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Living in the memory of loss: Exploring the impact of aggressive, palliative, and hospice care and surviving loved ones

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Gordon, Theresa A.
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	This study is predominantly a quantitative investigation into the model of care received by deceased loved ones and its impact on the grief reactions of their caregiver. Grief is conceptualized to include both positive reactions, as finding comfort in memories, and negative reactions, as becoming depressed. Guiding theoretical paradigms are studied with associations between positivism and aggressive care; social constructivism and palliative care; and transpersonal theory and hospice care reviewed. A Continuum of End-of-Life Care Services is proposed that integrates all the models of care. The Inventory of Complicated Grief-Revised assessed the incidence of complicated grief among the surviving caregivers. A newly created scale, the Positive Grief Scale, assessed the incidence of positive grief. Additional data were analyzed regarding the delivery of best practices in end-of-life care and their helpfulness. Analyses included the impact of length of engagement with model of care and demographic risks factors for complicated grief. Four qualitative questions were included in the questionnaire. The sample included 180 caregivers whose loved ones received services from a local cancer support agency. A mailed questionnaire was used to collect the data. Independent sample t-tests, ANOVA, chi square tests, correlations, and frequencies were employed. Factor analyses were performed on the positive grief scale to obtain initial validity data.
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Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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