'A voyage of grief and beauty': supporting a dying family member with an intellectual disability.

This article reports on a small research project designed to reveal what it is like to support a dying family member with an intellectual disability in a community setting. Five open-ended interviews were conducted with individuals who had experienced this phenomenon. Three thematic elements which l...

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Publicado en:International Journal of Palliative Nursing Vol. 14; no. 7; pp. 342 - 350
Autores principales: Marlow S, Martin M
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Mark Allen Holdings Limited Jul2008
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          Marlow S
          Martin M
        affil: Programme Coordinator, Certificate in Nursing, Whitireia Community Polytechnic, New Zealand; sue.marlow@whitireia.ac.nz
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          Family Relations
          Grief
          Intellectual Disability Psychosocial Factors
          Audiorecording
          Coping
          Empathy
          Field Notes
          Interviews
          Phenomenological Research
          Snowball Sample
          Support, Psychosocial
          Thematic Analysis
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      ab: This article reports on a small research project designed to reveal what it is like to support a dying family member with an intellectual disability in a community setting. Five open-ended interviews were conducted with individuals who had experienced this phenomenon. Three thematic elements which lay within the experience of being a family support person were elucidated through hermeneutic phenomenological analysis of interview audio-recordings, verbatim transcripts and field notes. Collectively, these themes (Interlocked Companionship, Search for New Balance and Permeable Interaction) created a metaphorical understanding that participants had navigated 'a voyage of grief and beauty'. Rhetorical consideration of the research findings generated recommendations for tertiary, palliative care and intellectual disability support services. These are presented along with suggestions for future research.
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