Support for Bereaved Cancer Caregivers

Summary

Friend and family caregivers of recently deceased cancer patients experience acute bereavement following the death. Post death bereavement is an intense period of mourning that includes an unfolding of the grief process and is characterized by strong emotions and demands on cognitive resources to those who have put aside their own needs to support the dying patient with cancer. This research will test the feasibility and acceptability of a nature-based healing meditation (NBHM) intervention to support cancer caregivers' during the bereavement process.

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

* 18 years old or older; Able and willing to provide reflexology
* Able to speak and understand English
* Have access to a telephone
* Able to hear normal conversation
* Cognitively oriented to time, place, and person (determined via recruiter)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Unwilling to perform return demonstration with 90% accuracy

Conditions6

Locations1 site

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