The grief and bereavement experiences of informal caregivers: a scoping review of the North American literature

N Skantharajah, C Barrie, S Baxter… - … of Palliative Care, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Informal caregivers are a significant part of the hospice and palliative care
landscape as members of the interdisciplinary care team. Despite this, little is known about …

[HTML][HTML] The palliative care information needs of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and their informal caregivers: a scoping review

J Gillespie, A Przybylak-Brouillard, CL Watt - Journal of Pain and Symptom …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Context Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease,
associated with impaired quality of life for patients and caregivers. As treatment is largely …

Covid grief has cracked us open: how clinicians respond could reshape attitudes to bereavement—an essay by Lucy Selman

L Selman - bmj, 2021 - bmj.com
People working in healthcare experience grief professionally as well as personally and
societally. Attitudinal shifts are needed, argues Lucy Selman, to improve access to formal …

Supportive needs of informal caregivers of people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Switzerland: a qualitative study

C Poppe, K Schweikert, T Krones… - Palliative care and …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: This study explores the supportive needs of informal caregivers of people with
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in Switzerland. Method: We conducted semi-structured …

Who cares for the bereaved? A national survey of family caregivers of people with motor neurone disease

SM Aoun, PA Cafarella, B Rumbold… - … Lateral Sclerosis and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Background Although Motor Neurone Disease (MND) caregivers are most
challenged physically and psychologically, there is a paucity of population-based research …

Factors associated with grief in informal carers of people living with Motor Neuron Disease: A mixed methods systematic review

AP Trucco, T Backhouse, E Mioshi, N Kishita - Death Studies, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of this mixed methods systematic review was to identify factors associated with
anticipatory grief, post-death grief, and prolonged grief in informal carers of people living …

Why and how the work of Motor Neurone Disease Associations matters before and during bereavement: A consumer perspective

SM Aoun, PA Cafarella, A Hogden… - Palliative Care and …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Studies on the experiences of consumers with Motor Neurone Disease
Associations at end of life and bereavement are lacking, and their role and capability within …

Bereavement and support experiences of informal caregivers of persons with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a qualitative study

C Poppe, LM Iseli, M Verwey… - … of social work in end-of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Informal caregivers provide the major part of care for persons with amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis (ALS), a terminal neurodegenerative disease. Apart from providing care, informal …

Palliative and end-of-life care for people living with motor neurone disease: ongoing challenges and necessity for shifting directions

VC Velaga, A Cook, K Auret, T Jenkins, G Thomas… - Brain Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Although the progressive clinical trajectory of motor neurone disease (MND) is widely
understood, multiple challenges remain preventing optimal end-of-life care for this …

Traumatised, angry, abandoned but some empowered: a national survey of experiences of family caregivers bereaved by motor neurone disease

SM Aoun, K Noonan, G Thomas… - Palliative care and …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: There are few illnesses as disruptive as motor neurone disease, a fatal
neurodegenerative condition, where diagnosis introduces a clinical narrative of inevitable …