ILIVE Project Volunteer study. Developing international consensus for a European Core Curriculum for hospital end-of-life-care volunteer services, to train volunteers to support patients in the last weeks of life: A Delphi study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Volunteers make a huge contribution to the health and wellbeing of the population and can improve satisfaction with care especially in the hospice setting. However, palliative and end-of-life-care volunteer services in the hospital setting are relatively uncommon. The iLIVE Volunteer Study, one of eight work-packages within the iLIVE Project, was tasked with developing a European Core Curriculum for End-of-Life-Care Volunteers in hospital.

Aim

Establish an international consensus on the content of a European Core Curriculum for hospital end-of-life-care volunteer services which support patients in the last weeks of life.

Design

Delphi Process comprising the following three stages:1. Scoping review of literature into palliative care volunteers.2. Two rounds

SUBMITTER: McGlinchey T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9006393 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature