Enabling a family caregiver-led assessment of support needs in home-based palliative care: Potential translation into practice

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 929-938

  Aoun, Samar ^a   Toye, Chris ^a   Deas, Kathleen ^a   Howting, Denise ^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; palliative care; service provision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CARER SUPPORT NEEDS ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; TERMINAL CARE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN RELATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPITE CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARDS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPITE CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84944109509     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216315583436     Document Type: Article

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