Strengths of family carers: Looking after a terminally ill adult under 65 years of age

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dc.contributor.authorJames M
dc.contributor.authorReid, Kate
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-19T02:13:06Z
dc.date.available2023-04-19T02:13:06Z
dc.date.issued2022en
dc.date.updated2023-03-21T00:23:33Z
dc.description.abstractINTRODUCTION: To learn of a terminal illness is devastating at any age. How much more so when it occurs in early or mid-adulthood, when people are busy with family and career goals. Those facing death when under 65 years of age are a group whose voice is virtually invisible in the palliative caregiving literature. Yet one in every five people die in Aotearoa New Zealand before 65 years of age. For Maori, almost half will die under the age of 65. METHODS: This qualitative descriptive research involved semi-structured interviews with eight bereaved family carers focusing on the carer’s experience of living with their spouse during their final illness. FINDINGS: Analysis of the research narratives revealed the strengths of love, hope, family, teamwork and resilience in navigating these experiences. CONCLUSION: In order to support holistic care for those who are receiving palliative care, this research advocates for strength-based assessments to support carers during the illness of their family member. This gives a different lens to the caregiving narrative which has, as its focus, the growth of human potential as well as enabling partnerships between palliative care practitioners and family carers.en
dc.identifier.citationReid K, James M (2022). Strengths of family carers: Looking after a terminally ill adult under 65 years of age. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work Review. 34(2). 5-15.en
dc.identifier.issn0113-7662
dc.identifier.urihttps://anzswjournal.nz/anzsw/article/view/879
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/105355
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsCopyright (c) 2022 Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). This licence allows anyone – including you – to share, copy, distribute, transmit, adapt and make commercial use of the work without needing additional permission, provided appropriate attribution is made to the original author or source.en
dc.rights.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651en
dc.subjectfamily carersen
dc.subjectpalliative careen
dc.subjectunder 65en
dc.subjectsocial worken
dc.subjectstrengthsen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::44 - Human society::4409 - Social work::440902 - Counselling, wellbeing and community servicesen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::32 - Biomedical and clinical sciences::3211 - Oncology and carcinogenesis::321102 - Cancer diagnosisen
dc.titleStrengths of family carers: Looking after a terminally ill adult under 65 years of ageen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
uc.collegeFaculty of Health
uc.departmentSchool of Health Sciences
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