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Pal-Cycles, an Intervention for Oncology

On November 9 and 10, 2023, members of the EU-funded project “Pal-Cycles” convened in Nijmegen, Netherlands. The project, led by Professor Dr. Jeroen Hasselaar, Professor of Social Empowerment in Palliative Care at Radboudumc – Radboud University, is dedicated to optimising care planning for people with advanced cancer in need of palliative care.

This project emphasizes the importance of studying what is meant by ‘transition’ (“spatial transition” and “transition of care”) in the clinical setting; Working on these definitions (and other concepts) will help to find elements that will make it possible to establish an optimal continuity of care for people suffering from advanced cancer.

At this meeting, the consortium group highlighted that a ´smooth transition´ is possible if we focus on the training. The partnership between specialities can be the key to different levels of care and services working towards a common goal.

The Pal-Cycles project, currently in its second year, is dedicated to developing an integrated care model for people with advanced cancer and their families. The main goal is to enhance the quality of life and prepare the quality of care, through improving communication, supporting care planning, and providing specialised training to oncology clinicians. The project is scheduled to be completed in 2027.

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Transitional Palliative Care – A novel programme to ensure good continuity of care at home

On Friday 4th November, the Pal-Cycles research group met in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in the first face to face meeting of the European programme that will develop, implement, and test an intervention to improve quality of care to people with advanced cancer disease and their families, by providing a smooth transition from hospital to community care.

Many people with advanced cancer at the end of life leave hospital without follow-up information about diagnosis, prognosis, and appropriate care. Oftentimes, there is a lack of continuity and coordination in follow-up care, and this negatively affects everyone involved in an advanced disease situation.

The Palliative Care Yields Cancer Wellbeing Support (Pal-Cycles) is a €4.5 million project funded by the European Commission that aims to find the optimal transition model between the hospital and home. Led by Prof Jeroen Hasselaar from Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen (The Netherlands), this programme will facilitate patient-centred communication and continuity of care for people with advanced cancer, reducing unplanned hospital admissions and improving quality of life at the end of life.

Ten partners from nine European countries (The Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Portugal, Spain and Belgium) are involved in the consortium partnership. Using multi-method approaches, this research group will develop and adapt an intervention to the local, social, cultural, and economic contexts of seven countries (The Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Portugal).

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