Quality of Life: The Interplay between Human Behaviour, Technology and the Environment.

Quality of life is an umbrella term for the quality of the various domains in life [...

The role of the dietitian in the management of malnutrition in the elderly: A systematic review of current practices.

Aim: The prevalence of age-related malnutrition is increasing in almost all Western countries. Because of their expertise, dietitians should have a central role in the management of malnutrition. This review aimed to synthesise the literature on the role of the dietitian in the management of malnutrition in the elderly in comparison with other health professionals.

The role of ICU nurses in the spiritual aspects of end-of-life care in the ICU: an explorative study.

Aim: The aim of this study was to examine the role and responsibilities of intensive care unit (ICU) nurses regarding the spiritual aspects of end-of-life care in the ICU, from the chaplains' perspectives.

Method: An explorative study including inductive thematic analysis was used. Two focus group interviews with in total eleven chaplains working in several Dutch ICUs were performed.

The nursing role during end-of-life care in the intensive care unit related to the interaction between patient, family and professional: an integrative review.

Aim: The aim of this study was to explore how intensive care unit (ICU) nurses describe their role during End-of-Life Care (EOLC) in the ICU, related to the interaction between patient, family and professionals (care triad).

Method: Three electronic databases, PubMed, CINAHL and EMBASE, and reference lists of included studies were searched for studies in English, Dutch or German between January 2002 and August 2015. Studies were included if they presented data about EOLC in the adult ICU, and the role of ICU nurses around EOLC.

Partnership in health care: views of family caregivers on sharing care responsibility with government, clients and health insurers.

In this study, we asked family caregivers about their opinion on division of care responsibility between the government, family caregivers, clients, and health insurers. We investigated whether different clusters of respondents could be distinguished, using Latent Cluster Analysis, and what is the relation is with perceived stress and joy and with several background characteristics. Three clusters of respondents could be distinguished: a 'caring together', a 'caring individually', and a 'government-responsible caring' cluster.

Ranked motives of long-term care providing family caregivers.

Family caregivers provide long-term care to their chronically ill loved ones and as a consequence they experience physical, relational and financial problems. This study investigates how long-term family caregivers rank 12 motives for caregiving. Motives are derived from the views of four philosophical anthropologists and are related to self-reported stress and joy and to several different background characteristics of respondents.