Aim This study aimed to describe the psychosocial support healthcare professionals in
specialist palliative inpatient units provide to family members of palliative care patients …

Background: The participation of family members in inpatient palliative care has been shown
to be meaningful; it contributes to the wellbeing of the patient. Even so, little is known about …

Purpose The support for family members (FMs) during a patient's palliative hospital care has
been rarely studied, creating a gap in how FMs can be better supported. Psychosocial …

Aim: To explore family members' supportive interactions in palliative care and the emotional
experiences that they associate with these interactions. Methods: Qualitative individual …

Although previous literature has examined family caregiving in a number of environments,
there has been a lack of information and understanding of the nature of family caregiving …

Background: Family caregivers providing care to a terminally ill person are affected by the
challenge of providing care at the endof-life stage. A palliative approach can differently mark …

Background Many family caregivers of palliative care patients experience poor health and
have other unmet needs, requiring health professionals' support. However, there are few …

Background: Patients in receipt of palliative care services are often viewed primarily as
recipients of support from their family caregiver. There is a dearth of evidence in palliative …

Background: Due to medical advances and an increasingly ageing population, the number
of people living with a serious illness is rising. This has major implications for the burden on …

Patients' palliative care situation affects their whole family, and with every patient comes a
significant number of family caregivers requiring palliative care services. Despite this …