Background: The European population is rapidly ageing, resulting in increasing numbers of
older people dying in long-term care facilities. There is an urgent need for palliative care in …

Background: While the need for palliative care in long-term care facilities is growing, it is
unknown whether palliative care in this setting is sufficiently developed. Aim: To describe …

Provision of palliative care in long-term care (LTC) facilities is important, but limited research
has been undertaken to investigate the most appropriate outcome measure for use in this …

Background In 2007, a literature review was undertaken of palliative care research from
Sweden during the 1970s–2006, paving the way for a follow‐up study to explore the recent …

Background Improving palliative care is a public health priority. However, little is known
about the views of public health experts regarding the state of palliative care in Germany …

Background Several studies have highlighted the need for improvement in palliative care
delivered to older people long-term care facilities. However, the available evidence on how …

Why is research in palliative care so difficult, after all it is not rocket science, is it? Yet the
palliative care literature is replete with reports explaining the challenges of conducting …

Background: Improved and cost-effective palliative and end-of-life care is an international
policy imperative. Developments are impeded by a weak and often inconsistent evidence …

Objectives Although a growing number of older people are dying in care homes, palliative
care has developed in these settings only recently. Cross-country representative …

Background Provision of palliative care in residential aged care facilities (RACFs) is
important but limited research has been undertaken to investigate the most appropriate …