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There is growing interest across Europe and other Western countries in the provision of palliative care in nursing homes for older people and other similar long term care settings. A significant proportion of older people die in such care settings (approximately 20% in the UK). Given the marginalization of nursing homes for older people in mainstream society with respect to funding for care, and research, there is a need to maximize our resources and expertise. Following a meeting at the European Association of Palliative Care conference in Budapest in June 2007, it was agreed to establish a web resource for people engaged with care provision, education and research in this area. This web resource has been established to provide a place where initiatives, information and contacts can be exchanged worldwide. Resources can be identified by country and by type.
We hope this will be the start of new collaborations across Europe and worldwide to develop high quality palliative care services and research for people living and dying in long term care facilities.
Katherine Froggatt (Lancaster University, UK) and Katharina Heimerl (University Klagenfurt, Austria).
If you have any questions or problems about the website please contact Katherine Froggatt at k.froggatt@lancaster.ac.uk
FORTHCOMING MEETING
A meeting about the Palliative Care and Long Term Care Settings for Older People network is planned during the forthcoming EAPC research conference in Trondheim, Norway.
The meeting will be held on:
Friday May 30th, 10.30 -12 noon in Room Austråatt I and II at the conference venue.
The meeting will be facilitated by Katherine Froggatt (UK) and Sabine Pleschberger (Austria). At this meeting we will focus on research in palliative care in long-term settings and consider ways we could work collaboratively across the different countries represented.
If you are attending the EAPC conference in Trondheim and would like to attend this meeting, please could you let us know before the conference. Please let either Katherine Froggatt (k.froggatt@lancaster.ac.uk) or Katharina Heimerl (katharina.heimerl@uni-klu.ac.at) know if you can attend.
