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Published on: February 16, 2011
The FACES Project: an academic-community partnership to improve end-of-life care for families
Aloen L Townsend1, Karen J Ishler, Elizabeth H Vargo
1Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA. Alt7@cwru.edu
Abstract:
This article reports on a research partnership between a community-based hospice and a graduate school of social work. The purpose of the collaboration was to design and test a tool for assessing caregiver strain and resources in families caring for older adults receiving hospice home care services. Eighteen hospice home care social workers interviewed 162 caregivers for the study and provided their own assessment of the tool's clinical utility. Both strengths and challenges of the collaboration are evaluated and implications are discussed for social work practice and research, particularly academic-community research partnerships.
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