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Who finds the road to palliative home care support? A nationwide analysis on the use of supportive measures for palliative home care using linked administrative databases Vrije Universiteit Brussel Universiteit Gent
Background
Many countries developed supportive measures for palliative home care, such as financial incentives or multidisciplinary palliative home care teams. For policy makers, it is important to evaluate the use of these national palliative home care supportive measures on a population level.
Methods and findings
Using routinely-collected data on all deaths in Belgium in 2012 (n = 107,847) we measured ...
Many countries developed supportive measures for palliative home care, such as financial incentives or multidisciplinary palliative home care teams. For policy makers, it is important to evaluate the use of these national palliative home care supportive measures on a population level.
Methods and findings
Using routinely-collected data on all deaths in Belgium in 2012 (n = 107,847) we measured ...
What, how and from whom do health care professionals learn during collaboration in palliative home care : a cross-sectional study in primary palliative care Universiteit Gent Universiteit Antwerpen
Palliative care for older people with dementia in nursing homes and at home : multi-country descriptive and interventional research Universiteit Gent
Family carer support in home and hospital : a cross-sectional survey of specialised palliative care Universiteit Gent KU Leuven Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Does using the interRAI Palliative Care instrument reduce the needs and symptoms of nursing home residents receiving palliative care? KU Leuven Vrije Universiteit Brussel
© Cambridge University Press 2017. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate whether using the interRAI Palliative Care instrument (the interRAI PC) in nursing homes is associated with reduced needs and symptoms in residents nearing the end of their lives. Method: A quasi-experimental pretest-posttest study using the Palliative care Outcome Scale (POS) was conducted to compare the needs and symptoms of residents nearing the end of their lives in ...
Does using the interRAI Palliative Care instrument reduce the needs and symptoms of nursing home residents receiving palliative care? KU Leuven
This study aimed to evaluate whether using the interRAI Palliative Care instrument (the interRAI PC) in nursing homes is associated with reduced needs and symptoms in residents nearing the end of their lives.
Outcome Measures of Spiritual Care in Palliative Home Care: A Qualitative Study KU Leuven
The purpose of this study was to identify key outcome measures of spiritual care in palliative home care. A qualitative study was conducted with experts from 3 stakeholder groups (physicians, professional spiritual caregivers, and researchers) representing 2 countries (Belgium and The Netherlands). Three key outcome measures were identified: the extent to which the patient feels that he or she is being heard and taken seriously, the extent to ...
Differences between early and late involvement of palliative home care in oncology care Vrije Universiteit Brussel Universiteit Gent
BACKGROUND: To date, no randomised controlled trials on the integration of specialised palliative home care into oncology care have been identified. Information on whether existing models of integrated care are applicable to the home care system and how working procedures and skills of the palliative care teams might require adaptation is missing.
AIM: To gain insight into differences between early and late involvement and the effect ...