The Living-Dying Interval in Nursing Home-Based End-of-Life Care: Family Caregivers' Experiences

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Guided by concepts from the living-dying interval (Pattison, 197732. Pattison , E. M. 1977 . The experience of dying , Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice Hall . View all references) this study sought to explore family members' experiences with a dying nursing home resident. In-depth interviews were conducted with 31 caregivers of residents who had died. Interviews were audiotaped and transcribed. Themes that illuminated families' experiences on the living-dying interval were: an acute medical crisis (trigger events, accumulation of stressors, level of care crisis); the living-dying phase (advance care planning, hospitalization, end-stage decisions); and the terminal phase (beginning of the end, awareness of dying). The results illustrate critical periods for social work intervention with families of dying nursing home residents.View full textDownload full textKeywordsnursing home, end-of-life care, living-dying interval, family caregiversRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2011.596918