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Carers of people with dementia experience significant physical, emotional, and social burdens. Needs assessment can provide important information to assist services in providing support to carers to reduce these burdens. However, few studies have examined the prevalence of unmet needs experienced by carers of people with dementia using a quantitative instrument. This study aimed to examine the prevalence and type of unmet needs experienced by carers of people with dementia in Australia. This was a cross-sectional survey of carers providing support to community-dwelling individuals living with dementia. Carers were recruited through geriatric clinics, aged care providers, support services and community organisations. Consenting carers completed a survey including an 80-item study-specific unmet needs instrument for carers (UNI-C) and sociodemographic characteristics. Descriptive statistics were used to identify the most prevalent unmet needs reported by carers. A total of 169 carers (response rate 47%) completed the survey. Most (87%) carers reported at least one unmet need. Carers reported a median of 16.0 (IQR = 24.0; max = 58) out of a possible 80 unmet needs. The most frequently endorsed unmet needs spanned a range of areas including emotional wellbeing, accessing health and aged care services, managing apathy, and finding information. This study highlighted that a large proportion of carers experience unmet needs associated with caring for someone with dementia. Developing and rigorously testing interventions to meet carers' commonly reported unmet needs are warranted. Supplemental data for this article is available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2022.2053833. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents information on a study which rated the importance of principles and steps to guide clinicians on how to inform patients that they have breast cancer. Methodology; Specific guidelines recommended for telling bad news, as perceived by breast cancer patients, doctors and nurses; Results and discussion.

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Outlines steps to encourage physicians to adopt the best practices for conveying bad news to medical patients. Characteristics that increase the likelihood that clinical guidelines are credible and acceptable to clinicians; Most commonly used mechanisms informing providers about guidelines; Importance of providing performance-based feedback to clinicians.

Outlines steps to encourage clinicians to adopt the best practices for communicating bad news to patients. Production of medical practice guidelines; Ways to disseminate the guidelines; Provision of performance-based feedback to clinicians.

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Offers a look at related literature on breaking bad news to medical patients. Sources of materials; Types of citations; Methodological quality of randomized controlled trials.