由于国家事件（例如Utoya恐怖袭击）和支持系统的传播者在每个国家实施这些事件的组织级别（例如挪威法律）上的差异而造成的。分析强调了这两种方法的关键优势和劣势，这对于正在考虑制定类似的丧亲反应倡议的其他国家可能是有用的。