> Theme: Provision of early palliative care
> Timeline: January 2019 – June 2023 (completed)
> Keywords: Palliative Care, care, support, dignity, quality of life
The InAdvance project developed a new model of palliative care based on early integration and personalised pathways addressed specifically to older people with complex chronic conditions.
Results
Policy recommendations: Policy recommendations and guidelines for the implementation of evidence-based Palliative Care. The recommendations are available as a 2-pager InAdvance Policy recommendations (short version) and in its full version, InAdvance Policy recommendations (long version) covering:
- Palliative care is neither available nor accessible for all
- Education and public awareness about Palliative Care is lacking
- Non-person-centred care leads to late identification of needs
- Fragmentation and discontinuity of care
- Cost-effectiveness of early admission to Palliative Care
- Diverse legal contexts
Clinical Guidelines: clinical guidelines for the implementation of evidence-based palliative care interventions
Website to foster care at home (in Spanish only): InAdvance created an open space to foster care skills at home. On this website, you can find texts, videos, and other free resources with information and recommendations for adults with care needs and their informal carers in Spanish. The website is accessible here: https://portalcuidarencasa.com/
AGE involvement
AGE elaborated policy recommendations on early palliative care based on the project findings and in an iterative process together with AGE members and EU stakeholders. Further, AGE provided feedback on the technological solutions developed in the project, supported the dissemination and organised the final conference.
Contact
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the grant agreement No 825750
