Assessment of needs of family members in palliative care

Guidelines for the Assessment of Bereavement Risk in Family Members of People Receiving Palliative Care Centre for Palliative Care

Needs Assessment of Leisure Needs of Male and Female Members of Student Organization in Tehran

Measuring leisure needs is an essential step in planning educational development. Educational needs are one of the educational system's foundations that underlie the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the systems. This study was conducted through survey on a sample of 400 students [200 girls (Farzanegan) and 200 boys (Pishtazan)] from elementary school (fourth and fifth grades), guidan...

Care planning needs of palliative home care clients: Development of the interRAI palliative care assessment clinical assessment protocols (CAPs)

BACKGROUND The interRAI Palliative Care (interRAI PC) assessment instrument provides a standardized, comprehensive means to identify person-specific need and supports clinicians to address important factors such as aspects of function, health, and social support. The interRAI Clinical Assessment Protocols (CAPs) inform clinicians of priority issues requiring further investigation where specific...

Palliative care case conferences in long-term care: views of family members.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES This paper examines the use of structured Palliative Care Case Conferences in long-term care. The issues families bring to the Palliative Care Case Conference, their level of distress prior to the conference, the extent to which these issues are addressed by staff and family satisfaction with this process are described. BACKGROUND In most developed countries, up to 30% of ...

Most important needs of family members of critical patients in light of the critical care family needs inventory.

OBJECTIVE This work sought to identify the most important needs for family members of adult critical patients as described in the literature pursuant to the dimensions established in the "Critical Care Family Needs Inventory" (CCFNI) by Molter and Leske. METHODOLOGY A literature review was carried out by using the CCFNI instrument. The databases used were: Pubmed, CINAHL, Proquest Nursing & A...