Background Palliative care focuses on identifying, from a holistic perspective, the needs of
those experiencing problems associated with life-threatening illnesses. As older people …

Background: According to ethical guidelines, healthcare professionals should be able to
provide care that allows for the patients' values, customs and beliefs, and the existential …

Background Social isolation and loneliness are critical to the health of older adults, but they
have not been well‐described at the end of life. Objectives To determine the prevalence and …

Background Loneliness was common early in the COVID‐19 pandemic due to physical
distancing measures, but little is known about how loneliness persisted into later stages of …

Background Few studies have focused on how older persons living in nursing homes
perceive their last period of life. Furthermore, previous research on older persons' …

Aims and objectives The aim of this study was to describe how EL was eased, as narrated
by frail older people. Background Existential loneliness (EL) is an unavoidable part of the …

Background Adolescence is associated with different feelings and experiences that can
negatively affect adolescents' health and well-being. In the transition between childhood and …

Background Some older persons develop a persistent death wish without being severely ill,
often referred to as “completed life” or “tiredness of life”. In the Netherlands and Belgium, the …

In the last decade, there has been a renewed interdisciplinary interest in the study of
existential loneliness (EL) or existential isolation (EI). However, to date, there is still no …

Aim To explore existential loneliness among older people in different healthcare contexts
from the perspective of healthcare professionals. Background Professionals meet and care …