A qualitative study of bereaved family caregivers: feeling of security, facilitators and barriers for rural home care and death for persons with advanced cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

For cancer patients and their family, an important factor that determines the choice to die at home is the caregivers' feeling of security when caring for the patient at home. Support to caregivers from healthcare professionals is important for the feeling of security. In rural areas, long distances and variable infrastructure may influence on access to healthcare services. This study explored factors that determined the security of caregivers of patients with advanced cancer who cared for the patients at home at the end of life in the rural region of Sogn og Fjordane in Norway, and what factors that facilitated home death.

Methods

A qualitative study using semi-structured in-depth interviews with bereaved with experience from caring for cancer patients at home at

SUBMITTER: Barlund AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7796575 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature