Introduction: People live longer due to the expansion of medical knowledge and rapid innovations in treatment technologies. This applies to sick, dying and healthy people. The difference between sick, dying and healthy is that the sick have a prolonged life with a disease and dying an extended dying period. All of this has a negative effect, because people like to be healthy and independent. However, this is impossible for dying people. People, who are dying, have desires and the requests for dying at home in a familiar environment, as well for the family caregivers. Purpose: The purpose of the diploma dissertation is to present the care provided by relatives for the dying family member, the impact of providing the care on the relatives and the grieving of relatives after the death of a family member. Methods: In the dissertation we used descriptive method with literature published between the years 2007 and 2017 in Slovenian and English language. In the analysis was used professional and scientific literature from 29 sources. The search was carried out in the bibliographic bases COBISS, Cochrane Library, Google Scholar and Pubmed. Discussion and conclusion: Facing the dying and death of a family member is a time of fear, insecurity and negative emotions. Caring for a dying loved one in a home environment is a challenging task, regardless of gender and age of the dying person. The care that is taken on by relatives is physical, emotional, psychological, social and/or financial. Generally the main role for care is taken over by one person, who can succumb to the pressure and stress due to all the tasks. If the caregivers are strong and stable, easier is for them to confront and deal the challenges of the care. The caregiving alone can be a negative and/or positive experience as it is possible that through it, caregivers experience personal growth. During provision of care, relatives face the grief. Grief is a phase which starts not only with death but also with the anticipation of arrival of death.
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