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Abstracts

Marie Curie abstracts

• Oral presentations: BOTH SIDES OF THE FENCE: METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES IN UNDERTAKING RESEARCH INTO END OF LIFE CARE FOR PRISONERS (1 March, 2014)

  M Turner, M Peacock, K Froggatt, S Payne, A Fletcher, R Gibson, G Scott
• Oral presentations: A QUALITATIVE STUDY TO EVALUATE THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING PATIENTS AT THE END-OF-LIFE IN PRIMARY CARE (1 March, 2014)

  LV Pocock, L Wye, S Purdy
• Posters: HOW DO COMMUNITY NURSES DECIDE WHEN TO USE ANTICIPATORY PRESCRIPTIONS IN END OF LIFE CARE AND WHAT DO THEY WORRY ABOUT? FINDINGS FROM A QUALITATIVE STUDY (1 March, 2014)

  E Wilson, H Morbey, J Brown, S Payne, C Seale, J Seymour
• Posters: EVALUATING AN NHS COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES SERVICE (1 March, 2014)

  J Briscoe, N Browne
• Posters: HELPING PEOPLE WITH VERY SEVERE COPD: FEASIBILITY STUDY OF A NOVEL COMMUNITY-BASED HOLISTIC INTERVENTION (1 March, 2014)

  M Kendall, S Buckingham, S Ferguson, A Sheikh, SA Murray, K Boyd, H Pinnock, W MacNee, A Worth, P White
• Posters: THE EVIDENCE BASE OF QUALITY STATEMENTS ON ADVANCED DEMENTIA: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (1 March, 2014)

  B Candy, M Elliott, L Jones, E Sampson
• Posters: SUPPORTING GENERAL PRACTITIONERS TO PROVIDE OUT-OF-HOURS PALLIATIVE CARE (1 March, 2014)

  C Magee, J Koffman
• Posters: DEVELOPING TRAINING FOR SUPPORTERS OF LAY-CARERS INVOLVED WITH HOME BASED END OF LIFE CARE: A PARTICIPATORY APPROACH (1 March, 2014)

  B Hardy, G Caswell, G Ewing, G Grande, S Kennedy, J Tabreham, J Seymour
• Posters: SATISFACTION OF CARERS OF PEOPLE WITH ADVANCED DEMENTIA: THEIR EXPERIENCES AT THE OF END OF LIFE (1 March, 2014)

  V Vickerstaff, EL Sampson, S Scott, S Davis, K Lord, J Harrington, M Elliott, N Kupeli, L Jones
• Posters: SUPPORTING PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO WISH TO DIE AT HOME - BEREAVED RELATIVES' VIEWS ABOUT THE CARE AND SUPPORT RECEIVED (1 March, 2014)

  CR Mayland, C Lees, A West, T Cox, SR Mason, JE Ellershaw
• Posters: CANCER CARERS MEDICINES MANAGEMENT: A FEASIBILITY TRIAL OF AN EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION FOR MANAGING END OF LIFE PAIN MEDICATION (1 March, 2014)

  S Latter, E Lowson, J Hopkinson, J Hughes, A Richardson, S Duke, S Anstey, M Bennett, C May, P Smith
• Posters: ELECTRONIC COMPUTER SEARCHES IN PRIMARY CARE CAN LEAD TO GREATER IDENTIFICATION OF NON-MALIGNANT PATIENTS FOR PALLIATIVE CARE (1 March, 2014)

  BL Mason, K Boyd, SA Murray, J Steyn, P Cormie, M Kendall, D Munday, D Weller, S Fife, P Murchie, C Campbell
• Posters: A LIVING COMMUNITY PRESENCE: TRAINING OF END OF LIFE CARE VOLUNTEERS (1 March, 2014)

  R Doyle, K Nolan, M Gambles, A Roberts, R Smeding, S Mason, JE Ellershaw
• Posters: DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A CROSS-CULTURAL EORTC MEASURE OF SPIRITUAL WELLBEING (SWB) FOR PALLIATIVE CARE PATIENTS WITH CANCER (1 March, 2014)

  B Vivat, T Young, J Winstanley, JI Arraras, MI Bennett, A Brédart, A Costantini, SE Fisher, E Greimel, J Guo, ME Irarrazaval, K Kobayashi, R Kruizinga, M Navarro, S Omidvari, GE Rohde, S Serpentini, HWM van Laarhoven, G Yang
• Posters: PALLIATIVE CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED HEART DISEASE: A RANDOMISED TRIAL OF EARLY VERSUS DELAYED INTERVENTION (1 March, 2014)

