Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: A Family-Centered Intervention When a Parent is Cared for in Specialized Homecare
Brief Summary: The overall purpose of this project is to evaluate a family-centered intervention (the Family Talk Intervention, by W. Beardslee) in families where a parent of children aged 6-19 years is seriously ill and cared for in specialized homecare. The aims of the intervention are to increase family communication, the families' awareness of the impending death and their knowledge about the cancer illness, and thereby reduce the family members' long-term psychological distress.