Latest research projects

Mental and physical health and wellbeing

These research projects focus on improving care and support for the mental and physical health and wellbeing of people affected by terminal illness.

Relationships, carers and bereavement

These research projects focus on ensuring everyone affected by death and dying – including the family, friends and carers of the dying person – are supported through and beyond the end of life.

Exploring the financial and employment impacts of end of life family caregi…

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Supporting young carers at the end of life and into bereavement

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Development of an online ACT intervention to improve coping and quality of…

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Financial insecurity

These research projects focus on financial insecurity at end of life, to ensure that everyone has the support they need to address their practical concerns.

Unreached - the impact of financial insecurity and socioeconomic deprivatio…

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Mapping financial support services in England and Wales

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Financial insecurity at end of life for people on work-related visas

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Understanding and improving benefit take-up towards the end of life

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Inequity at the end of life

These research projects focus on inequity in end of life experience to improve access to excellent standards of care and support for all.

Improving data collection on ethnicity and religion within palliative care…

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Support needs approach for person-centred care in prisons

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Using artificial intelligence to address health inequalities

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Making the invisible visible’: identifying and responding to unpaid carers…

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Improving access to good end of life care: Recognising dying in people with…

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Mental and physical health and wellbeing

Family, friends and carers

Financial insecurity

Inequity

Dementia research projects with Alzheimer’s Society

These projects are funded through the Marie Curie Research Grants Scheme Call 13.

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Latest research projects

Mental and physical health and wellbeing

Mental health and wellbeing towards the end of life: Research and Knowledge…

Improving access to good end of life care

Getting prescription medications right in hospital and hospice

Evaluating the benefit of a hospice paracentesis service for people living…

Relationships, carers and bereavement

Exploring the financial and employment impacts of end of life family caregi…

Supporting young carers at the end of life and into bereavement

Development of an online ACT intervention to improve coping and quality of…

Financial insecurity

Unreached - the impact of financial insecurity and socioeconomic deprivatio…

Mapping financial support services in England and Wales

Financial insecurity at end of life for people on work-related visas

Understanding and improving benefit take-up towards the end of life

Inequity at the end of life

Improving data collection on ethnicity and religion within palliative care…

Support needs approach for person-centred care in prisons

Using artificial intelligence to address health inequalities

Making the invisible visible’: identifying and responding to unpaid carers…

Improving access to good end of life care: Recognising dying in people with…

Mental and physical health and wellbeing

Understanding and improving community-based palliative care outside of normal working hours

Supporting decision making on goals of care for community-dwelling patients living with a progressive life-limiting illness

Parent and professional experiences of 24/7 paediatric end-of-life care: a mixed methods process evaluation

Journal clubs in palliative care: the evaluation of a Toolkit to support the implementation of a hospice multidisciplinary journal club

Paramedic delivery of end-of-life care: a mixed methods evaluation of service provision and professional practice

Addressing depression in care home residents: a collaborative approach to working with care home activity coordinators to improve identification and management.

Disseminating evidence on use of outcomes in palliative care practice to improve the wellbeing of people affected by advanced illness.

Developing a multicomponent implementation intervention to improve delirium assessment in specialist palliative care inpatient settings

Applying the Getting Palliative Medications Right Toolkit in practice: co-design of quality improvement for impact

Exploring the causes, experiences and impact of loneliness on patients and their informal carers impacted by advanced progressive illness: a scoping review

Falls Early Warning Score (FEWS chart); The implementation of a falls observational tool and its clinical effectiveness of reducing falls

Promoting uptake of the DALLI Toolkit: maximising impact to enhance the response to domestic abuse for people living with a life limiting illness

Improving communication of prognostic uncertainty in palliative and end of life care contexts: A realist review

Identifying research themes for social sciences and humanities research into dying and palliative care: Secondary analysis of James Lind Alliance refresh

Research into Practice: Education and Support for Implementing Namaste Care for People with Advanced Dementia

Dying in a care home – the stories we can tell

DUE_Care: Defining and estimating unmet palliative care needs in the UK

Cultural Competence training for professionals working in children's palliative care

Co-design of a video resource to support better delirium assessment and management in palliative care settings

Delirium management for people with advanced illness: A systematic integrative review

Mapping the palliative and end-of-life care research workforce in the UK: A mixed-method study

Co-design of educational delirium resources to improve identification and support for people living with terminal illness affected by delirium

Connection, Compassion, and Action - Achieving impact towards integrated palliative care through knowledge mobilisation

Family, friends and carers

Caregiver Experience of Conservatively Managed End-stage Kidney Disease: Informing the Development of a Psychosocial Intervention

An online peer-to-peer support programme for family caregivers of technology dependent individuals with motor neurone disease

How does choosing to fundraise in memory impact the bereavement journey? A qualitative study

An essential part of the service: Increasing the impact of hospice Men's Sheds to benefit men’s wellbeing

Financial insecurity

Understanding the number of people who die in poverty

Reflecting on roles and responsibilities: a workshop for palliative care professionals caring for people impacted by social and economic disadvantage

Spending on people in the last year of life

Inequity

A Marie Curie good practice delivery model for end of life care in UK prisons

Promoting equitable experiences of dying, death and bereavement: a feasibility study adopting participatory action research methods

Working with interpreters in end-of life care: Equity in communication outcomes (ECHO)

Developing a questionnaire to help staff support people experiencing homelessness with palliative and end of life care

ACCESSCare-I(mpact). Driving inclusivity for LGBT+ people facing serious or advanced illness, end-of-life or bereavement: co-design for impact

Exploring the appropriateness of death cafés for people experiencing homelessness

Five year review of deaths in prison custody across the UK: Lessons for palliative care and bereavement

Exploring the views of advance care planning amongst older HIV survivors using No Barriers Here methodology

Print and Deliver: trialling a print and distribution service for end-of-life care planning

Co-producing a guidebook to support involvement in palliative care research for people with lived experience of homelessness

Palliative and end of life care and support for people living with HIV

Dementia research projects with Alzheimer’s Society

PALLDEM-Homecare - Homecare practitioners providing end of life care for people with dementia

Understanding and improving death literacy in dementia: the development and implementation of a measure of death literacy for carers of people with dementia

Influence of primary and community care service use on hospitalisation among people with dementia in the last three months of life

Starting early, talking together – improving understanding and support for palliative care needs of people with rare dementia

Co-design and evaluation of a novel dyadic remote monitoring system (CARE-PAC) to support people living with dementia and their unpaid carers

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