Apr 25, 2018
This episode features Merryn Gott (School of Nursing,
The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand). The aim of this
study was to explore the role of community at end of life for
people dying in advanced age from the perspective of their
bereaved family caregivers. The study used
a constructionist framework underpinned a qualitative research
design. Data were analysed using critical thematic
analysis.
A reduction in the social networks and community engagement of the
older person was identified in the end-of-life period. Numerous
barriers to community engagement in advanced age
were identified. This study provides strong support
for public health approaches to palliative care that advocate
building social networks around people who are dying and their
family carers. However, it also indicates that strategies to
do so must be flexible enough to be responsive to the unique
end-of-life circumstances of people in advanced age.
Full paper available from: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0269216317735248
If you would like to record a podcast about your published (or
accepted) Palliative Medicine paper, please contact Dr Amara Nwosu:
anwosu@liverpool.ac.uk