Background Providing appropriate palliative care for older people is a major task for health
care systems worldwide, and up to now it has also been one of the most neglected …

Knowledge about the quality of end-of-life care in the elderly patient in Europe is
fragmented. The European Union Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS) Geriatric Palliative …

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 Specialist palliative care is being increasingly recognised and developed to
improve end-of-life care in many developed countries. However, only a small proportion of …

Background Frail older people are an increasingly important group in primary care due to
demographic change. For these patients, a palliative care approach may be useful to sustain …

Populations around the world are ageing, and more people are living with the effects of
serious chronic illness towards the end of life. Meeting their needs presents a public health …

Background With an increasing number of people dying in old age, collaboration between
palliative care and geriatric medicine is increasingly being advocated in order to promote …

The work of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) Taskforce on Palliative
Care in Long-term Care Settings for Older People is now completed. How can such care be …

Experts from different areas strongly criticize the current level of palliative care in Germany,
both inpatient and home care services. Apart from the experts' opinions, little is known in this …

Comparable to most high-income countries in the world, the population projection to 2060
by the German Federal Statistical Office predicts a growth of the number of people older than …