Juan E Jiménez, Nuria Gutiérrez, Sara C de León
Universal Screening for Prevention of Reading, Writing, and Math Disabilities in Spanish
Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE
compassionate communities movement public health approach endoflife care emphasises integral role communities supporting caring dying persons informal carers although occupational therapists wellestablished roles palliative care teams little known potential assisting formation maintenance compassionate communities data gathered via semistructured interviews nine australian occupational therapists experience specialist palliative care interview questions based around british columbia compassionate community ideal framework key themes derived qualitative descriptive analysis blending deductive inductive reasoning interviewees indicated occupational therapists role supporting compassionate communities centres facilitation networks connections palliative care professionals promotion informal care networks importance education awareness raising also discussed valuable development community capacity also suggested occupational therapists important skills support dying persons caregivers remain engaged safe homes communities meaningful sustainable way however many interviewees maintained professioncentric view control within compassionate communities opposed approaches community led findings offer early insights promise potential occupational therapists supporting compassionate communities movement however education regarding ethos compassionate communities movement facilitate shift away professionally oriented modes practice may needed maximise success