Category Archives: PATIENT & FAMILY CARE

‘This is your golden time. You enjoy it and you’ve plenty time for crying after’: How dysphagia impacts family caregivers of people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Posted on August 4, 2021 by pallcare

CATCH UP WITH SOME OF OUR ‘PAST POSTS’ – summer holidays are always a great time to catch up on articles you may have missed. Today, we’re republishing a post by Dominika Lisiecka, PhD, Lecturer, Department of Nursing and Healthcare Sciences, Institute … Continue reading →

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Caregiving at the margins in palliative care

Posted on July 28, 2021 by pallcare

CATCH UP WITH SOME OF OUR ‘PAST POSTS’ – summer holidays are always a great time to catch up on articles you may have missed. Today, we’re republishing a post by Ashley Mollison, a PhD student, and Kelli Stajduhar, a professor of nursing, both … Continue reading →

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“Song of Life” – Music therapy at the end of life

Posted on June 21, 2021 by pallcare

WE’RE DELIGHTED TO PRESENT THIS MONTH’S ‘EDITOR’S CHOICE’ FROM ‘PALLIATIVE MEDICINE’, THE OFFICIAL RESEARCH JOURNAL OF THE EAPC Each month, Professor Catherine Walshe, Editor-in-Chief of ‘Palliative Medicine’, chooses an article that readers may find particularly interesting or useful and invites the … Continue reading →

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Pointers to promoting a palliative care project using MyPal as an example

Posted on June 16, 2021 by pallcare

Over the past year, we’ve published several posts that describe how MyPal aims to improve communication between adults, children and young people using digital technology. But, as with many palliative care projects which often have different audiences and messages to … Continue reading →

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Reflections on palliative sedation in clinical practice: A live webinar

Posted on May 25, 2021 by pallcare

As part of the European Union-funded Horizon2020 Palliative Sedation project, the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) will present a FREE 60-minute webinar on Thursday 3rd June 2021 (14.00 CET). Members of the consortium, Jeroen Hasselaar, Julie Ling and Sheila … Continue reading →

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