Short biography
Helena Kukla completed her bachelor's degree in Speech and Language Therapy at the Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen and completed her master's degree in Teaching and Research Logopedicsat the RWTH Aachen University in 2014. This was followed by a job as a teacher ans supervisor at Döpfer Schulen in Cologne, a vocational school for speech and language therapists. In addition to the theoretical and practical training of prospective speech therapists in the fields of geriatrics and neurology. Since 2018 lecturingat the Döpfer University in an interdisciplinary setting within the therapeutic sciences has been part of her work.
After all, it was the compassionate care for patients within the practical work as a speech and language therapist as well as voluntary work in hospice care who triggered the fascination for the sensitive topic of dying and death.
Research interests
- Palliative care
- Quality of life in old age
- Research methods
Publications
Herrler, A., Kukla, H., Barbe, A. G., Vennedey, V. & Stock, S. (2022). Characteristics of desirable am-bulatory health and oral healthcare from the perspective of community-dwelling people aged 80 and o-ver - a qualitative examination. Age and Ageing, 51(11), S. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac258
Kukla, H., Herrler, A., Strupp, J. et al. (2022). “My life became more meaningful”: confronting one’s own end of life and its effects on well-being - a qualitative study. BMC Palliat Care, 21(1), S. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-022-00950-3
Herrler, A., Kukla, H., Vennedey, V. et al. (2022). Which features of ambulatory healthcare are prefer-red by people aged 80 and over? Findings from a systematic review of qualitative studies and appraisal of confidence using GRADE-CERQual. BMC Geriatrics, 22(1), S. 428-448. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03006-6
Herrler, A., Kukla, H., Vennedy, V. & Stock, S. (2021). What matters to people aged 80 and over regar-ding ambulatory care? A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies. European Journal of Ageing, 19 (3), S. 325-339.
Kukla, H. (2021). Die Auseinandersetzung mit der eigenen Endlichkeit und die Auswirkungen auf das subjektive Wohlbefinden. ProAlter, 5, S. 20-14.
Kukla, H., Herrler, A., Strupp, J. & Voltz, R. (2021). The effects of confronting one’s own end of life on older individuals and those with a life-threatening disease: A systematic literature review. Palliative Me-dicine, 35(10), S. 1793-1814.