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Family caregivers and palliative care: Current status and agenda for the future

The quality of life of the person confronting the end stages of their life may be severely compromised without the support of family caregivers. Indeed, most people requiring palliative care would not be able to fulfill their preferences, such as care at home, without significant family caregiver input. As a consequence, health services are mandated to support the family alongside the person diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. In short, palliative care is supposed to be family centred. However, the quality and type of support made available to family caregivers has been questioned. The purpose of this review is to outline a succinct and empirically informed account of family caregiving within the context of palliative care and to propose an agenda for the future. The appraisal is underpinned by several systematic reviews, and other seminal publications from the last decade.

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Additional Titles
J Palliat Med

Key Information

Type of Reference
Jour
ISBN/ISSN
1096-6218
Resource Database
Hmic
Publication Year
2011
Issue Number
7
Volume Number
14
Start Page
864-9
Language
English