Evidence-Based Protocol: Family Bereavement Support Before and After the Death of a Nursing Home Resident

Davidson, Kathleen

doi:10.3928/0098-9134-20030101-08

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“…Despite the lack of funding, it was reported that front-line staff in facilities frequently provided bereavement support to family members before and after the death (Davidson, 2003). Matsumura, Nakayama, and Kawagoe (2006) indicated that factors affecting satisfaction of the primary home caregivers for home-care nursing were, for example, to have been visited close to the patient's death and to have been comforted by the visiting nurses (grief care).…”

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Relationships among actions, antecedents, and outcomes of grief care for bereaved caregivers: Surveying visiting nurses throughout Japan

Ono

2012

Japan Journal Nursing Sci

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Aim: This research identified and analyzed relationships of grief care by visiting nurses using antecedent factors and grief care outcomes. Methods: A mailed, original, researcher-developed, self-administered questionnaire for visiting nurses employed at home-visit nursing care stations throughout Japan provided data which was then analyzed using multiple regression analyses. Grief care provided by nurses is divided into three scales: (i) grief care from beginning of home care to the terminal period (GCBT); (ii) grief care at deathbed (GCDB); and (iii) grief care after the patient's death (GCAD). Results: Valid responses were provided by 332 (90.7%) administrators and 1442 (76.1%) staff nurses. The data revealed that it was "years of experience as a visiting nurse" and "experience of learning grief care after the patient's death" that were significant to GCBT. Also, nurses' outcomes "learning opportunity" and "confidence in visiting nursing" were significant to GCBT and GCAD. Conclusion: Simply being told how to provide care to the patient during the terminal phase is inadequate. The care during this period seemed to require years of experience as a visiting nurse. Nurses should consider more effective educational methods to nurture this skill rather than wait for it to be acquired through experience. Implementation of grief care is an opportunity for receiving feedback on the care nurses provided. Grief care provides motivation for nursing and maintains mental health.

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Relationships among actions, antecedents, and outcomes of grief care for bereaved caregivers: Surveying visiting nurses throughout Japan

Ono

2012

Japan Journal Nursing Sci

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“…The research examined support provided by healthcare staff in general practice and community nursing, hospital wards and care homes where contact with bereaved older people is usual (Office for National Statistics, 2009). Previous research into bereavement care has focused on single healthcare settings (Main, 2000; Davidson, 2003; Walsh et al. , 2008).…”

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Bereavement care for older people in healthcare settings: qualitative study of experiences

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Wilcock²,

Wimpenny³

2012

Int J Older People Nursing

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“…Davidson (2003) [441] (Level EO) formulated an evidence-based protocol for family bereavement support before and after the death of a resident that includes a number of bereavement support interventions. One study assessed a range of psychosocial variables on family functioning covering the experience of the illness, death and funeral, spousal health, family coping, sources of support, use of ritual, and completion of estate duties [413] (Level QE).…”

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Guidelines for a Palliative Approach in Residential Aged Care: Enhanced Version--May 2006

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1992. Approval for the guidelines by the NHMRC is granted for a period not exceeding five years, at which date the approval expires. The NHMRC expects that all guidelines will be reviewed no less than once every five years. Readers should check with the Department of Health and Ageing for any reviews or updates of these guidelines. DISCLAIMER This document is a general guide to appropriate practice, to be followed subject to the clinician's judgement and the patient's preference in each individual case. The guidelines are designed to provide information to assist decision-making and are based on the best evidence available at the time of compilation.

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Evidence-Based Protocol: Family Bereavement Support Before and After the Death of a Nursing Home Resident

Cited by 9 publications

References 20 publications

Relationships among actions, antecedents, and outcomes of grief care for bereaved caregivers: Surveying visiting nurses throughout Japan

Relationships among actions, antecedents, and outcomes of grief care for bereaved caregivers: Surveying visiting nurses throughout Japan

Bereavement care for older people in healthcare settings: qualitative study of experiences

Guidelines for a Palliative Approach in Residential Aged Care: Enhanced Version--May 2006

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