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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"family carers"”.
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Family carers and mental health : the role of self-compassion
… of guilt and shame are often experienced by family members who care for a relative with a mental health difficulty. This may drive certain behaviours, characterised as emotional overinvolvement (EOI). EOI is consistently associated with poorer outcomes among people experiencing mental health …
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Activity engagement with people with dementia at home: family carers' perspectives
… need to support those with dementia at home, and family carers are increasingly advised to engage their relative in daily activities. Knowledge about family carers involvement in the activity needs of individuals living with dementia is fragmented. This study explored carers' decision making …
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OPTIMISTIC: OPTIMISing care and support for patients with inoperable pancreaTIC cancer and their family carers
… with inoperable pancreatic cancer and their family carers (FCs) in England. The aim of the research was to develop recommendations for optimising supportive care provision for this cohort. Sixty semi-structured interviews were undertaken with patients, their FCs, and HCPs, between May 2022 …
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Development of an Intervention to Reduce Psychological Distress in Post-Treatment Upper GI Cancer Patients and Family Carers
… the oesophageal survivor population and their family carers. Patient and carer illness beliefs have been identified as a possible determinant of poor psychological wellbeing. This thesis aims to progress our understanding of illness beliefs as a determinant of psychological distress in …
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Optimisation of care transitions: Understanding coping strategies of South Asian family carers of a relative with advanced dementia
… will be a similar increase in the number of family carers. Whilst policy and research have discussed issues pertaining to awareness and access issues for minoritised ethnic communities, there remains an under-representation of these communities in services. A lack of understanding on the part …
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Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) at home : an exploratory study of family carers' experiences and the relationships between their perceptions and distress
… research exploring the effects of PEG care on family members that carry out the process. Small qualitative studies have found that caring for an individual with a PEG can have psychosocial effects and can cause distress. Despite this finding there is little understanding of the psychological …
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Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Family Carers of Relatives Living with Dementia Adaptation and Feasibility studies for Online Delivery in Aotearoa New Zealand
… with massive economic implications. Services for family carers who support relatives living with dementia need to be evidence based, culturally safe and accessible to make a difference. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is a potential intervention for this population due to its robust …
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A palliative care approach for people with advanced heart failure : recognition of need, transitions in care and impact on patients, family carers and clinicians
… transitions in care and impact on patients, family carers and clinicians. Methods: Mixed method study with integration of findings. Systematic literature review of prognostic variables associated with the last year of life in HF. Analysis of General Practice Research Database (GPRD) records …
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An exploration of individualized music on levels of agitation in people with dementia in a specialist mental health setting: a mixed method approach
… setting; additionally the experiences of family carers and healthcare professionals were explored.<br/><br/>Background: The therapeutic use of music in healthcare has significantly grown in popularity. Recently there has been an increase in the use of individualised music in the care of …
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Helping people with dementia to eat well at home: An investigation to understand and enhance nutritional care
… with dementia at home from the perspectives of family members, healthcare professionals and homecare workers. Eight family carers (mean age of 69.6 years) and seven healthcare professionals and homecare workers (mean time spent in profession = 8.9 years) were purposively recruited and …
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Making sense of acute leukaemia:: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experiences of patients and family caregivers
… how adult patients with acute leukaemia or their family carers make sense of their illness-related experiences, and, as a consequence, clinicians still lack the knowledge necessary to tailor support to this specific population. Therefore, this qualitative study aimed to explore the processes, …
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Evaluation of Different Cognitive Stimulation Therapies and its Impact on the Quality of Life of People with Dementia: A Systematic Review
… and the establishment of a chat line for family carers who have questions about iCST.
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A Hermeneutic Phenomenology Study Exploring the Barriers and Facilitators to Accessing Support for UK South Asian Families Living with Frailty
… interviews with 16 South Asian older people and family carers, exploring perceptions and barriers to accessing frailty services (ii) focus group involving nine community and social care stakeholders (iii) interviews with seven South Asian older people and family members to co-produce …
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The experience of the role of being a caregiver for carers who identify as ‘black’: an IPA study
Background: Carers who identify as ‘Black’ are a group that is thought to experience exclusion and marginalisation within existing services (JCPMH, 2014). Whilst, there is some research that explores caregiving attitudes, experiences and needs of BME family carers, it is documented that little is …
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Making decisions in mental healthcare : a phenomenological study
… m mental healthcare; service users, workers and family carers. Audio recordings of interviews were transcribed and analysed using an existentially informed hermeneutic phenomenological approach. All participants described a feeling of being under scrutiny, struggling to maintain personal …
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Carers of the dementing elderly coping techniques and expressed emotion.
… the impact that this condition has on the family carers of elderly people with dementia who live in the community. The study has two main aims. Primarily it set out to identify the stressful situations which carers were facing on a daily basis and to establish how they were coping with …
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