• Am J Hosp Palliat Care · Feb 2014

    A comparison of support needs between rural and urban family caregivers providing palliative care.

    • Kevin Brazil, Sharon Kaasalainen, Allison Williams, and Serge Dumont.
    • 1School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom.
    • Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2014 Feb 1; 31 (1): 13-9.

    AbstractThe present study examined the support needs for urban and rural family caregivers of a palliative family member using a cross-sectional telephone survey in northeastern Ontario, Canada (n = 140; 70 urban, 70 rural). Support needs identified as most important by both the groups were informational. Rural caregivers reported greater unmet needs in tangible support (P = .01). No differences were observed between the groups for emotional or informational support needs (P = .25 and P = .35, respectively). Rural and urban caregivers perceived care for care recipients as accessible (mean accessibility score 1.9, standard deviation [SD] = 0.09 and 1.7, SD = 0.7, respectively, P = .20); the majority indicated that when needed, services were easily and quickly obtained. Although there are similarities in the formal care experiences, rural caregivers experience greater unmet needs in receiving support for instrumental activities.

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