Evaluation of Hospice Enrollment and Family and Unpaid Caregivers’ Experiences With Health Care Workers in the Care of Older Adults During the Last Month of Life
Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: never asked by health care workers if they needed help managing care, and just half of caregivers who assisted with symptom management received training.While training was more common among caregivers assisting older adults enrolled in hospice, findings indicate room for improvement.End-of-life care increasingly involves hospice and occurs in the community; however, concerns about delayed hospice enrollment and burdensome end-of-life care persist.1,3,6 This study does not provide insight into specific factors affecting caregiver experiences or hospice enrollment.Nevertheless, the findings substantiate the feasibility and importance of monitoring the experiences of family members, who are often heavily involved in end-of-life care. 2 Enhanced assessment of the end-of-life caregiving experience will be possible via annual NSOC data collection, beginning in 2021.
Source: JAMA Network Open
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,000
OpenAlex ID: W3018036605