Family Issues Surrounding End-of-Life
Sharon Boland Hamill, Melinda S. Kavanaugh, Hyunjin Noh, Sara M. Moorman, Deborah Carr, Adam Shapiro, Teresa M. Cooney, Channing E. Tate; Discussant: Debra Dobbs; Session Organizer and Chair: Teresa M. Cooney
- Research
- Research & Theory
About the Session
- 318-01 - Light in a Dark Tunnel: Supporting Young Caregivers in End-of-Life Care
By Sharon Boland Hamill - 318-02 - Caregiving Families and End-of-Life Discussions: Examples From Young Carers of Patients Living With Huntington’s Disease
By Melinda S. Kavanaugh, Hyunjin Noh - 318-03 - The Importance of Family in End-of-Life Decision Making: Evaluating the Effects of Relationship Quality
By Sara M. Moorman, Deborah Carr - 318-04 - Intergenerational Exchanges and Parents’ End-of-Life Planning
By Adam Shapiro, Teresa M. Cooney, Channing E. Tate
Discussant: Debra Dobbs
Session Organizer and Chair: Teresa M. Cooney
Abstract(s)
Today, most people die in old age from long-term chronic disease. This extended "pre-death" window creates challenges surrounding family care for the sick and dying, and requires consideration of how we want to live out our final days and how we want to die. This symposium focuses on family involvement in end-of-life care and decision making. Papers include: Light in a Dark Tunnel: Supporting Young Caregivers in End-of-Life Care; Caregiving Families and End-of-Life Discussions: Examples from Young Carers of Patients Living with Huntington's Disease; The Importance of Family in End-of-Life Decision Making: Evaluating the Effects of Relationship Quality; and Intergenerational Exchanges and Parents' End-of-Life Planning.
Objectives
(1) to recognize unique challenges for young caregivers to sick and dying individuals; (2) to understand how family relationship quality influences valuing of family in end-of-life processes; (3) to understand associations between parent-adult child support exchanges and parent's end-of-life planning.