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Comfort Care Rounds: a staff capacity-building initiative in long-term care homes.

Abstract

This article reports a pilot evaluation of Comfort Care Rounds (CCRs)--a strategy for addressing long-term care home staff's palliative and end-of-life care educational and support needs. Using a qualitative descriptive design, semistructured individual and focus group interviews were conducted to understand staff members' perspectives and feedback on the implementation and application of CCRs. Study participants identified that effective …

Authors

Wickson-Griffiths A; Kaasalainen S; Brazil K; McAiney C; Crawshaw D; Turner M; Kelley ML

Journal

Journal of Gerontological Nursing, Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 42–48

Publisher

SLACK

Publication Date

January 2015

DOI

10.3928/00989134-20140611-01

ISSN

0098-9134