Family carer experiences of hospice care at home: Qualitative findings from a mixed methods realist evaluation

CONCLUSIONS: Carers in hospice-at-home services identified care to be of a higher quality than generic community services. Hospice staff were perceived as having 'time to care', communicated well and were comfortable with dying and death. Hands-on care was particularly valued in the period close to death.PMID:37864507 | DOI:10.1177/02692163231206027

Source: Palliative Medicine - October 21, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Vanessa Abrahamson Patricia Wilson Stephen Barclay Charlotte Brigden Heather Gage Kay Greene Ferhana Hashem Rasa Mikelyte Melanie Rees-Roberts Graham Silsbury Mary Goodwin Brooke Swash Bee Wee Peter Williams Claire Butler Source Type: research