Home Care Nurses' Provision of Support to Families of the Elderly at the End of Life

Bibliographic Data

ID4676499
AuthorsYuko Hirano (0000-0002-5430-8962, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ward, Tokyo, Japan), Noriko Yamamoto-Mitani (Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ward, Tokyo, Japan,), Noriko Yamamoto‐mitani (0000-0002-1704-7011, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, corresponding author), Mari Ueno (Kanagawa University of Human Services, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa, Japan), Shiho Takemori (Kenwakai Kitasenju Home Care Nursing Station, Adachi-ward, Tokyo, Japan), Masayo Kashiwagi (0000-0002-4524-9593, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, Japan), Izumi Sato (0000-0003-2548-8391, Seirei Hosoe Home Care Nursing Station, Hamamatu-shi, Shizuoka, Japan), Noa Miyata (0000-0002-4894-2457, Fuchu-Iou Home Care Nursing Station, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo, Japan), Mari Kimata (Seirei Christopher University, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan), Hiroki Fukahori (0000-0002-6589-2607, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ward, Tokyo, Japan), Masako Yamada (0000-0001-6904-3162, St. Luke's College of Nursing, Chuo-ward, Tokyo, Japan)
Year2011
Volume21
Issue2
Pages199-213
Publication date2011-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQualitative Health Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1049732310383866
PMID20852015
OpenAlexW2126186390
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited13

In this article we describe our study of assistance for family decisions and caregiving by Japanese home care nurses to families of elderly relatives at the end of life. The participants were 31 nurses who had been evaluated as providing good end-of-life care. We carried out semistructured interviews concerning the practice of family support in two cases (cancer and noncancer). We conducted a qualitative analysis using the constant comparative approach and derived several categories inductively. Home care nurses are responsible for (a) estimating the possibility of dying at home, (b) visualizing what is coming and what can be done, (c) proposing where and how the family can say goodbye, (d) building family consensus, (e) coordinating resources, and (f) offering psychological support for end-of-life care. End-of-life family care by home care nurses is a process in which multiple components of care are provided with changing content as death approaches

Content analysis · End-of-life care · Family medicine · Family support · Good death · Palliative care · Qualitative research · Sociology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Nursing · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Patient Dignity and Privacy · Psychology

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