Bosco, A. orcid.org/0000-0002-2374-3427, Di Lorito, C., Dunlop, M. et al. (6 more authors) (2023) Experiences of hospice dementia care: a qualitative study of bereaved carers and hospice clinicians. PLOS ONE, 18 (11). e0286493. ISSN 1932-6203
Abstract
Background
Nearly 50 million people worldwide have dementia and the increasing numbers requiring end-of-life and palliative care, has led to national efforts to define standards of care for this patient group. Little research, however, has been done to date about the experience of hospice care for people with dementia accessing these services. This study explores the views of hospice dementia care for bereaved carers of people with dementia and hospice clinicians.
Methods
We used purposive sampling for participant recruitment. Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with bereaved carers and hospice clinical staff. Interviews were audio recorded and the transcriptions were analysed through thematic analysis. A total of 12 participants were interviewed from one service in the Northwest region in the UK. All were female and white British.
Results
Participants described their experience of hospice dementia care in three main themes: Pre-access to service, roles and responsibility within hospice care, ease and difficulty of last period of end-of-life care.
Conclusion
Rapid response teams delivering hospice home care could represent a better option to inpatient care and may be preferred by patients. This type of service, however, may require joined-up care with other community services, and this type of care needs to be considered and planned. Future studies should evaluate this type of community care.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 Bosco et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Keywords: | Humans; Female; Male; Hospice Care; Caregivers; Hospices; Palliative Care; Qualitative Research; Dementia |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Medicine and Population Health |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 19 Jan 2024 11:33 |
Last Modified: | 19 Jan 2024 11:33 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0286493 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:207979 |