Importance Caregiver burden may result from providing care for patients with chronic illness.
It can occur in any of the 43.5 million individuals providing support to midlife and older …

The changing context of palliative care over the last decade highlights the importance of
recent research on home-based family caregiving at the end of life. This article reports on a …

OBJECTIVES: To review the current knowledge on the challenges and benefits of informal
family caregiving; and propose two conceptual frameworks for studying transitions common …

Objective: Palliative care (PC) nurses experience several recurrent organizational,
professional, and individual challenges. To address existential and emotional demands, the …

In Palliative Care, the unit of care is the patient and their family. Although members of the
health care team often address the family caregiver's opinions and concerns, the focus of …

Objective: Little is known about the factors that mediate the caregiving experience of
informal carers at home, which could inform about ways of supporting them in their …

Cuidar de um familiar com doença avançada e/ou em fim de vida pode representar uma
grande sobrecarga emocional, física e financeira que afeta a qualidade de vida dos …

Background We examined factors associated with positive consequences for family
members who served as caregivers of terminal cancer patients. Methods We conducted a …

Os cuidadores familiares desempenham um importante papel ao cuidar de um paciente em
situação de doença avançada. Este estudo teve como objetivo caracterizar o cuidador …

Background: Informal caregivers play a critical role in the provision of care to hospice
patients. The care they provide often impacts their physical and psychological well-being …