title: [Experiences in bereavement care for caregivers].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the mental and physical changes of bereaved caregivers.
  
  
  METHODS
  We had 5 patients under residential care (1 with prostate cancer, 3 with urinary bladder cancer and 1 bedridden patient without malignant disease) and one month and one year after their death, we visited their family to provide bereavement care.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Before the patient's death, all caregivers were uneasy and confused. At the deathbed, all of them were filled with deep grief and prostration. One month later, unrest and fatigue were reduced, all had the satisfaction of having taken care of their patients. One year later, only grief persisted and prostration was deserved in one caregiver.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We provided bereavement care to 5 caregivers. It is suggested that in some cases long-term bereavement care is necessary.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Urology, Kensei General Hospital.
authors.forename: Fukuji
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: Seiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: Akemi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mimuro
authors.forename: Harumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Yoshiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Toyoda
authors.forename: Katsunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Felicia
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Francine
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001601:Bereavement; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services; D017051:Hospice Care; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012944:Social Support