Families often report searching the internet for guidance on how best to support children when a significant adult has cancer. This study aimed to identify and evaluate the quality, reliability, readability and content of websites, videos, and artificial intelligence (AI) resources available to adults with cancer who have caregiving responsibilities for children. To read more click here. Authored by ECRF member Dr Rohan Anand, PCRN member Prof Cherith J. Semple, PCRN member Dr Jeffrey R. Hanna from Ulster University, and their colleagues.
Serious mental illness and cancer: A call to action for equitable care
Cancer advances are not distributed equitably among many segments of the population. Specifically, individuals with serious mental illness face compounded disparities in cancer detection, treatment, and survival. This review explores the intersection of serious mental illness and cancer care starting with the conceptual background and its importance related to cancer outcomes and the delivery of ethical care to highlight unmet needs and a multitude of barriers. To read more click here. Authored by PCRN member Dr Paul D’Alton from University College Dublin and colleagues.
Dementia care involves ethically complex situations across diverse clinical, social care, and policy contexts, yet practice-oriented ethical guidance remains limited. This article has presented the Ethical Framework for Decision-Making in Dementia Care (EDEM-Framework), detailing its development, its pilot external validation and its proposed strategies for application, implementation, and dissemination across different dementia care systems. To read more click here. Authored by PCRN member Dr Regina McQuillan from St Francis Hospice and colleagues.
Exploring engagement with a web-based self-directed psychoeducational program for advanced cancer patients and their caregivers (iFOCUS): A sub study analysis of the DIAdIC trial.
Supporting psychoeducational functioning for advanced cancer patients and informal caregivers can be challenging. Self-managed digital interventions offer a possible cost-effective alternative but often face low engagement. The aim of this study was to understand engagement with the iFOCUS intervention (a dyadic psychoeducational digital intervention designed to be completed simultaneously by patients with advanced cancer and their informal caregiver) and why it failed to improve the expected outcomes. To read more click here. Authored by PCRN members Dr Monika Pilch, Dr Michael Connolly, Dr Paul D’Alton, and Prof Suzanne Guerin from University College Dublin, Prof Philip J. Larkin from Lausanne University Hospital & University of Lausanne, and Dr Peter May from Trinity College Dublin, and their colleagues.
Adults with intellectual disability are living longer and ageing with more illness. This impacts healthcare utilisation. Yet little is known about how healthcare utilisation changes over time as this population ages. This study aims to examine trends in healthcare utilisation and health conditions among older Irish adults with intellectual disability with a particular focus on how sociodemographic and clinical characteristics are associated with healthcare utilisation over time. To read more click here. Authored by PCRN member Dr Martin McMahon, and Prof Mary McCarron from Trinity College Dublin, and their colleagues.
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