Family caregivers experience many challenges during the time of bereavement, mainly to do with a lack of support, difficult and overwhelming emotions, and the recovery from the physical and emotional challenges of caregiving. A significant number of bereaved caregivers will experience negative outcomes such as prolonged and complicated grief, depression, and even death. A self-administered…
Background: Palliative care and the prison setting are diametrically opposed in their objectives. However, a high portion of those who are incarcerated in today’s prisons are aging, becoming infirm, and/or suffering life threatening diseases. Thus, increasingly, palliative care is a required service in the prison setting. This scoping review of relevant literature seeks to explore…
Issue to be addressed: What is the experience of bereavement for family caregivers after the death of the patient? Many of Canada’s almost 1 million family caregivers will become bereaved each year, as more than 68% of the 238,000 deaths in Canada in 2009 were due to a chronic disease, such as cancer, heart disease and dementia. Family caregivers,…
Meridith Burles (Supervisor: Lorraine Holtslander)College of NursingUniversity of SaskatchewanEmail: meridith.burles@usask.ca Dr. Burles is conducting a qualitative study that aims: to understand the ways in which women experience ovarian cancer as a chronic illness, and to describe how women negotiate the uncertainty of ovarian cancer and the future. Dr. Burles is asking women affected by the…
Finding balance was described by bereaved caregivers as “walking a fine line between deep grieving and moving on”. The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate a Finding Balance scale from qualitative research interview data. The thirty items for the original scale were based on quotes from research interviews with older persons who…
Research regarding cancer patients has become increasingly more prevalent, however research regarding the needs of their family caregivers is lacking, even more so, their experience of bereavement after caregiving ends. The purpose of this study was to explore the ways in which bereaved caregivers find balance in their lives following the loss of their spouse…
The overall purpose of this study is to develop and pilot-test a self-administered, theory-based “finding balance” writing intervention for older adults who are bereaved after caregiving for a spouse with cancer. Often support systems may not be adequate after caregiving ends and the bereaved caregiver may have difficulty in many ways during this time. Currently,…