Anticipatory grief and experience of providing at-home palliative care among informal caregivers of spouses in Croatia: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In palliative care, caring for spouses suffering from incurable diseases can provoke a range of reactions in informal caregivers that are part of the grieving process, as well as other reactions and ways of coping with a current role, which is often challenging. Anticipatory grief occurs before death and is often present in people who face the eventual loss of a loved one or their own death. This study aimed to gain insight into the anticipatory grief of informal caregivers who are providing at-home palliative care for their ill spouse. Our research questions focus on investigating the meanings caregivers ascribe to the experience of providing palliative care and the impending loss of a spouse.

Methods

A qualitative study was conducted in Zagreb, Croatia, from Apr

SUBMITTER: Bilic J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9672539 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature