Supporting family carers in home-based end of life care: using participatory action research to develop a training programme for support workers and volunteers

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Supporting family carers in home-based end of life care: using participatory action research to develop a training programme for support workers and volunteers

Background: Family carers are crucial in enabling dying people to stay at home, but are often not prepared for their caring role, receiving little support from formal health and social care services. It is increasingly likely that any help or support family carers receive will be provided by a third...

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Main Authors:	Caswell, Glenys, Hardy, B., Ewing, G., Kennedy, S., Seymour, Jane
Format:	Article
Published:	BMJ Publishing Group 2017
Subjects:	carer support end of life care family carers participatory action research training programme
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44076/

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