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Living, loving, dying: Insights into rural compassion

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posted on 2023-05-20, 04:55 authored by Pauline MarshPauline Marsh, Stephanie ThompsonStephanie Thompson, Jon MondJon Mond

Objective: To improve understandings of the enablers and barriers to maintaining good quality of life for people dying, caring and grieving in rural areas.

Design and setting: In‐depth interviews designed on participatory research principles were held with bereaved carers living in a small community in rural Tasmania. Participants had cared for someone until their death within the 3‐year period prior.

Participants: Nineteen participants comprising 18 bereaved former carers and one person with a life‐limiting illness, and all but four were over retirement age.

Study aim: To explore experiences of end‐of‐life care in a rural community.

Results: Participants discussed the challenges they experienced during end‐of‐life caring, including transport into the city for treatment, and access to basic and specialised services. However, they also reported positive aspects of formal and informal palliative care, and described experiences of personable, expert, flexible and innovative caregiving.

Conclusions: The rural location enabled personalised and innovative expressions of care. This research adds new insight into rural end‐of‐life palliation, as a complex intersection of supererogation, innovation and place‐driven care.

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Publication title

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Pagination

1-8

ISSN

1038-5282

Department/School

School of Health Sciences

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia

Place of publication

Australia

Rights statement

Copyright 2019 National Rural Health Alliance Ltd.

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  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Evaluation of health and support services not elsewhere classified; Palliative care

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