D. T. Lau|Judith D. Kasper|Joshua Hauser|Celia Berdes|Chih Hung Chang|Rebecca Berman|Jonathan Masin-Peters|Judith A. Paice|Linda L. Emanuel
Family Caregiver Skills in Medication Management for Hospice Patients: A Qualitative Study to Define a Construct
Northwestern University|Johns Hopkins University|Northwestern University|Northwestern University|Northwestern University|McCrone Research Institute|Northwestern University|Northwestern University
propose theoretical construct family caregiver skills effective medication management home hospice patientssemistructured facetoface interviews conducted 22 hospice providers 14 nurses 4 physicians 4 social workers 23 family caregivers 10 daughters 4 wives 2 husbands 7 others elderly patients or60 years old receiving home services four hospice care programs chicago metropolitan areaalthough groups identified similar skill sets hospice providers emphasized technical skills administering medications family caregivers valued management skills organizing medications coordinating hired caregivers providing care patients resisted treatment defined effective medication management hospice caregivers ability effectively relieve symptoms pharmacological interventions successfully utilizing skills related teamwork coordinate hospice providers family hired caregivers organization acquire store track discard medications symptom knowledge recognize interpret common symptoms medication knowledge understand basics pharmacology medication administration personhood understand respond patients needsthe proposed construct medication management skills hospice help guide future development training interventions clinical assessment tools