Supporting family caregivers to identify their own needs in end-of-life care: Qualitative findings from a stepped wedge cluster trial

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 508-517

  Aoun, Samar ^a   Deas, Kathleen ^a   Toye, Chris ^a   Ewing, Gail ^b   Grande, Gunn ^c   Stajduhar, Kelli ^d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool; Family caregivers; home based palliative care; needs assessment; support needs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CARER SUPPORT NEED ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSONAL NEEDS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; WELFARE; CAREGIVER; COUNSELING; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927545762     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216314566061     Document Type: Article

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