This study explored the meanings and experiences of patients with terminal chronic
diseases and their caregivers, who face the imminence of death in the home environment …

This qualitative study explored perspectives toward a good or bad death among 21 older
homeless adults residing in transitional housing. Using grounded theory approach, the …

Little is known about health professionals first experiences of End-of-Life care in hospital.
This study aims to understand the psycho-social process that occurs when hospital-based …

Background: While 'home'is cited most frequently as being the preferred place of death, most
people will die in institutions. Yet, the meaning and significance of home for people nearing …

Purpose: This study aimed to explain and understand the existential meaning of the finality
of life from the perspective of healthy older adults. Method: Participants were recruited from a …

This study explored how elderly people living in the community perceive issues around
death, dying, and the end of life using a qualitative grounded theory approach. Forty …

This study examines elderly residential life in long-term care settings, focusing on the ways
residents interact with their physical and social environments. It further proposes that the …

ObjectivesExistential/spiritual questions often arise when a person suffers from a serious
and/or life-threatening illness.“Existential” can be seen as a broad inclusive term for issues …

Next of kin represent significant resources in the care for older patients. The aim of this study
was to describe and illuminate the meaning of the next of kin's experiences during the …

In many Western countries, older people live and die in long-term institutional care settings.
Habermas's concepts of lifeworld, system and communicative action are drawn upon to …