In the final stage of people’s life, family caregivers spend an average of 26 hours a week providing informal care at home. While this care can be rewarding, it can also lead to overburdening and increase the need for support. Despite the efforts of healthcare providers, many family caregivers feel that …

COVID-19 has complicated grieving experiences. Rich qualitative description of these experiences is lacking. We interviewed 10 bereaved relatives (mainly daughters) 2–3 times each: shortly after their relative died in the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic, and after 12 and 18 months (29 interviews in total). …

De COM-interventie helpt naasten en verpleegkundigen inzichtelijk te krijgen welke ondersteuning naasten nodig hebben om palliatieve zorg thuis zo lang mogelijk vol te houden.

Hoofdstuk in boek Probleemgeoriënteerd denken in de palliatieve zorg. Sander de Hosson, Sabine Netters, Marieke Ausems, Alexander de Graeff, Daisy Janssen (red.) Uitgeverij De Tijdstroom / Boommedisch. Palliatieve zorg is een belangrijk onderdeel van de beroepsuitoefening van vrijwel elke arts, verpleegkundige …

Objective: Family caregivers are often intensively involved in palliative and end‐oflife cancer care. A variety of interventions to support family caregivers have been developed, differing in target population, modality, and components. We aimed to systematically examine characteristics and the effectiveness …

Objectives The objective of this study is to better understand how the COVID-19 outbreak impacted the different domains of the palliative care approach to end-of-life care from the perspective of healthcare professionals (HCPs) from different professions, working in different settings during the first …

Background Family caregivers enable patients to be cared for and die at home whereas nurses aim to support the family caregivers of these patients. Information on how this support is provided and how this is documented in nursing files is largely lacking. Aim To gain insight in nurses' reports on the …

Verpleegkundigen en verzorgenden kunnen zelfmanagement of zelfred-zaamheid ondersteunen bij mensen met een chronische ziekte. Vaak vinden zij dit wel lastig. De onderzoekers gingen daarom na wat op drie afdelingen het effect was van een gesprekshulpmiddel om ondersteuningsbehoeften van zorgvragers in …

Aim To evaluate the feasibility of a structured nurse‐led supportive intervention and its effects on family caregivers in end‐of‐life care at home. Background Family caregivers are crucial in end‐of‐life care. They may experience burden due to the responsibilities associated with caregiving. Some family …

Background Family caregivers are crucial in end-of-life care. However, family caregiving may involve a significant burden with various negative health consequences. Although nurses are in a unique position to support family caregivers at home, little is known about which nursing interventions are effective …