The Meaning of Being Supportive for Family Caregivers as Narrated by Registered Nurses Working in Palliative Homecare
| Document type: | Journal Articles |
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| Article type: | Original article |
| Peer reviewed: | Yes |
| Author(s): | Peter Stoltz, Maud Lindholm, Giggi Udén, Ania Willman |
| Title: | The Meaning of Being Supportive for Family Caregivers as Narrated by Registered Nurses Working in Palliative Homecare |
| Translated title: | Innebörden av att stödja familjevårdare såsom det berättas av sjuksköterskor i palliativ hemsjukvård |
| Journal: | Nursing Science Quarterly |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Volume: | 19 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Pagination: | 163-173 |
| ISSN: | 0894-3184 |
| Publisher: | Sage Publication |
| Organization: | Blekinge Institute of Technology |
| Department: | School of Health Science (Sektionen för hälsa) School of Health Science S-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 http://www.bth.se/hal/ |
| Authors e-mail: | ania.willman@bth.se |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | The aim of this study was to illuminate the meaning of being supportive to family caregivers who care for a relative at home as narrated by registered nurses. The context used to allow for the meaning of being supportive to be illuminated was palliative home care. The study uses a phenomenological-hermeneutical method inspired by the philosophy of Ricoeur. Data consisted of narrative interviews, which were analyzed in three recurring phases: naive reading, structural analysis and interpreted whole. Twenty nurses from the hospitals in Sweden participated in the study. Two core themes were found: forming a relationship and keeping caregiving at home. |
| Summary in Swedish: | Sjusköterskor som arbetar i palliativ vård i hemmet har berättat om vad det innebär att ge stöd till en familjemedlem som vårdar i hemmet. Studien är analyserad med fenomenologisk-hermeneutisk metod. Nyckelord: familjevårdare, pallaitiv vård, stöd |
| Subject: | Nursing & Caring Sciences\General |
| Keywords: | family caregiver, palliative care, support |
