Journal article
Caregiving and its impact on families of the terminally ill
Abstract
Changes in the health care system have meant that increasing numbers of the terminally ill receive the majority of their care at home. The purpose of this paper was to document patterns of informal and formal care provided to the terminally ill and assess the impact caregiving has on family members. One hundred and fifty-one family caregivers were recruited for interviews from two community-nursing agencies in an urban region of the province of …
Authors
Brazil K; Bédard M; Willison K; Hode M
Journal
Aging & Mental Health, Vol. 7, No. 5, pp. 376–382
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
September 2003
DOI
10.1080/1360786031000150649
ISSN
1360-7863