Actions helping expressed or anticipated needs : Patients with advanced cancer and their family caregivers’ experiences of specialist palliative home care teams
(2018) In European Journal of Cancer Care 27(6).- Abstract
Patients with advanced cancer and family caregivers in palliative care face physical, psychological, social and existential challenges, much of the time home alone. Specialist palliative home care team services can be instrumental for sense of security in an uncertain situation. The aim of this study was to describe patients’ and family caregivers’ experiences of specialist palliative home care team actions that are identified by the participants as helping or hindering interventions. Six patients and seven family caregivers were interviewed using the enhanced critical incident technique. Ninety-five critical incidents and wish list items were identified. Providing adequate resources, keeping promises and being reliable, and creating... (More)
Patients with advanced cancer and family caregivers in palliative care face physical, psychological, social and existential challenges, much of the time home alone. Specialist palliative home care team services can be instrumental for sense of security in an uncertain situation. The aim of this study was to describe patients’ and family caregivers’ experiences of specialist palliative home care team actions that are identified by the participants as helping or hindering interventions. Six patients and seven family caregivers were interviewed using the enhanced critical incident technique. Ninety-five critical incidents and wish list items were identified. Providing adequate resources, keeping promises and being reliable, and creating partnerships are actions by specialist palliative care teams that patients and family caregivers experienced as helping in meeting expressed or anticipated needs in patients and family caregivers. Being reliable and including patients and family caregivers in partnerships help to continue with daily life, even though death may be close. Unmet needs resulted in experiences of disrespect or violation of personal space/integrity.
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- author
- Klarare, Anna ; Rasmussen, Birgit H. LU ; Fossum, Bjöörn ; Hansson, Johan ; Fürst, Carl Johan LU and Lundh Hagelin, Carina
- organization
- publishing date
- 2018-10-09
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- family caregivers, home care services, palliative care, patient, qualitative method, team
- in
- European Journal of Cancer Care
- volume
- 27
- issue
- 6
- article number
- e12948
- publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc.
- external identifiers
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- pmid:30298967
- scopus:85054658425
- ISSN
- 0961-5423
- DOI
- 10.1111/ecc.12948
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 4533415b-0cc4-4e05-865c-3968293c8f35
- date added to LUP
- 2018-11-13 09:44:53
- date last changed
- 2024-03-18 18:44:33
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series = {{European Journal of Cancer Care}},
title = {{Actions helping expressed or anticipated needs : Patients with advanced cancer and their family caregivers’ experiences of specialist palliative home care teams}},
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