Background: In many countries, achieving a home death represents a successful outcome
from both a patient welfare and commissioning viewpoint. Significant variation exists in the …

We examined psychological parameters in family caregivers of palliative cancer patients
before and after the death of the patients. Caregivers' data about depression and anxiety …

Background: Access to community palliative care 'out-of-hours'–defined as care provided
after the normal hours of work–is advocated globally. Healthcare assistants, who provide …

Background: Healthcare assistants working in hospice at home settings have a pivotal role
in supporting people dying at home and their family caregivers. Some healthcare assistants …

Background In most developed countries, Health Care Assistants comprise a significant, and
growing, proportion of the residential aged care workforce. Despite the fact that they provide …

Aims and objectives To explore the home care experiences of caregivers taking care of CHD
children before and after cardiac surgery. Background Despite the prevalence of congenital …

Research can seem difficult to get to grips with. However, at the heart of this new edition is
the view that research is essentially a simple activity, the principles of which can be readily …

Responding to the paucity of institutional literature meaningfully distinguishing between
emotional displays and the experience of emotions, I describe the process by which display …

The discourse of dying alone is negatively weighted and models of a good death identify not
dying alone as a key outcome. Understanding why dying alone is viewed negatively and its …

Professional boundaries may help care staff to clarify their role, manage risk and safeguard
vulnerable clients. Yet there is a scarcity of evidence on how professional boundaries are …