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Caregivers' experiences of end-of-life caregiving to severely ill relatives with cancer dying at home: A qualitative study in the Faroe Islands.

Elsa J D JohannesenHelle TimmÁsa Róin
Published in: Scandinavian journal of caring sciences (2023)
Our findings point to the importance of having access to home care day and night for the caregivers to feel secure during the night-time. As of now, this is only an option in larger towns in the Faroe Islands, which might also be the case in outskirts areas in other countries. Our findings also showed an unmet need for support to ease the mental load on caregivers. Establishing an outgoing interdisciplinary palliative team would help to increase the number of people who want to die at home and succeed in doing so by giving the caregivers emotional and advisory support.
Keyphrases
  • palliative care
  • advanced cancer
  • mental health
  • papillary thyroid
  • quality improvement