Mortality risk following end-of-life caregiving: A population-based analysis of hospice users and their families.

ABSTRACT: Experiencing the death of a family member and providing end-of-life caregiving can be stressful on families - this is well-documented in both the caregiving and bereavement literatures. Adopting a linked-lived theoretical perspective, exposure to the death and dying of one family member could be conceptualized as a significant life stressor that produces short and long-term health consequences for surviving family members. This study uses familial-linked administrative records from the Utah Population Database to assess how variations in family hospice experiences affect mortality risk for surviving spouses and children. A cohort of hospice decedents living in Utah between 1998 and 2016 linked to their spouses and adult children (n = 37,271 pairs) provides an ideal study population because

SUBMITTER: Hollingshaus M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12357765 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature