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:

Developing a Standardised Undergraduate Palliative Care Curriculum – Encompassing International Recommendations

*Keywords**: Implementation, Curriculum Development, Interactive Teaching/Learning Methods, Technology, Assessment Methods*

*Timeline**: September 2017- August 2020*

Supporting care home healthcare staff to engage in decision-making with family carers: scaling up an educational intervention

*Keywords**: Advanced Dementia, Family Carer Decision Support intervention, Family Carers, Care Homes, Healthcare Staff*

*Timeline**: April 2019 – April 2022*

Understanding the relationship between physical activity and bone health in people with bone metastases

*Keywords**: Exercise Oncology, Cancer, Exercise, Physical Activity, Bone Health*

*Timeline**: February 2019 – February 2021*

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*

Evaluation of a Psycho-Educational Intervention for People with Advanced Cancer who are Experiencing Unintentional Weight loss (Cachexia) and Their Lay Carers

*Keywords**: Advanced Cancer, Wasting Syndrome, Cachexia, Psychosocial Impact, Psychological Impact and Intervention*

*Timeline**: Study carried out: Oct 2013 – Oct 2016*

An Evidence-based Model for the Transfer & Exchange of Research Knowledge (EMTReK) Relevant and Applicable to Palliative Care

*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?

Key words: Discrete Choice Experiment, Palliative Care, End of Life Care, Preferences, Services & Supports, Specialist Palliative Care.

*Timeline**: Study carried out: Mar 2014 – Mar 2017*

Research Project Webpages Coming Soon

Families of Children with Life-Limiting Conditions – Experiences, Access & Decision Making