Tag Archives: Palliative care and long-term care

UN Working Group on Ageing to Consider Long Term and Palliative Care

Katherine Pettus, Advocacy Officer, International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care On July 7, the Eighth United Nations Open-ended Working Group on Ageing (OEWGA), for the purpose of strengthening the protection of the human rights of older persons, selected ‘long term … Continue reading

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Palliative Care 2020: Towards integration of palliative care in an age-friendly EU

Annick Stijns, Project Manager IMPACT, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Zeger De Groote, Project Manager EURO-IMPACT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and Ghent University, Belgium. Training and education of students and professionals in health care focuses mainly on curing or prevention of diseases. Quality … Continue reading

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