  G Highet, J Reid, S Cudmore, S Robertson, K Hogg, S Murray, K Boyd, MA Denvir
• Posters: IS END OF LIFE CARE AT HOME FOR PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA POSSIBLE? VIEWS OF FAMILY CARERS (1 March, 2014)

  N Davies, G Rait, S Iliffe
• Posters: RECRUITING PARENTS TO PAEDIATRIC PALLIATIVE CARE RESEARCH: IMPACT OF LOW INVITATION RATES ON SAMPLE BIAS (1 March, 2014)

  JC Crocker, EC Beecham, P Kelly, AD Dinsdale, J Hemsley, L Jones, M Bluebond-Langner
• Posters: HOW PREPARED ARE INFORMAL CARERS OF PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED COPD AND WHAT ARE THEIR SUPPORT NEEDS? BASELINE DATA FROM AN ONGOING LONGITUDINAL STUDY (1 March, 2014)

  M Farquhar, G Ewing, C Moore, AC Gardener, H Holt Butcher, P White, G Grande, on behalf of the Living with Breathlessness study team
• Posters: CARING FROM HOME TO HOSPICE (1 March, 2014)

  A Dunsmore-Dawson, N King, A Rodriguez
• Posters: LIVING WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE (1 March, 2014)

  S Flynn, S Ellery, L Mason
• Posters: OPTIMISING PALLIATIVE CARE FOR FRAIL ELDERS IN COMMUNITY SETTINGS; PREFERENCES FOR CARE AND PALLIATIVE OUTCOMES IN THE LAST MONTHS OF LIFE (1 March, 2014)

  CJ Evans, A Bone, M Morgan, P McCrone, W Gaoi, J Wright, S Hall, B Gomes, E Gordon, F Lindsey, C Bruni, S Taherzadeh, IJ Higginson, on behalf of OPTCare Elderly
• Posters: MEASURING THE QUALITY OF END OF LIFE USING ICECAP SCM: FEASIBILITY AND ACCEPTABILITY (1 March, 2014)

  CJ Bailey, R Orlando, P Kinghorn, K Armour, R Perry, J Coast
• Posters: “YOU ONLY HAVE ONE CHANCE TO GET IT RIGHT”: CARING AT HOME FOR A FAMILY MEMBER WITH TERMINAL CANCER (1 March, 2014)

  J Totman, N Pistrang, S Smith, S Hennessey, J Martin
• Posters: PALLIATIVE CARE IN THE YOUNG PERSON'S COMMUNITY: SUPPORT FOR SCHOOLS (1 March, 2014)

  F Craig, P Kelly, C Boden, J Samuel
• Posters: CREATING GUIDANCE FOR THE USE OF PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME MEASURES (PROMS) IN CLINICAL PALLIATIVE CARE (1 March, 2014)

  LM van Vliet, R Harding, C Bausewein, S Payne, IJ Higginson, on behalf of EUROIMPACT
• Posters: USING ANTHROPOLOGICAL METHODS TO UNDERSTAND STAFF EXPERIENCES OF TERMINAL AGITATION IN A HOSPICE (1 March, 2014)

  E Tempest
• Posters: HOME DEATHS ARE MORE COMMON AT WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAY PERIODS AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE (CYP) WHO DIE FROM CANCER (1 March, 2014)

  W Gao, J Verne, JM Davies, J Peacock, E Gordon, C Morris, A Greenough, IJ Higginson
• Posters: ENGAGING MINORITY ETHNIC COMMUNITIES TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO PALLIATIVE CARE: BARRIERS AND STRATEGIES (1 March, 2014)

  J Baillie, E Harrop, N Hopewell-Kelly, K Stephens, A Byrne, A Nelson
• Posters: SHARING BAD NEWS: DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERVENTION TO SUPPORT PATIENTS WITH LUNG CANCER SHARE NEWS OF THEIR CANCER DIAGNOSIS WITH FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS (1 March, 2014)

  G Ewing, N Ngwenya, M Farquhar, D Gilligan, S Bailey, J Benson, J Seymour
• Posters: FACILITATING A SHIFT TO COMPREHENSIVE CARER-LED ASSESSMENT IN PALLIATIVE HOME CARE: THE CSNAT APPROACH (1 March, 2014)

