TY - JOUR
T1 - Challenges in home care at the end stage of dementia
T2 - Hospice units vs. home care units. A qualitative study
AU - Halevi Hochwald, Inbal
AU - Radomyslsky, Zorian
AU - Danon, Yehuda
AU - Nissanholtz-Gannot, Rachel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Home hospice units specializing in palliative end-of-life care are uncommon despite the theoretical benefit for people with end stage dementia (PWESD). We described the challenges of caring for PWESD and their families using 24 semi-structured in-depth interviews with professional staff members from two care settings—home hospice units and home care units—in Israel. Staff described end-of-life care for PWESD in four sub-themes: dementia as an end-stage disease; appropriateness of palliative care for PWESD; a family member at the center of care; and “dying-in-place” versus hospitalization. Our findings may enable better services and quality of care for PWESD living at home.
AB - Home hospice units specializing in palliative end-of-life care are uncommon despite the theoretical benefit for people with end stage dementia (PWESD). We described the challenges of caring for PWESD and their families using 24 semi-structured in-depth interviews with professional staff members from two care settings—home hospice units and home care units—in Israel. Staff described end-of-life care for PWESD in four sub-themes: dementia as an end-stage disease; appropriateness of palliative care for PWESD; a family member at the center of care; and “dying-in-place” versus hospitalization. Our findings may enable better services and quality of care for PWESD living at home.
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U2 - 10.1080/07481187.2020.1829748
DO - 10.1080/07481187.2020.1829748
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AN - SCOPUS:85092356988
SN - 0748-1187
VL - 46
SP - 1667
EP - 1677
JO - Death Studies
JF - Death Studies
IS - 7
ER -