ABSTRACT
Objective: To determine nurses’ and care workers’ role in caring for the dying on wards for recuperation under health insurance. Methods: The analysis was performed using semi-structured interviews involving 9 nurses and care workers working on wards for recuperation under health insurance and having experience of caring for dying patients. Results: As for nurses’ roles in caring for dying patients, 6 categories were extracted, including ‘support patients’ families to have a feeling that they were fully involved in the process of dying’. As for care workers’ roles in caring for dying patients, 5 categories were extracted, including ‘support nurse through the care worker activities’. Conclusion: In order to provide quality care for the dying, it is important to put the following points into practice: providing feedback and seculity on effects of daily life support, the provision of opportunities to enhance the independence of the care worker.