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Palliativ vård i hemmet − närståendes upplevelser av vård vid livets slutskede: En litteraturbaserad studie
University West, Department of Health Sciences, Section for nursing - undergraduate level.
University West, Department of Health Sciences, Section for nursing - undergraduate level.
2019 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (professional degree), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Palliative care at home - relatives' experiences in end of life care (English)
Abstract [en]

Background: About 80 percent of the people dying in Sweden are considered to have been in need of palliative care. When death is approaching, due to age or illness, the ill person's and the relatives' needs must be met which is the main aim of palliative care. It has been increasingly common that people choose to be cared for in their own home in the end of life and therefore knowledge of the relatives' experience is important for the healthcare professionals.

Aim: To highlight relatives' experience of palliative care at the end of life in the dying person's home.

Method: A literature review based on qualitative studies. Eight articles were analyzed in five steps according to Friberg's qualitative content analysis for literature based studies.

Results: Three main themes and six sub-themes emerged through the analysis. The main themes were: To fulfill a wish, To experience security and To be a caregiver.

Conclusion: In order for relatives to feel confirmed as caregivers and to preserve a good health it is of great importance that the nurse communicates and makes them feel involved by giving them both support, information and the possibility to participate in the care but also to be unloaded.

Abstract [sv]

Denna studie beskriver hur närstående upplever palliativ vård i hemmet vid livets slutskede. I Sverige väljer allt fler personer att vårdas i sitt hem den sista tiden i livet, vilket innebär att det också är fler närstående som är i behov av vård då även deras hälsa påverkas. Därför är kunskap om de närståendes upplevelser viktig för sjukvården. Resultatet i studien baseras på åtta vetenskapliga artiklar där studiens resultat presenteras i tre huvudteman och sex subteman.

Resultatet visade att närstående upplevde ett krav och en förväntan att uppfylla den döende personens önskan. De kände även ett behov av att få stöd och information från sjuksköterskan, men också att vara delaktiga och bli bekräftade. Vårdandet påverkade både de närståendes hälsa och relationen till den döende personen, men genom att sjuksköterskan fanns där som ett stöd för dem kunde den betydelsefulla relationen mellan den döende personen och dennes närstående bevaras. Därför har sjuksköterskans närvaro en betydande roll i hur närstående upplever den palliativa vården vid livets slutskede.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2019. , p. 22
Keywords [en]
End of life care, Experience, Home, Palliative care, Relative
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Nursing
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-13632Local ID: EXO502OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hv-13632DiVA, id: diva2:1292445
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Nursing science
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Nursing Programme
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Available from: 2019-03-04 Created: 2019-02-28 Last updated: 2019-04-17Bibliographically approved

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