Stentoft Mead (weedernoise96)

Background Music is a powerful therapeutic intervention to promote physical and psychological health, healing, and well-being. In pediatric palliative care, music therapists are often involved in preloss care. Heartbeat recordings (HBRs) synchronize the rhythm of the heartbeat into a favorite song. In preloss care, HBRs show promise in helping parents of children with progressive neurodegenerative illnesses (PNDI) cope with their chronic sorrow and the loss of their child. Objective To explore the lived experience of HBRs for bereavement in the lives of parents of children with PNDI. Design Phenomenological study. Setting/Subjects Purposeful sample of 11 English-speaking parents of children with PNDI receiving palliative care services in an academic pediatric hospital were interviewed three months after receiving their child's HBR. Measurements A semistructured interview guide was used to collect data concurrently with the mind mapping process. Results Data from interviews revealed 4 major themes and 10 subthemes (1) Bifocal View (parental lens vs. medical lens); (2) Navigating Life and Relationships (caregiver fatigue, grief and loss, marriage, job, brought us together, paying it forward); (3) Coping through Spirituality; and, (4) Legacy Creation (HBR as a connection, song selection). Conclusions Parents of children with PNDI experience chronic sorrow. The HBR assisted in meaning-making that validated the child's life and supported the parents' expression of grief and their ability to cope. Further research is needed to validate the impact of HBRs in diverse populations.An outbreak of corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) began in China in December 2019, and rapidly spread to become a worldwide pandemic. Neurological complications encountered in hospitalized patients include acute arterial ischemic cerebrovascular stroke, cerebral venous thrombosis, critical illness-associated cerebral microbleeds, hypertensive hemorrhagic posterior reversible encephalopathy, meningoencephalitis/flare up of infections, flare up of multiple sclerosis, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, cerebral hemodynamic/hypoxic changes such as watershed ischemic changes and hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, and spine manifestations of Guillain Barre syndrome and viral myelitis. The purpose of our study is to illustrate the different neuroimaging features in critically ill hospitalized COVID-19 positive patients in the State of Qatar.Background Interpersonal hurt or offenses are common human experiences. Bereavement may be impacted for caregivers of a terminally ill loved one when these experiences occur. Objective To determine the prevalence and impact of interpersonal hurt-based experiences for hospice caregivers and interest in forgiveness-based support. Design Cross-sectional, mixed methods needs assessment. Settings/Subjects Bereaved hospice caregivers (n = 162) and direct care hospice clinicians (n = 133) were surveyed through mail-in and online surveys. Measurements Participants completed ad hoc surveys to assess prevalence and impact of interpersonal hurt experiences and interest in forgiveness-based support. Bereaved caregivers also completed the Core Bereavement Items (CBI). Results 41.98% of the bereaved experienced an interpersonal hurt or offense during the care or passing of their loved one. Those with hurt experiences felt highly impacted (63.2%), "sometimes" or "often" revisited the experience (91.2%), felt that their bereavement was affected (61.5%), and experienced physical symptoms (46.3%). CBI scores positively correlated with the impact of the experience. Hurt caregivers had higher CBI scores compared with those who did not. Of those who had not forgiven the offender, 46.3% felt that they could benefit from forgiveness-based support services. Qualitative analysis revealed themes of Disagreements with Decisions, Lack of Support, Relational Interactions, and Impact on Bereavement. Clinician responses supported these results. Conclusions