Improving palliative care in care homes

A community palliative care clinical nurse specialist led model of support.

National and international policies call for care homes to provide reliably good end-of-life care. Building on previous research conducted by Dr Jo Hockley, this study aims to improve the delivery of palliative care in 29 nursing homes in the Edinburgh area.

Anne Finucane, Honorary Fellow at the University of Edinburgh and Research Lead at Marie Curie Hospice Edinburgh is also involved in a range of projects focused on palliative care in community, hospital and hospice settings. Anne is a co-investigator on a CSO funded study to improve palliative care for patients with advanced liver disease and collaborates on various Marie Curie funded projects including an evaluation of the effectiveness of palliative care days services.

Other projects are focused on palliative care in care homes, ehealth interventions to improve access to palliative care, family and carer support and psychological approaches to reduce distress and improve communication in palliative contexts.

Funder

Marie Curie and the Robertson Trust

Research team

Anne Finucane, Emma Carduff, Barbara Stevenson, Libby Milton, Scott Murray