End of Life Care in Elderly: Family Experiences

DOI

10.2991/inc-17.2017.40How to use a DOI?

Keywords

family, end-of-life-care, elderly, experiences, palliative

Abstract

Mostly, death occurs due to aging, while the rest because of illness. In palliative care, Indonesian elderly with a chronic disease more likely to stay at home with their families until the death. These conditions give a unique experience to the family when taking care of elderly at the end of their life. This study was aimed to explore the family experiences in taking care of the elderly at the end of life. This study used a qualitative method with a phenomenological approach. It was in-depth interview with semi-structured questions. The sampling technique was purposive sampling with inclusion criteria at Puskesmas Mulyorejo, Surabaya, Indonesia. A total of 4 family carers were recruited, and ten individuals were got involved in an in-depth interview. Five themes were revealed, including response, barriers, coping mechanism, the hope of family member, and the needs of health care. Taking care of the elderly at the end of life could bring a negative response to the family. So, in some cases the family need properly preparation and some help from the health workers.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Retno Indarwati
AU  - Rista Fauziningtyas
AU  - Sylvia Dwi Wahyuni
AU  - Elida Ulfiana
PY  - 2017/04
DA  - 2017/04
TI  - End of Life Care in Elderly: Family Experiences
BT  - Proceedings of the 8th International Nursing Conference on Education, Practice and Research Development in Nursing (INC 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 155
EP  - 158
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/inc-17.2017.40
DO  - 10.2991/inc-17.2017.40
ID  - Indarwati2017/04
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