Table 1 The Family Talk Intervention: the focus at each meeting and the family members involved
From: The family talk intervention in palliative care: a study protocol
Meeting 1–6 | Involved family members | Focus at the meeting |
|---|---|---|
Meeting 1 | Parents | The ill parent’s history. |
To set up the family’s goals for the intervention. | ||
Meeting 2 | Parents | The well parent’s history. |
Meeting 3 | Each child (preferably without the parents) | The child’s understanding of the illness and the situation, worries and questions |
Meeting 4 | Parents | Summary about worries and questions from meeting 3. |
Planning the family talk (meeting 5). | ||
Meeting 5 | Parents and children | “The family talk”. Preferably led by the parents and consisting of questions from both children and parents. |
Meeting 6 | Parents and sometimes children | Follow-up with focus on how to communicate within the family in the future to reach the family’s goals. |