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The end-of-life experience in long-term care
— five themes identified from focus groups with residents, family members, and staff | | Author(s) | Jean C Munn, Debra Dobbs, Andrea Meier |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 48, no 4, August 2008 |
| Pages | pp 485-494 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Dying ; Terminal care ; Nursing homes ; Care homes ; Qualitative Studies ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This study comprised 10 homogeneous focus groups drawn from a purposive sample of 11 long-term care residents (2 groups), 19 family caregivers (2 groups), 20 paraprofessional staff (3 groups), and 15 licensed or registered staff (3 groups) from 5 nursing homes and 8 residential care or assisted living communities in North Carolina. Data were analysed using grounded theory techniques to elicit manifest and latent themes. Five overarching themes emerged: components of a good death in long term care (LTC); normality of dying in LTC; the role of relationships in the provision of receipt of care; hospice contributions to care at the end of life in LTC; and stakeholder recommendations for enhancing end of life care in these settings. Underlying these themes was one central category, closeness, based on physical proximity and frequency of contact. Findings suggest that promoting collaborative relationships among the four stakeholder groups, increasing social worker involvement, and removing barriers to hospice may enhance the end of life care experience in LTC. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080929204 A |
| Classmark | CX: LV: LHB: KW: 3DP: 7T |
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