An Exploratory Study of Veterinary Professionals’ Self-Reported Support of Bereaved Clients Before, During, and After Companion Animal Euthanasia in Southwestern Ontario, Canada

2019 ◽  
pp. 003022281985392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alisha R. Matte ◽  
Deep K. Khosa ◽  
Michael P. Meehan ◽  
Jason B. Coe ◽  
Lee Niel
Keyword(s):  
End Of Life Care ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Companion Animal ◽  
Counseling Services ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Life Care ◽  
Professional Counseling ◽  
Sources Of Support ◽  
Evidence Based Guidelines ◽  
Do So

Veterinary professionals are recognized as an important source of support for many veterinary clients, particularly during companion animal euthanasia and end-of-life care. While many veterinary professionals recognize the importance of their role, many also report feeling unsure about what methods of support are most effective. Furthermore, few evidence-based guidelines currently exist to inform veterinary professionals on the support of grieving clients. To begin bridging this gap, this study qualitatively explored how veterinary professionals currently report supporting grieving clients before, during, and after companion animal euthanasia. Findings suggest that veterinary participants in this study strive to be meaningful sources of support for grieving clients and employ an array of support practice to do so. However, opportunities exist for veterinary professionals to better explore clients’ needs, expectations, and feelings as they relate to companion animal euthanasia, including offering more grief-related resources and access to professional counseling services.

Management of dementia

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Cullum
Keyword(s):  
End Of Life Care ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Life Care ◽  
Environmental Aspects ◽  
Limited Ability ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
Early Dementia ◽  
Person With Dementia ◽  
Do So

The management of dementia discusses the needs of people in both the early and later stages of dementia, focusing on social and environmental aspects as well as physical and psychological. The main management tasks in early dementia are helping the person with dementia and their family come to terms with the diagnosis, optimising quality of life in the present, and planning for the future. In later dementia we deal with maintaining person-hood, the emergence of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia, making decisions for a person who no longer has capacity to do so for themselves, and end of life care in people who are increasingly frail and have limited ability to communicate their needs. Underpinning all of these is the need for respect and communication, and to provide person-centred and relationship-centred care for people with dementia and their carers.

Elderly Indo-Caribbean Hindus and End-of-Life Care: A Community-Based Exploratory Study

2008 ◽  
Vol 56 (6) ◽  
pp. 1129-1133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arun S. Rao ◽  
Ohm M. Desphande ◽  
Chan Jamoona ◽  
M. Carrington Reid
Keyword(s):  
End Of Life ◽  
End Of Life Care ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Life Care ◽  
Community Based

scholarly journals End of life care for people with alcohol and other drug problems: an exploratory study

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 392.2-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Galvani ◽  
Josie Tetley ◽  
Carol Haigh ◽  
Lucy Webb ◽  
Gemma Yarwood ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
End Of Life ◽  
End Of Life Care ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Life Care ◽  
Drug Problems

P2-369: Cultural aspects of end-of-life care issues in dementia: An exploratory study

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. P494-P495
Author(s):  
Sudhir Kumar ◽  
Babu Varghese ◽  
Jacob Roy Kuriakose
Keyword(s):  
End Of Life ◽  
End Of Life Care ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Life Care ◽  
Cultural Aspects

The Dying Neonate: Family-Centered End-of-Life Care

2009 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martine De Lisle-Porter ◽  
Ann Marie Podruchny
Keyword(s):  
End Of Life ◽  
End Of Life Care ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Life Care ◽  
New Mothers ◽  
Mothers And Fathers ◽  
Intravenous Access ◽  
Care Guideline ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Centered

There is a need in the NICU for an end-of-life care guideline that nurses can follow when working with dying infants and their families. Maintaining intravenous access to relieve the infant’s pain, communicating sensitively to the family, and creating precious, everlasting memories are goals that should be part of every dying infant’s care. The nurse’s ability to partner with the family in caring for the infant is integral to helping the family take the first steps in their grief journey. Evidence-based literature provides NICU nurses with the knowledge that they are the facilitators of end-of-life care for dying infants. New mothers and fathers are not aware of the caring parental tasks they can perform for their dying baby. They look to and depend on their infant’s nurses to encourage them. The guideline included here provides nurses with a tool for ensuring that families have the opportunity to create memories that will not only help them with their immediate pain, but also comfort them for a lifetime.

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