Family Issues Surrounding End-of-Life

Concurrent Sessions 8

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

8:30 AM
9:45 AM
Location
Salon 11
Session #
318
Session Type
Symposium
Session Focus
  • Research
Organized By
  • 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.

Bundle name
Conference Session