Open AccessEliciting the educational needs and priorities of home care workers on end-of-life care for patients with heart failure using nominal group technique
Author(s) -
Dawon Baik,
Peggy Leung,
Madeline R Sterling,
David Russell,
Lizeyka Jordan,
Ariel F Silva,
Ruth Masterson Creber
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
palliative medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.989
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1477-030X
pISSN - 0269-2163
DOI - 10.1177/0269216321999963
Subject(s) - medicine , end of life care , palliative care , health care , nursing , quality of life (healthcare) , heart failure , family medicine , economics , economic growth
Home care workers, as paid caregivers, assist with many aspects of home-based heart failure care. However, most home care workers do not receive systematic training on end-of-life care for heart failure patients.