Journal of Nursing & Care

Yoshihisa Hirakawa

Publications

• Special Issue Article
  A Qualitative Study of Long-term Care Leaders’ Experiences of End-of-Life Care Provision at Long-term Care Facilities in Japan
  Author(s): Yoshihisa Hirakawa and Kazumasa UemuraYoshihisa Hirakawa and Kazumasa Uemura
  
  Several studies have highlighted the fact that long-term care facilities and caring staff are not ready for quality endof- life care provision. The present study is aimed at shedding light on how caring staff provide care at the end of life and the emotions they experience in the provision of this care. Study participants were 4 long-term care leaders from different long-term care facilities. The subject for focus group discussion was end-of-life care at long-term care facilities. We used the KJ method (Kawakita Jiro’s initials) as a qualitative research tool, which is widely employed in Japan. The emotions and experiences were organized into 9 groups (including 2 loner labels): 1) Active family involvement is important to successful end-of-life care; 2 Caring staff want to provide end-of-life care with compassion as well as logic; 3 Caring staff would rather avoid facing death .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168.S5-010

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