PACE, comparing the effectiveness of Palliative Care for Elderly people in long-term care facilities in Europe, is a European project in which AGE platform Europe is involved as partner. PACE aims at producing evidence that can help challenge misconceptions and the gap in the provision of palliative care. The project will analyse existing legislation and policies in the European countries. It will also test an intervention to implement palliative care in nursing homes and institutions of six countries – United Kingdom, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Finland and Poland – for older people and compare its effectiveness.
Within the project, AGE is co-leading the User Forum, a setting where different experts from AGE Platform and Alzheimer Europe will discuss along the project lifespan the situation in Europe. This group will also follow the evolution of the project and produce key policy messages that will feed the policy recommendations that the project will deliver by 2019.
You can find the meeting report here.
The PACE User Forum will meet again in 2018. If you want more information, you can contact Borja Arrue, borja.arrue@age-platform.eu