Meeting needs of family members of persons with life-threatening illness: A support group program during ongoing palliative care

Abstract

The study indicates the importance of health professionals inviting and interacting with family members during ongoing palliative care. The results could inspire nursing staff to initiate, develop, and deliver similar interventions.

Needs of informal caregivers during transition from home towards institutional care in dementia: a systematic review of qualitative studies

“…Present studies conducted on needs of informal caregivers report on the ongoing home-situation (Hileman et al, 1992;Shankar and Muthuswamy, 2007;Ventura et al, 2013), or institutional settings (Verhaeghe et al, 2005;Henriksson et al, 2011). Present studies conducted on needs of informal caregivers report on the ongoing home-situation (Hileman et al, 1992;Shankar and Muthuswamy, 2007;Ventura et al, 2013), or institutional settings (Verhaeghe et al, 2005;Henriksson et al, 2011).…”

Maintaining ordinariness around food: partners’ experiences of everyday life with a dying person

“…In one psychoeducational support programme for the next of kin of dying persons during ongoing palliative care, food was one of several topics discussed. The support programme as a whole was found to be positive in terms of preparedness for caregiving (Henriksson et al 2011), but the study lacked specific information about the benefits of the nutritional session in particular.…”

“…The support programme as a whole was found to be positive in terms of preparedness for caregiving (Henriksson et al . ), but the study lacked specific information about the benefits of the nutritional session in particular.…”

Family caregivers’ perceptions of an Irish palliative day-care unit: A qualitative descriptive study

“…The true benefit of palliative day-care for caregivers' can be the ease of access to palliative care health professionals [15]. This helps caregivers' deal with the fear of the unknown and has an overall influence on the caregivers' well-being [32]. For caregivers' there is always room for hope even if the outcome is the death of a loved one [33].…”