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Part 2: Family Health During and After Death of a Family Member

Ohio University

An ethnographic study of families who used hospice services was conducted to identify how families defined and practiced family health during a time of family transition. Eight families (N = 29) who recently experienced the death of a family member participated in three interviews. Key findings were: (a) family health is a complex construct with dynamic intergenerational linked patterns, (b) mothers continue to have roles related to family health when children are adults, (c) household context influences family health, and (d) health routines changed during caregiving and loss. Hospice care was a valued family health support during caregiving and following death. Family members deconstructed, reconstructed, and established some new health routines during the terminal phase and bereavement. Future family research should consider transgenerational influences, mothers’ roles related to the health of adult children, contextual influences most predictive of family health, and interventions most supportive of families during change and transition.

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