Publications
Agreement of nursing home staff with palliative care principles : a PACE cross-sectional study among nurses and care assistants in five European countries Ghent University Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The interRAI CHESS scale is comparable to the palliative performance scale in predicting 90-day mortality in a palliative home care population KU Leuven Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Impact of palliative home care support on the quality and costs of care at the end of life Vrije Universiteit Brussel Ghent University
Objectives To evaluate the impact of palliative home care support on the quality of care and costs in the last 14 days of life. Design Matched cohort study using linked administrative databases. Setting All people who died in Belgium in 2012 (n=107 847). Participants 8837 people who received palliative home care support in the last 720 to 15 days of life matched 1:1 by propensity score to 8837 people who received usual care. Intervention ...
Policy Measures to Support Palliative Care at Home Vrije Universiteit Brussel Ghent University
CONTEXT: The proportion of people in need of palliative care worldwide is rising, and the majority wish to receive this care at home. Many countries have created policy measures to support palliative care at home.
OBJECTIVE: To list and compare existing policy measures designed to support palliative care at home in addition to available primary care services in Belgium, France, and Germany.
METHODS: A cross-country case ...
Palliative care for people with dementia living at home Vrije Universiteit Brussel Ghent University
BACKGROUND: The European Association for Palliative Care White Paper defined optimal palliative care in dementia based on evidence and expert consensus. Yet, we know little on how to achieve this for people with dementia living and dying at home.
AIMS: To examine evidence on home palliative care interventions in dementia, in terms of their effectiveness on end-of-life care outcomes, factors influencing implementation, the extent to ...
Specialised palliative home care for older people Vrije Universiteit Brussel
We live longer, but not always in good health. Many older persons experience long periods of illness, multimorbidity, disabilities or frailty. Frailty is a common condition in old age. In medical literature, it is defined by a decline in the physiological capacity of several organ systems that cause an increased susceptibility to stressors. When older people with serious chronic conditions approach the end of life, they often ...
Perceived role of the family physician in early palliative home care for patients with a chronic lifelimiting disease: A qualitative study with family physicians, community nurses and patients Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Development of a complex intervention for early integration of palliative home care into standard care for end-stage COPD patients Vrije Universiteit Brussel Ghent University
BACKGROUND: Research suggests that palliative home care should be integrated early into standard care for end-stage COPD patients. Patients also express the wish to be cared for and to die at home. However, a practice model for early integration of palliative home care (PHC) into standard care for end-stage COPD has not been fully developed.
AIM: To develop an intervention for early integration of PHC into standard care for end-stage ...