Caregiver informational support in different patient care settings at end of life.

This study examines how the setting where a patient receives end of life care affects caregivers' informational support needs by thematically analyzing data from caregiver interviews and clinical observations. Caregivers providing care for patients at home received informational support related to meeting patients' mobility, medication, and nutritional needs. Caregivers who provided care remotely received informational support to navigate transitions between patient care settings or long-term care arrangements, including financial considerations and insurance logistics. The findings document that interventions designed to enhance information for caregivers should account for caregiving context and that healthcare providers should proactively and repeatedly assess caregiver information needs related to end-of-life patient care. PMID: 29424667 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Home Health Care Services Quarterly - Category: Nursing Tags: Home Health Care Serv Q Source Type: research