Few studies were found that specifi

Few studies were found that specifically talked about spirituality among family caregivers in the palliative care setting. Studies reported that engaging in spirituality was a rewarding experience and a powerful coping resource during end-of-life care. Penman et al. (2013) examined the lived experiences of patients (n=4) and family caregivers (n=10) at terminal stages of illness and found that engaging in spiritual practices was rewarding for both patients and caregivers. Engaging in spirituality brought a sense of meaning and compassion to the family caregivers’ caregiving practices, enhanced their bonding with the patients, allowed them to cope, and framed their caregiving experiences as rewarding. Bernard et al. (2014) reported similar findings while examining the role of spirituality of family caregivers (n=14) at EOL among Black community in Nova Scotia, Canada. Spirituality and spiritual actions such as prayer, expressing one’s faith, reading the Bible, singing hymns, and being in the presence of friends and others all helped these community members to cope with the stressful situations they faced while giving care to a dying family member. Family caregivers found that spirituality was a powerful resource for coping while in the midst of providing palliative care and helped them to deal with difficult situations, loss, and grief. Nonetheless, the findings were limited, because the study only looked at family caregivers who belong to a church or had publicly expressed their faith.