Gaining consensus on family carer needs when caring for someone dying at home to develop the Carers' Alert Thermometer (CAT): A modified Delphi study

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 227-239

  Knighting, Katherine ^a   O'Brien, Mary R ^b   Roe, Brenda ^b   Gandy, Rob ^c   Lloyd Williams, Mari ^d   Nolan, Mike ^e   Jack, Barbara A ^b  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Carers; Delphi; End of life care; Expert panel; Home care; Needs assessment; Nursing; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALARM MONITOR; CAREGIVER; DELPHI STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CLINICAL ALARMS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84955177960     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12752     Document Type: Article

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