Developing a Framework for the Provision of Rehabilitative Palliative Care

Rehabilitative palliative care integrates rehabilitation principles into palliative care and end-of-life care for people with life-limiting illness. The escalating global burden of serious illness means that the number of people needing to access palliative care including rehabilitative palliative care will grow exponentially. It remains unclear how rehabilitative palliative care is best delivered for people with palliative care needs in Ireland. Frameworks for rehabilitative palliative care have yet to be developed in Ireland. The project will form a framework for rehabilitative palliative care in Ireland that integrates specialist palliative care, general palliative care, and relevant support services.

Funder

Health Research Board (HRB) SPHeRE (Structured Population Health, Policy and Health-services Research Education)

Research Team

Primary Investigator: Dr Geraldine Foley (TCD)

PhD student: Alana Powell (TCD)

Co-investigators: Dr Emer Guinan (TCD) and Prof. Karen Ryan (UCD, St. Francis Hospice Dublin, and Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin).

 Collaborators

National Clinical Programme for Palliative Care, and All-Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care