Faculty of Nursing, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Palliat Support Care. 2009 Dec;7(4):449-57. doi: 10.1017/S1478951509990459.
A qualitative pilot study was conducted to identify and describe expert behaviors in care of the dying resident in a personal care home setting from the perspective of health care aides (N = 5) nominated by their peers as demonstrating excellence in end-of-life care.
Data was collected through audio-taped semi-structured interview, and transcribed verbatim using constant-comparative analysis procedures.
The over-arching theme emerging from the data was "caring as if it were my family." Subsumed within this main theme included the sub-themes of: (1) care of the resident; (2) tending to the environment; (3) care of the family; (4) going to bat; and (5) processing loss.
The findings from this pilot study provide preliminary empirical evidence that could inform educational programs for and performance evaluation of, health care aides providing end-of-life care in personal care home environments.
本定性试点研究旨在从同行提名的在个人护理院环境中表现出卓越临终关怀的医护助理（n=5）的角度出发，确定并描述临终关怀居民的专业行为。
通过录音半结构化访谈收集数据，并使用恒比分析程序逐字转录。
数据中出现的首要主题是“关爱如同家人”。这个主要主题包含以下子主题：（1）关怀居民；（2）照顾环境；（3）关怀家属；（4）全力以赴；（5）处理失落。
这项试点研究的结果提供了初步的实证证据，可以为在个人护理院环境中提供临终关怀的医护助理的教育计划和绩效评估提供信息。
