Projects
IMPACT, Innovative Methods in PAlliative Care Teaching - Connecting higher education and practice for collaborative learning in nursing leadership in palliative care HOWEST
The interRAI Palliative Care instrument – Better informed palliative care in nursing homes? KU Leuven
Nursing homes have become important locations for the provision of palliative care (Ersek and Carpenter, 2013). Quality palliative care in homes requires a comprehensive evaluation of the different care needs of nursing home residents (Jerant et al., 2004). Research shows that a comprehensive assessment tool can support the evaluation and identification of the resident’s needs in palliative care practice (Mcllfatrick & Hasson, 2014). In ...
Using compassionate communities to improve palliative care initiatives in low-income urban settings in Cape Town, South Africa Ghent University
This project addresses the need to enhance palliative care (PC) in South Africa by establishing Compassionate Communities of Care (CCCs), focusing on community-led support for advanced illness patients. It leverages partnerships and lessons from global initiatives. The project aims to establish CCCs, improve PC interactions, and integrate the CCC framework into research and capacity-building efforts. Key outcomes include community ownership, ...
Development, implementation and evaluation of an intervention supporting mobile palliative supportteams to empower healthcare professionals in providing palliative care for hospitalized patients KU Leuven
According to the Palliative Care Indicator Tool (PICT), a practical measurement tool for early identification of palliative patients, 19% of patients hospitalized on non-specialized hospital wards are palliative. Additionally, societal changes such as an aging population, an increase in the number of chronically ill people and evolving technologies are predicted to further increase the need for palliative care in the upcoming years. These ...
PACE: Comparing the effectiveness of palliative care for elderly people in long term care facilities in Europe Vrije Universiteit Brussel
INTEGRATE: Integration of Palliative care into home, nursing home and hospital care Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Redesigning end-of-life care for patients with congenital heart disease by scrutinizing trajectories toward death and evaluating curative and palliative care in the last year of life KU Leuven
Healthcare spending has never been higher and is expected to continue to rise in all parts of the world over the next few years. One solution to reducing healthcare costs is to reduce avoidable healthcare use, which is healthcare use that could have been avoided by proper prevention, precautions or timely referrals. Avoidable healthcare use is common, unfortunately. To gain a good understanding of this concept, a detailed review of the ...
Towards timely integration of specialist palliative home care services for older people with dementia with complex care needs and their family carers: a mixed-method theory-informed study Vrije Universiteit Brussel
unmet complex care needs, and are often cared for by their family.
These people could benefit from receiving specialist palliative home
care services. Yet, their access to these services remains poor and
late, and this problem remains understudied. Hence, our overarching
aim is to provide the first comprehensive understanding of how
...
Integration of palliative care into home, nursing home and hospital care. Ghent University
INTEGRATE is focused on developing and studying integration models of palliative care in the Flemish health care system. The project aims to expand the boundaries of existing research and to provide the necessary scientific evidence and insights on integration of palliative care in the various echelons of our health care system, such as in different hospital departments, home care, residential care centers. In addition, it also wants to ...