"A rewarding conclusion of the relationship": staff members' perspectives on providing bereavement follow-up.

Goals Of Work: Staff members in palliative home care play an important role in supporting bereaved family members. The aim of this study was to explore staff members' perspectives on providing such support.

Material And Methods: Staff members in six units responded (n=120; response rate 58%) to a postal questionnaire with Likert-type and open-ended questions.

Family members' perceived needs for bereavement follow-up.

Palliative care does not end with the death of the patient, and many palliative care services offer specific follow-up services for the bereaved. The aims of this study were to quantitate perceived bereavement needs and to qualitatively describe these needs. The study design was cross-sectional and targeted family members three to nine months after the patient's death.