scholarly journals No-fault compensation for ventilator-dependent children: a reasonable settlement value for lifetime attendant care

2016 ◽  
Vol Volume 9 ◽  
pp. 193-199
Author(s):  
Brian Boelens ◽  
Randall Jenkins ◽  
Kari Aasheim ◽  
Nikolaus Gravenstein
Keyword(s):  
Dependent Children ◽  
Fault Compensation ◽  
Attendant Care

scholarly journals ‘Living in parallel worlds’ – bereaved parents’ experience of family life when a parent with dependent children is at end of life from cancer: A qualitative study

2021 ◽  
pp. 026921632110017
Author(s):  
Cherith J Semple ◽  
Eilís McCaughan ◽  
Esther R Beck ◽  
Jeffrey R Hanna
Keyword(s):  
End Of Life ◽  
Psychosocial Adjustment ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Support Service ◽  
Dependent Children ◽  
Bereaved Parents ◽  
Death Of A Parent

Background: When a parent of dependent children (<18 years old) is at end of life from cancer, this has a profound impact on the family. Children less prepared for the death of a parent are more susceptive to poorer psychosocial adjustment in later life. There is a lack of understanding from the literature surrounding what support parents require, and how they navigate this end of life experience. Aim: To explore bereaved parents’ experience and needs for families when a parent is at end of life from cancer with dependent children. Design: In-depth, semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with 21 bereaved mothers and fathers, identified from the general public, a family support service and hospice. Data were analysed thematically. Results: Parents often live in ‘parallel worlds’ throughout the end of life period. In one world, ‘living in the moment’, cherishing the ordinariness of family life, remaining hopeful treatment will prolong life, whilst adapting as the illness unfolds. The other world presents as ‘intermitted glimpses that death is approaching’, shadowed with painful emotional concerns surrounding their children and the future. At the end, death rapidly approaches, characterised as suddenly ‘falling off the cliff’; placing significant demands on the well-parent. Conclusions: Amidst challenges, clinicians should provide parents with clear information surrounding a poor prognosis, so families can plan and prepare for parental death. There is a need for healthcare professionals to engage, encourage and equip parents, as they prepare their children throughout the end of life experience for the inevitable death of a parent.

A Comparison of Coping Strategies Among Homeless Women With Dependent Children and Homeless Women Without Children

2021 ◽  
pp. 104438942097811
Author(s):  
Jennifer L. Talley ◽  
Patti Hammonds-Greene
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Statistical Difference ◽  
Univariate Analysis ◽  
Homeless Women ◽  
Homeless Shelters ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Dependent Children

The purpose of this study was to compare the coping strategies between homeless women with dependent children and homeless women without dependent children. Of the 192 homeless women in this study, 64 were mothers whose dependent children lived with them, and 132 were women who did not have dependent children living with them. The women were recruited from homeless shelters in Georgia, in the Metro Atlanta area and surrounding counties. Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was used to test the differences between both groups using their scores on the Coping Strategies Inventory scales survey instrument (problem-solving skills, problem reframing, and ability to access social networks). Univariate analysis was used to look at each dependent variable. There was no statistical difference in coping strategies between both groups. The conclusions from this study suggest continued research regarding the benefit of coping strategies among homeless populations.

scholarly journals Looking into the life of technology-dependent children and their caregivers in Korea: lifting the burden of too many responsibilities

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Hyeon Choi ◽  
Min Sun Kim ◽  
Cho Hee Kim ◽  
In Gyu Song ◽  
June Dong Park ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Time Pressure ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Financial Burden ◽  
Primary Caregivers ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Tertiary Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Dependent Children

Abstract Background The number of technology-dependent children (TDC) is increasing in South Korea, but available healthcare services after their discharge are poor. This study aimed to examine how TDC and caregivers live at home and identify their difficulties and needs regarding home care with few services to support them. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted in a tertiary hospital for children in South Korea. A self-reported questionnaire was completed by primary caregivers of TDC who were younger than 19 years and had been dependent on medical devices for more than 3 months. Technologies included home mechanical ventilation, oxygen supplementation, suction equipment, enteral feeding tube, and home total parenteral nutrition. Patterns of healthcare use and home care of TDC and caregivers’ perception toward child were assessed. Results A total of 74 primary caregivers of TDC completed a self-reported questionnaire. About 60% children were aged under 5 years. There were 31.1% children who required both respiratory and nutritional support. On average, caregivers took care of a child for 14.4 (±6.1) hours, slept for 5.6 (±1.6) hours, and spent 2.4 h per day on personal activities. Children used hospital services for 41.3 (±45.6) days in 6 months, and most (78.1%) were transported through private car/ambulance. Participants (75.6%) reported taking more than an hour to get to the hospital. More than 80% of caregivers responded that child care is physically very burdensome. The only statistically significant relationships was between economic status and financial burden (p = 0.026). Conclusions Caregivers of TDC reported having significant time pressure regarding childcare-related tasks, insufficient time for personal activities, and inefficient hospital use because of inadequate medical services to support them in South Korea. Thus, it is necessary to support caregivers and develop a home care model based on current medical environment.

scholarly journals Victims of violence among Indigenous mothers living with dependent children

2009 ◽  
Vol 191 (9) ◽  
pp. 481-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyllie Cripps ◽  
Catherine M Bennett ◽  
Lyle C Gurrin ◽  
David M Studdert
Keyword(s):  
Dependent Children ◽  
Victims Of Violence

The Degree of Underprivilege in Dependent Children

1941 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 369
Author(s):  
Raymond R. Willoughby
Keyword(s):  
Dependent Children

Saving the Waifs: Reformers and Dependent Children, 1890-1917

1985 ◽  
Vol 90 (2) ◽  
pp. 499
Author(s):  
John D. Buenker ◽  
Leroy Ashby
Keyword(s):  
Dependent Children

scholarly journals A longitudinal study of families with technology-dependent children

2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie Boebel Toly ◽  
Carol M. Musil ◽  
John C. Carl
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Dependent Children

On consumer self-direction of attendant care services: An empirical analysis of survey responses

1991 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 131-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl C. Asher ◽  
Martin A. Asher ◽  
Wilbur E. Hobbs ◽  
John M. Kelley
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Survey Responses ◽  
Attendant Care
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