Debra Parker Oliver
Biographic Data
| ID | 6640484 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Debra Parker Oliver |
| GIVEN NAMES | Debra Parker |
| FAMILY NAME | Oliver |
| SIGNATURE | OLIVER D P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Missouri |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8354-0859 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Close but Not Close Enough
Half of hospice family caregivers report having unmet information needs, which can contribute to poor pain and symptom management, emergency department use, and hospice disenrollment for care-recipients and to caregiver strain and stress. Effective communication between hospice teams and family caregivers is critical yet communication inadequacies persist. Despite the growing prevalence of distance caregiving, including in hospice care, and the r…
From Pain To Purpose
Stress Variances Among Informal Hospice Caregivers
Care interventions are not routinely provided for hospice caregivers, despite widespread documentation of the burden and toll of the caregiving experience. Assessing caregivers for team interventions (ACT) proposes that holistic patient and family care includes ongoing caregiver needs assessment of primary, secondary, and intrapsychic stressors. In this study, our goal was to describe the variance in stressors for caregivers to establish evidence…
The ACTive Intervention in Hospice Interdisciplinary Team Meetings
This paper presents the theoretical framework and rationale for the ACTive intervention which proposes the use of video technology to facilitate patient and family participation in hospice interdisciplinary team meetings where plans of care are determined. It is surmised that patient and family involvement will improve communication and compliance in hospice care. An analysis of data from a pilot project of the ACTive intervention was conducted t…
Managing the Secrets of Dying Backstage
The project analyzed staff descriptions of undocumented care given to dying nursing home residents. Registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, certified nurse aids, and social service designees were interviewed using an unstructured interview guide. Transcripts were coded by two members of the team and a thematic analysis was guided with the theoretical framework of Erving Goffman's dramaturgical model of social interaction. Analysis of interv…
The ACTive Intervention in Hospice Interdisciplinary Team Meetings
This paper presents the theoretical framework and rationale for the ACTive intervention which proposes the use of video technology to facilitate patient and family participation in hospice interdisciplinary team meetings where plans of care are determined. It is surmised that patient and family involvement will improve communication and compliance in hospice care. An analysis of data from a pilot project of the ACTive intervention was conducted t…
Managing the Secrets of Dying Backstage
The project analyzed staff descriptions of undocumented care given to dying nursing home residents. Registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, certified nurse aids, and social service designees were interviewed using an unstructured interview guide. Transcripts were coded by two members of the team and a thematic analysis was guided with the theoretical framework of Erving Goffman's dramaturgical model of social interaction. Analysis of interv…
The ACTive Intervention in Hospice Interdisciplinary Team Meetings
This paper presents the theoretical framework and rationale for the ACTive intervention which proposes the use of video technology to facilitate patient and family participation in hospice interdisciplinary team meetings where plans of care are determined. It is surmised that patient and family involvement will improve communication and compliance in hospice care. An analysis of data from a pilot project of the ACTive intervention was conducted t…
Stress Variances Among Informal Hospice Caregivers
Care interventions are not routinely provided for hospice caregivers, despite widespread documentation of the burden and toll of the caregiving experience. Assessing caregivers for team interventions (ACT) proposes that holistic patient and family care includes ongoing caregiver needs assessment of primary, secondary, and intrapsychic stressors. In this study, our goal was to describe the variance in stressors for caregivers to establish evidence…
Close but Not Close Enough
Half of hospice family caregivers report having unmet information needs, which can contribute to poor pain and symptom management, emergency department use, and hospice disenrollment for care-recipients and to caregiver strain and stress. Effective communication between hospice teams and family caregivers is critical yet communication inadequacies persist. Despite the growing prevalence of distance caregiving, including in hospice care, and the r…
From Pain To Purpose
Medicine (5 works) · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Family caregivers (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Caregiver stress (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Dementia (2 works) · Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units (2 works)