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Achieving the best palliative and end-of-life care

End-of-Life Care Research Group

Welcome to the website of the End-of-Life Care Research Group

The End-of-Life Care Research Group conducts high-quality scientific research in end-of-life care in Belgium and across Europe. Researchers from different scientific backgrounds work in a common research structure to facilitate interdisciplinary collaborative research.

Recent news

Joni Gilissen
Wednesday 10 March

Interview dr. Joni Gilissen in Zorgwijzer : Onderzoek toont nut vroegtijdige zorgplanning in woonzorgcentrum aan

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Lara Pivodic
Friday 12 February

Prof. Lara Pivodic joins the Young Academy of Belgium

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Events

Thursday 25 March from 16:00 to 17:00

Webinar Ethnographic to studying end-of-life care

Monday 29 March from 16:00

openbare verdediging Annelien van Dael “Advance care planning, dementia and nursing homes”

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Recent Publications

PhD Annelien van Dael

Advance care planning, dementia and nursing homes

Author: Annelien van Dael

ACP Cancer

Functional impairment, symptom severity, and overall quality of life in patients with advanced lung or colorectal cancer in six European countries: baseline findings from the ACTION study.

No difference in effects of 'PACE steps to success' palliative care program for nursing home residents with and without dementia: a pre-planned subgroup analysis of the seven-country PACE trial.

Recent Projects

Navigating community dwelling persons living with dementia and family caregivers through stages of dementia

NursingHomes

Development, implementation and evaluation of the Nursing Home Care Programme for the Last Days of Life

The inequities at the end of life in people dying with cancer and coincidental dementia

COVID-19

INFORMATION AND TOOLS WITH REGARD TO PALLIATIVE AND END-OF-LIFE CARE