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Death and dying in nursing homes — a burden for the staff?
Author(s)	Brigitte Jenull, Eva Brunner
Journal title	Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol 27, no 2, April 2008
Pages	pp 166-180
Source	http://jag.sagepub.com
Keywords	Death ; Dying ; Nursing homes ; Attitude ; Care home staff ; Nurses ; Social surveys ; Austria.
Annotation	Changes in our society increasingly place the old and impaired in institutions, where they spend their last remaining days. The authors use a mixed methodology to explore the burden on nursing home staff of being confronted with death and dying. Findings from open-ended interviews with 17 representatives of different occupational groups inform the design of a questionnaire used to conduct a survey in 52 nursing homes of the Federal Province of Carinthia (Austria). In total, 894 questionnaires were returned, yielding a response rate of 49%. Results indicate that it is more difficult to talk about death with family members of terminally ill residents than with the dying themselves. The need for end-of-life training is not only essential for nursing staff but is also needed for non-nursing staff, who are found to be substantially strained by aspects of death and dying in their workplace. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-080702213 A
Classmark	CW: CX: LHB: DP: QRM: QTE: 3F: 76A
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