The Living-Dying Interval in Nursing Home-Based End-of-Life Care: Family Caregivers' Experiences

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 768-787

  Waldrop, Deborah P ^a   Kusmaul, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

end of life care; family caregivers; living dying interval; nursing home

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAREGIVER; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL WORK; TERMINAL CARE; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAREGIVERS; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING HOMES; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL WORK; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84858039507     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01634372.2011.596918     Document Type: Article

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