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By Professor Lieve Van den Block, VUB-UGhent End-of-Life Care Research Group in Belgium
In this presentation, Professor Van den Block will explore what is needed to move the needle to improve palliative care in nursing homes. Do we need better models of care combining in-house generalist palliative care with easy access to external specialist advice and training? Do our interventions need to be more theory-informed, more inspired by implementation science, and with more opportunities for tailoring to context and setting? Or do we first need resolute health policy initiatives to ensure adequate staffing, resources and strong leadership? Finally, Professor Van den Block will explore what we need to improve our evaluations of these nursing home-specific interventions, focusing on mixed-methods, alternatives to RCTs, theory, and validated outcome measures for staff and residents.
About the speaker
Lieve Van den Block, PhD in Medical Social Sciences and MSc in Clinical Psychology, is Professor of Aging and Palliative Care at the VUB-UGhentEnd-of-Life Care Research Group in Belgium. She holds the Collen-Francqui Research Professor Chair 'Aging, dementia and palliative care' (2020-2023). Her work focuses on national and international public health and interventional research aimed at monitoring and improving palliative and end-of-life care for older people and people with dementia, both in the community and institutional settings.
About the seminar series
The Cicely Saunders Institute Open Seminar Series events are free to attend and there is no need to register.
This seminar is worth CPD (1 credit) pending from the Royal College of Physicians.
The series aim is to optimise opportunities for local, national and international networking within palliative care and rehabilitation. We facilitate seminars to assist in improving practice, education and policy, and the integration of research and clinical endeavours.
Part of Cicely Saunders Institute turns 10, celebrating 10 years since the opening of the Cicely Saunders Institute at King's College London in 2010.