The IPS fidelity scale as a guideline to implement Supported Employment

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Integrated palliative care for nursing home residents : exploring the challenges in the collaboration between nursing homes, home care and hospitals

Introduction: Nursing home residents are a vulnerable and frail segment of the population, characterised by their complex and palliative care needs. To ensure an integrated approach to palliative care for this target group, working on a collaborative basis with multiple providers across organisational boundaries is necessary. Considering that coordinators of palliative networks support and coordinate collaboration, the research question is: 'how do network coordinators perceive the process of collaboration between organisations in Flemish palliative networks?' Methods: A dual-phase sequential mixed-methods design was applied. First, the coordinators of each of the fifteen palliative networks in Flanders completed a survey in which they evaluated ten aspects of collaboration for two types of cooperation: between nursing homes and home care, and between nursing homes and hospitals. Next, the survey results thus obtained were discussed to improve understanding in a focus group composed of the above coordinators, and which was analysed on the basis of content analysis. Results: In both forms of cooperation, the 'formalisation' and 'governance' were the aspects that yielded the lowest mean scores. The coordinators in the focus group expressed a need for more formalised interaction among organisations with regard to palliative care, the establishment of formal channels of communication and the exchange of information, as well as the development of shared leadership. Conclusions: The perspectives of the coordinators on inter-organisational collaboration are a valuable starting point for interventions directed at the stronger integration of palliative care for residents of long term-care facilities

Family carer support in home and hospital : a cross-sectional survey of specialised palliative care

Objectives To evaluate: (1) to what extent family carers of people supported by specialised palliative care services felt they had been provided with information, support and aftercare and (2) how this varied by type of palliative care service, length of enrolment and characteristics of deceased. Methods A cross-sectional postal survey was conducted using a structured questionnaire with nine items on information, support and aftercare provided by specialised palliative care services to family carers. Flemish family carers of people who had made use of specialised palliative care services at home or in hospital were contacted. Results Of all primary family carers (response rate of 53.5% resulting in n=1504), 77.7% indicated they were asked frequently by professionals how they were feeling. Around 75% indicated they had been informed about specific end-of-life topics and around 90% felt sufficiently supported before and immediately after the death. Family carers of people who had died in a palliative care unit, compared with other types of specialised palliative care services, indicated having received more information, support and aftercare. Conclusions Family carers evaluate the professional assistance provided more positively when death occurred in a palliative care unit. Policy changes might be needed to reach the same level of care across all specialised palliative care services

Op bezoek bij de huisarts: gerapporteerd gebruik, gepercipieerde kwaliteit en toegankelijkheid van de huisartsenzorg bij financieel kwetsbare welzijnszorggebruikers

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Beschrijving van de KANS steekproef: representativiteit, demografische en socio-economische kenmerken, gezondheidstoestand en zorggebruik

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KANS cijferrapport: beschrijvende analyse van de gegevens uit de eerste bevraging: socio-demografisch profiel, zorggebruik, zorgtevredenheid, gezondheid, welzijn en sociale contacten van maatschappelijk kwetsbare welzijnszorggebruikers

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