Family Caregiver Perspectives on Caring for Ventilator-Assisted Individuals at Home

Rachael Evans; Michael Catapano; Dina Brooks; Roger Goldstein; Monica Avendano

doi:10.1155/2012/452898

Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2012)

Family Caregiver Perspectives on Caring for Ventilator-Assisted Individuals at Home

Rachael Evans,
Michael Catapano,
Dina Brooks,
Roger Goldstein,
Monica Avendano

Affiliations

Rachael Evans: Department of Respiratory Medicine, West Park Healthcare Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Michael Catapano: Department of Respiratory Medicine, West Park Healthcare Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dina Brooks: Department of Respiratory Medicine, West Park Healthcare Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Roger Goldstein: Department of Respiratory Medicine, West Park Healthcare Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Monica Avendano: Department of Respiratory Medicine, West Park Healthcare Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/452898
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 19, no. 6
pp. 373 – 379

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: The trend of patients who are invasively ventilated to prefer home care is one that benefits both the patient and the health care system. However, this assumes a role for patients’ family members to become informal caregivers.

Published in Canadian Respiratory Journal

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7503

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