Family caregiving for persons with heart failure at the intersection of heart failure and palliative care: a state-of-the-science review.

ABSTRACT: Many of the 23 million individuals with heart failure (HF) worldwide receive daily, unpaid support from a family member or friend. Although HF and palliative care practice guidelines stipulate that support be provided to family caregivers, the evidence base to guide care for this population has not been comprehensively assessed. In order to appraise the state-of-the-science of HF family caregiving and recommend areas for future research, the aims of this review were to summarize (1) how caregivers influence patients, (2) the consequences of HF for caregivers, and (3) interventions directed at HF caregivers. We reviewed all literature to December 2015 in PubMed and CINAHL using the search terms "heart failure" AND "caregiver." Inclusion criteria dictated that studies report original researc

SUBMITTER: Nicholas Dionne-Odom J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5544594 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature