Development of a support program to anticipatory grief for the family who takes care of the person who dies at home

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25463605
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Gerontological nursing
• Research Institution: The Japanese Red Cross Kyushu International College of Nursing
• Principal Investigator: Kobayashi Hiromi 日本赤十字九州国際看護大学, 看護学部, 教授 (50369089)
• Research Collaborator: 石本 純子
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 在宅看護 / 家族 / 看取り / 予期悲嘆 / 訪問看護師 / 予期悲嘆尺度

Outline of Final Research Achievements

A subject of this study is anticipatory grief of a family. A purpose of this study is to clarify family support content to perform after a visiting nurse used " an Anticipatory Grief Scale for Family Caregivers (AGSFC)". We assumed the results grounds of intervention to a family.
As a result, there is need of intervention in higher than score 25 of this scale. In support contents, the following was extracted. A family makes a seat expressing feelings intentionally. We make an opportunity to coordinate relations of a family intentionally. We must perform taking a physical burden and support to anxiety of bereavement of a family at the same time. Understanding to the feelings that are feelings and ambivalence of a denial of a family is important.Furthermore, it is important that we are based on a difference of consciousness of a nurse for intervention to a family.

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