Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Caring for Family Caregivers

• DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2023.0640
• Publication Date: 2024-04-19T19:20:47Z
• Authors: Allison J. Applebaum; Erin E. Kent; Lee Ellington; Grace Campbell; Heidi Donovan; Ranak Trivedi; Courtney Van Houtven; Tamryn F. Gray; Rebecca R. Gebert; William E. Rosa; J. Nicholas Odom
• Keywords: Family Caregivers

Family and friend caregivers play critical roles in ensuring that persons with serious illness receive high-quality care, their responsibilities often increase as patients transition from receiving solely curative-focused care to primarily palliative-focused care. Integrating family into the health team supporting them role has significant benefits for caregivers, patients, systems, communities, society. Palliative clinicians across all disciplines are uniquely suited provide necessary training support they navigate demands of role. Here, we contend providing comprehensive palliative includes addressing needs ten tips practical guidance assist caregivers. Engaging