Grote hervormingen in het Nederlands gezondheidszorgsysteem leiden ertoe dat een steeds groter beroep gedaan op hulp van familie en naasten in de zorg voor ouderen en chronisch zieken. Voor verpleegkundigen ligt er een grote uitdaging om deze veranderingen mede vorm te geven. De traditionele patiëntgerichte …

Purpose of review: To summarize the latest research on the risks and consequences of the burden that may be imposed on informal carers of persons living and dying with advanced heart failure. Recent findings: A systematic search in PubMed over the period 2013–2014 ultimately revealed 24 original articles …

Patients with poststroke aphasia have higher mortality rates and worse functional outcome than patients without aphasia. Nurses are well aware of aphasia and the associated problems for patients with stroke because they have daily contact with them. The challenge is to provide evidence-based care directed …

A burden scale is described that is conceptually specific by concentrating on an assessment of different aspects of distress of care-giving burden and conceptually sensitive by distinguishing two dimensions: the relationship of the carer and the care-receiver and the limitations in the personal life …