Palliative Care Research Projects
Click on the links below to learn more about each research project and access available research project outputs including videos, reports, papers, posters, helpful links and more:
Keywords: Paediatric palliative care, shared decision-making tools, end-of-life care, family preferences
Timeline: September 2022 – August 2024
Pet robots and dementia care; achieving implementation within long-term care facilities
Keywords: Animal-assisted technology, pet robot, social robot, long-term care, nursing home, care home, dementia care, psychosocial health, implementation, strategies
Timeline: October 2019 – October 2022
Improving the prescribing of medicines for people living with cancer and receiving palliative care
Keywords: Advanced cancer, Comorbidities, Prescribing, Medication management, Palliative care, Symptom Management, Guideline development
Timeline: September 2018 – June 2021
Keywords: Palliative Care, Inequalities, Drivers, Financial hardship, Equitable provision, Older persons, Health and social care utilisation, Universal palliative care
Timeline: 1 Mar 2018 – 1 Nov 2021
Recognising a dying person: Death as a social process
Keywords: Nursing homes, death, social death, recognition, ethnography, end-of-life care, dignified life
Timeline: September 2021 – August 2024
Keywords: Healthcare assistant; Out-of-hours; End-of-life care; Palliative care; Hospice; Community care
Timeline: March 2020 – July 2022
Keywords: COVID-19, palliative care, pandemic policy development, nursing home settings, residents, family carers, healthcare professionals
Timeline: October 2020 - January 2022
Public knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of palliative care and advance care planning
Keywords: Palliative care, Advance care planning, Public health, Mixed methods
Timeline: June 2018 - March 2021
Implementing Universal Palliative Care in Ireland
Keywords: Sláintecare, Universal Health and Social Care, Palliative Care, Implementation, General and Specialist Palliative Care
Timeline: January 2021 – January 2024
Attitudes towards deprescribing in older people receiving palliative care
Keywords: Deprescribing, Palliative care, Older people, Attitudes, Hospice Settings
Timeline: March 2021 - June 2021
Constipation Assessment and Management - an Educational Intervention [DEMCon]
Keywords: Constipation, Symptom Management, Hospice, Palliative Care, Education
Timeline: September 2016 - September 2019
Developing an understanding of human rights challenges in palliative care
Keywords: Human Rights, Legislation, Equality, Autonomy, Palliative Care, Health Care Professionals
Timeline: September 2019 – December 2020
Developing a model for rehabilitative palliative care
Keywords: Rehabilitation, Enablement, Rehabilitative palliative care
Timeline: March 2020 – April 2021
Palliative and End-of-Life Care Data in Ireland: Establishing the State of the Nation
Keywords: Palliative Care; Chronic Disease, Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Health Policy, Secondary Data Analysis
Timeline: March 2020 – February 2022
Keywords: Implementation, Curriculum Development, Interactive Teaching/Learning Methods, Technology, Assessment Methods
Timeline: September 2017- August 2020
Keywords: Advanced Dementia, Family Carer Decision Support intervention, Family Carers, Care Homes, Healthcare Staff
Timeline: April 2019 – April 2022
Keywords: Exercise Oncology, Cancer, Exercise, Physical Activity, Bone Health
Timeline: February 2019 – July 2022
People with Serious Mental Illness and Access to Palliative Care in Ireland
Keywords: Palliative Care Needs, Mental Health Problems, Serious Mental Illness, Social Inequalities, and Co-Morbid Physical Health Issues
Timeline: Study carried out: Oct 2013 – Oct 2017
People with Intellectual Disability and Access to Palliative Care
Keywords: Palliative Care Needs, Intellectual Disability, Multi-Morbidity, Carers, End of Life Care and Inequalities
Timeline: Study carried out: Oct 2013 – Oct 2017
People with Advanced Heart Failure, Their Carers and Access to Palliative Care in Ireland
Keywords: Palliative Care, Advanced Heart Failure, Carers, Caregiver Burden, Quality of Life, Advance Care Planning and Communication
Timeline: Study carried out: Oct 2013 – Oct 2017
Keywords: Advanced Cancer, Wasting Syndrome, Cachexia, Psychosocial Impact, Psychological Impact and Intervention
Timeline: Study carried out: Oct 2013 – Oct 2016
Keywords: Knowledge Transfer & Exchange (KTE), KTE Model, Knowledge Transfer Activities and Dissemination and Evidence into Practice
Timeline: Study carried out: Nov 2013 – Jul 2017
Towards Improved Diagnosis and Symptom Management in Palliative Care
Keywords: Palliative Care, Depression, Assessment Tools, Carnell Scale for Depression in Dementia and Abbreviated Scale.
Timeline: Study carried out: Oct 2013 – Oct 2017
The Transition to Adult Palliative Care Services in Ireland
Keywords: Children’s’ Palliative Care Services, Transition Process, Interventions and Models for Transition
Timeline: Study carried out: Jan 2013 – Dec 2015
Developing a Palliative Care Model for People with Dementia in the Community
Keywords: Dementia, Palliative Care, Evidence-based Model and Community Care
Timeline: Study carried out: Oct 2017 – Dec 2021
Unlocking Knowledge and Innovation Contained Within Palliative Care Research in Ireland [KINDLE]
Keywords: Research Outputs, Key Messages, Accessibility of the Learnings, Thematic Synthesis and Knowledge Transfer
Timeline: Study carried out: Dec 2015 – May 2017
What do Patients and Caregivers Want Near End of Life?