Penrod Janice, Hupcey Judith E, Shipley Peggy Z, Loeb Susan J, Baney Brenda
School of Nursing and College of Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA.
West J Nurs Res. 2012 Mar;34(2):174-93. doi: 10.1177/0193945911400920. Epub 2011 Mar 14.
Informal family caregivers provide significant contributions to end-of-life (EOL) care. A theoretical model of the phases and transitions of EOL caregiving was explicated using grounded theory methods to explore the experiences of 46 family caregivers of adults suffering a variety of life-limiting conditions. The derived model describes four phases of caregiving spanning prediagnosis through bereavement. Phases are demarcated by key transitions experienced when the illness progression manifestly challenges the established "steady state" achieved by the caregiver. The basic social process was defined as "seeking normal" as caregivers sought reliable patterns of everyday life while meeting the demands of caregiving. Understanding the progression of EOL caregiving enables clinicians to better support family caregivers as both coproviders and corecipients of care.
非正式家庭照护者对临终关怀做出了重大贡献。运用扎根理论方法阐述了一个临终照护阶段与转变的理论模型,以探究46名照护患有各种生命受限疾病的成年人的家庭照护者的经历。所推导的模型描述了从疾病诊断前到丧亲之痛的四个照护阶段。各阶段由疾病进展明显挑战照护者所建立的“稳定状态”时经历的关键转变来划分。基本社会过程被定义为“寻求常态”,因为照护者在满足照护需求的同时寻求可靠的日常生活模式。了解临终照护的进展情况能使临床医生更好地支持家庭照护者,使其成为护理的共同提供者和共同接受者。