“It’s a delicate dance”: How informal caregivers experience the role and responsibilities of supporting someone living with a lower-grade glioma
ICs of people with LGG provide wide-ranging support to help manage the consequences of the illness. Consideration of ways to help ICs with the challenges of fulfilling this role, particularly, balancing support provision without inhibiting the care recipient's independence, could help improve outcomes for ICs and people with LGG.
Authors
- Lizzie Dutton
- Pamela Gallagher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5558-1269)
- Vera Araújo‐Soares (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4044-2527)
- Ben Rimmer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4110-0588)
- Sophie Williams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2198-7938)
- Michelle Balla
- Fiona Menger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9610-540X)
- Linda A. Sharp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9515-1722)
- Tracy Finch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8647-735X)
- Richéal Burns (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5032-4324)
- Joanne Lewis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8035-4420)
Institutions
- Atlantic University (US)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- Northumbria University (GB)
- Language Science (South Korea) (KR)
- Dublin City University (IE)
- Atlantic Technological University (IE)
- Newcastle University (GB)
- Heidelberg University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neuro-Oncology Practice
- Published
- 2024-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/nop/npae096
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Family Support in Illness
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.13
Funders
- Brain Tumour Charity