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ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to test the efficacy of three specific hospice objectives for family caregivers. Twenty-eight family caregivers who had received the services of a local hospice completed questionnaires and were compared with a control group of 49 bereaved caregivers who had not received hospice care. The only statistically significant difference between the two samples was that those who had received hospice services reported feeling more emotional support from the medical staff. Family caregivers in both samples reported similar levels of involvement in patient care during the terminal illness. They also did not differ on any of the six indicators of grief resolution and bereavement adjustments.
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Mark de St. Aubin
Mark do St. Aubin, MSW, is a graduate of Brigham Young University School of Social Work and a bereavement support group leader for an ongoing study at the University of Utah.
Dale A. Lund
Dale A. Lund, PhD, is a Research Associate Professor and Research Director at the Intermountain West Long Term Care Gerontology Center, College of Nursing, University of Utah. He is also the Co-Principal Investigator of a bereavement intervention study funded by tile National Institute on Aging.