  L Austin, G Ewing, G Grande
• Posters: CHALLENGES TO IMPLEMENTING COMPREHENSIVE CARER ASSESSMENT IN PALLIATIVE HOME CARE: FINDINGS FROM A CLUSTER TRIAL (1 March, 2014)

  G Ewing, L Austin, G Grande
• Posters: USE OF HOSPITAL SERVICES AMONG PALLIATIVE OESOPHAGO-GASTRIC CANCER PATIENTS (1 March, 2014)

  O Groene, A Taylor, D Cromwell
• Posters: CONFIDENT CARING: AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO EDUCATING AND SUPPORTING LAY CARERS OF PATIENTS WITH PALLIATIVE ILLNESS (1 March, 2014)

  S Swan, K Shaw
• Posters: PATHWAYS FOR BLOOD AND BOWEL CANCER PATIENTS IN THE LAST YEAR OF LIFE: DESCRIBING INPATIENT CARE PATTERNS USING ROUTINE NATIONAL DATA (1 March, 2014)

  EV Kane, DA Howell, E Morris, M Johnson, SE Oliver
• Posters: PROLONGED DWINDLING CHARACTERISES THE ILLNESS TRAJECTORY OF NURSING HOME RESIDENTS AT THE END OF LIFE (1 March, 2014)

  AM Finucane, B Stevenson, SA Murray
• Posters: TRANSFERRING CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS HOME TO DIE: DEVELOPMENT OF A GUIDELINE FOR CLINICAL PRACTICE (1 March, 2014)

  ASE Darlington, T Long-Sutehall, A Richardson, M Coombs
• Posters: AFTER IWANTGREATCARE: SERVICE USER FEEDBACK AS A MEANS OF REFINING THE IWANTGREATCARE QUESTIONNAIRE (1 March, 2014)

  A Bowyer, I Finlay, A Byrne, J McCarthy, C Sampson, V Snow, A Nelson
• Posters: UTILITY OF THE ‘SURPRISE QUESTION’ IN A DAY THERAPY PALLIATIVE CARE PRACTICE; SHOULD SPECIALIST PALLIATIVE CARE BE FOCUSING ON TOTAL SYMPTOM BURDEN AND COMPLEXITY RATHER THAN PROGNOSTICATION? (1 March, 2014)

  F Gishen, J Eades, A Tookman
• Posters: UNDERSTANDING PALLIATIVE AND END OF LIFE CARE THROUGH STAKEHOLDER AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT (1 March, 2014)

  J Layden, M Connelly, K Sandeman, D Hekerem, H Alexander, P McLoughlin, P Tyrrell
• Posters: BENEFITS OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE INTEGRATION (1 March, 2014)

  J Layden, B Nicol, M Connelly, Diana Hekerem, R Meade
• Posters: PALLIATIVE CARE BY THE COMMUNITY – MAXIMISING THE IMPACT OF VOLUNTEERS IN HOME CARE SERVICES (1 March, 2014)

  M Hill, N Ockenden, S Morris, S Payne
• Posters: A COMPARISON OF IMPROVING CONFIDENCE IN ADVANCE CARE PLANNING FOR SENIOR HOSPITAL AND COMMUNITY CLINICIANS (1 March, 2014)

  C Rayment, S Holmes, A Daley
• Posters: ‘RING US IF YOU NEED US’: THE IMPORTANCE OF REASSURANCE TO FAMILY CAREGIVERS PROVIDING HOME-BASED END-OF-LIFE CARE (1 March, 2014)

  L Dunn, P Byrne, M Lloyd-Williams
• Posters: SUPPORTING PATIENTS TO ACHIEVE THEIR PREFERRED PLACE OF CARE AT THE END OF LIFE (1 March, 2014)

  C Griggs, K Gleeson
• Posters: DO INDIVIDUALS WITH SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS RECEIVE EQUITABLE CARE IN THE LAST YEAR OF LIFE? (1 March, 2014)

  A Gola
• Posters: WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE END-OF-LIFE DECISION-MAKING EXPERIENCES OF PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED LUNG CANCER? (1 March, 2014)

  A Roulston
• Posters: 10 YEARS ON - HAS THE GOLD STANDARDS FRAMEWORK (GSF) INFLUENCED NURSING CARE OF PATIENTS WITH END OF LIFE CARE NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY? (1 March, 2014)

  HC Meehan, D Munday