The needs and supportive networks of the dying: An assessment instrument and mapping procedure for hospice patients
| Autor: | Barbara P. Early, Elizabeth D. Smith, Theresa Beem, Linda Todd |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Assessment instrument 050109 social psychology Community Networks Risk Assessment Patient Care Planning Domain (software engineering) Nursing Surveys and Questionnaires Humans Medicine Family 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Statistical analysis Aged Aged 80 and over Social Work Department Hospital business.industry 05 social sciences Social Support General Medicine Middle Aged Iowa Cross-Sectional Studies Hospice Care Caregivers Models Organizational Managed care Female business Attitude to Health Needs Assessment 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®. 17:87-96 |
| ISSN: | 1938-2715 1049-9091 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/104990910001700208 |
| Popis: | If institutional systems that provide end-of-life care are to survive the demands of managed care, they will need to tie together methods of assessing the needs of the dying, leading to a new understanding of the functioning of a patient’s existing helping networks. This paper presents the preliminary findings of a research project conducted at a Midwest hospice. The study utilized a cross sectional correlational survey of patients’ needs via the Early Risk and Resiliency Inventory (ERRI), while mapping their helping networks with a Circles of Care Ecomap. It addressed the question, “What is the relationship between the needs of the dying and the formal and informal support provided?” Study findings supported the contention that higher need patients utilized the more expensive institutional services rather than relying on available natural networks; and statistical analysis of the study instrument suggested the creation of a new conceptual domain of psychospiritual need. |
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