Case Report of Deathbed at Home Terminal Care

- The family who want to live with deathbed mother -

Abstract

We performed terminal care to a patient at her home with her family. Her name is M, age 90, Care level 4, Aplastic anemia, High blood pressure, Bladder carcinoma suspicion. She was bedridden daylong. The remaining days was one week. We cared her for eight days from November 2 to October 25 in 2007. She lived eldest daughter family. Eldest daughter and second daughter took care of mother by turns for three hours. We coped for 24 hours. 1. Control of pain with many symptoms. 2. Reduction of mental pain for a patient and her family. 3. Support of social economic problem. 4. Spiritual care, about loneliness, separation by death. As a result, we found at-home terminal care need family cooperation. And the family falls into a panic. We got rid of the uneasiness of the family. We did telephone support for 24 hours and let a family feel relieved.