Image of Catherine Evans Professor Catherine Evans PhD, MSc, BSc (hons), RGN, SPQDN Academics Supervisors Interim Director of Cicely Saunders Institute and Professor of Palliative Care Honorary Nurse Consultant, Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust. Research subject areas Ageing Palliative care Contact details catherine.evans@kcl.ac.uk 0 207 848 5805 @catherineJanee1
Public and community involvement in palliative care research: principles and practicalities Referral Criteria for Specialist Palliative Care for Patients With Dementia Enhancing readiness for advance care planning among community-dwelling older adults with frailty: A mixed-method systematic review Barriers and facilitators to addressing sedentary behaviour and physical inactivity among nursing home residents: a qualitative study Evolution of Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement in Health-Related Research: A Concept Analysis Priorities for 'out-of-hours' home-based palliative care for professionals, patients, and family caregivers: A qualitative interview study Optimising digital advance care planning implementation in palliative and end-of-life care: a multi-phase mixed-methods national research programme and recommendations Integrating palliative care into primary care for older people with multimorbid serious illness: a multinational qualitative cross-sectional study in Sub-Saharan Africa Reforming end of life dementia care for those needing greater support: Policy priorities from the EMBED-Care Programme Exploring the contextual assumptions, interventions and outcomes of digital advance care planning systems: A theory of change approach to understand implementation and evaluation Sarcopenia interventions in long-term care facilities targeting sedentary behaviour and physical inactivity: A systematic review Co-Designing a Palliative Dementia Care Framework to Support Holistic Assessment and Decision Making: The EMBED-Care Framework The influence of care home registration type and size on senior care leader's confidence to provide palliative and end-of-life care: an explanatory sequential mixed methods study Factors Influencing the Implementation of Digital Advance Care Planning: Qualitative Interview Study Cicely Saunders Institute Public Involvement Strategy 2024-2026 Integration of primary care and palliative care services to improve equality and equity at the end-of-life: Findings from realist stakeholder workshops Symptom burden, service use and care dissatisfaction among older adults with cancer, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, dementia and neurological disease during the last 3 months before death: A pooled analysis of mortality follow-back surveys Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment for people with both COPD and frailty starting pulmonary rehabilitation: a mixed-methods feasibility trial Co-design of the EMBED-Care Framework as an intervention to enhance shared decision-making for people affected by dementia and practitioners, comprising holistic assessment, linked with clinical decision support tools: A qualitative study A framework for more equitable, diverse, and inclusive Patient and Public Involvement for palliative care research Co-design of a theory-based implementation plan for a holistic eHealth assessment and decision support framework for people with dementia in care homes A Right to be Heard: Better palliative and end-of-life care for people affected by dementia Exploring access to community care and emergency department use among people with dementia: A qualitative interview study with people with dementia, and current and bereaved caregivers A population-based retrospective cohort study of end-of-life emergency department visits by people with dementia: multilevel modelling of individual- and service-level factors using linked data Provision of palliative and end-of-life care in UK care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed methods observational study with implications for policy How is community based 'out-of-hours' care provided to patients with advanced illness near the end of life: A systematic review of care provision Family carers’ administration of injectable medications at the end-of-life: a service evaluation of a novel intervention Frailty and mortality risk in COPD: a cohort study comparing the Fried Frailty Phenotype and Short Physical Performance Battery The acceptability and effectiveness of eHealth interventions to support assessment and decision making for people with dementia living in care homes: A systematic review Formal and Informal Costs of Care for People With Dementia Who Experience a Transition to Hospital at the End of Life: A Secondary Data Analysis Palliative long-term abdominal drains for the management of refractory ascites due to cirrhosis: A consensus document The most important components of out-of-hours community care for patients at the end of life: A Delphi study of healthcare professionals' and patient and family carers' perspectives How do person-centered outcome measures enable shared decision-making for people with dementia and family carers?-A systematic review "I wanna live and not think about the future" what place for advance care planning for people living with severe multiple sclerosis and their families? A qualitative study Building a community nursing research community of practice Common elements of service delivery models that optimise quality of life and health service use among older people with advanced progressive conditions: a tertiary systematic review Response to Zhou (2021) “Comment on Evans et al. (2021) ‘Community-based short-term integrated palliative and supportive care reduces symptom distress for older people with chronic noncancer conditions compared with usual care’” Preferences and priorities to manage clinical uncertainty for older people with frailty and multimorbidity: a discrete choice experiment and stakeholder consultations Managing clinical uncertainty in older people towards the end of life: a systematic review of person-centred tools Timely short-term specialized palliative care service intervention for older people with frailty and their family carers in primary care: Development and modelling of the frailty+ intervention using theory of change Factors Associated With Emergency Department Visits by People With Dementia Near the End of Life: A Systematic Review Community-based short-term integrated palliative and supportive care reduces symptom distress for older people with chronic noncancer conditions compared with usual care: a randomised controlled single-blind mixed method trial Priorities and opportunities for palliative and end of life care in United Kingdom health policies: a national documentary analysis Culture in the spotlight—cultural adaptation and content validity of the integrated palliative care outcome scale for dementia: A cognitive interview study Immediate versus delayed short-term integrated palliative care for advanced long-term neurological conditions: the OPTCARE Neuro RCT Influences on emergency department attendance among frail older people with deteriorating health: a multicentre prospective cohort study Characteristics and mortality rates among patients requiring intermediate care: a national cohort study using linked databases Palliative Long-Term Abdominal Drains Versus Large Volume Paracentesis in Refractory Ascites Due to Cirrhosis (REDUCe Study): Qualitative Outcomes The Efficacy of Psychological Interventions on Health-Related Quality of Life for Patients with Heart Failure and Depression: A Systematic Review How many people will need palliative care in Scotland by 2040? A mixed method study of projected palliative care need and recommendations for service delivery View all publications
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