EOLinPLACE Project

We know most people prefer #dying at #home but not everyone does. Our team works to better understand the dynamics and diversity of #preferences and #places where people are cared for at the #EOL. Find out more! Website: eolinplace.com Protocol: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26…

At this event we shared the recent endorsement of the International Classification of Dying Places (ICP) as international classification, by the @UN Statistical Commission 🎯An important project-milestone. But it's not the end. Let's continue the work together🤝 @ERC_Research

The International Symposium on Dying Places was a succes! 🙏Thank you to all speakers, participants & partners who made this event meaningful & impactful Discussions on #dyingplaces highlighted the importance of collaboration accross fields & countries Funded by @ERC_Research

🚨 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 This week we host the International Symposium on Dying Places (11-12 March) in Brussels. In light of recent developments affecting travel, we decided to stream. Online attendance is open & free 🔗To attend: streamcage.cagency.io/tiny/isdp_2026… 🗓Program: uc.pt/en/eolinplace/…

🌍 UN Online Event | Classifying Our World 29 Jan. @B_Gomes_ presents key developments on the International Classification of Dying Places (ICP) to be submitted for endorsement by the UN Statistical Commission. Info:unstats.un.org/unsd/classific… Register now:@0f9e35db-544f-4f60-bdcc-5ea416e6dc70" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">events.teams.microsoft.com/event/2b8b11dc…

#EOLinPLACE thanks all organisations that collaborated with us. Your contribution, commitment & partnership is essential to our journey. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year full of opportunity, achievements, and continued collaboration💫 Thank you 💜

We’re excited to see @hospicebusiness cover our #EOLinPLACE research! Emphasizing gaps and needs, and why an international classification system for #dyingplaces is essential for advancing global #EOL care delivery. 🌍 🔗 hospicenews.com/2025/12/16/int… Written by Holly Vossel

🔥Read the #OECD Health at a Glance 2025 report, referencing our project's scoping review on home preferences & quantitative data on hospital deaths as most common place, across 30 countries. 🔗oecd.org/en/publication… @ERC_Research @SilviaLopes30 @B_Gomes_ @sara_o_pinto

📢 The revised #Hospice & #PalliativeCare chapter in Elsevier’s Int. Encycl. of Public Health, highlights the need to integrate #EOLcare into health systems at the place where people want to be 🖊 @B_Gomes_ @SilviaLopes30 @EDavies72 @IreneHigginson 🔗sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Today we celebrate #WorldHospiceAndPalliativeCareDay 💜 A moment to reflect on the global need for equitable, person-centred #EOLcare. We are working together to better understand the dynamics & diversity of #preferences & #places where people are cared for at the #EOL. #WHPCD

🎉 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Just out in 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡𝘩 & 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒! Our qualitative, four-country comparative study examined how places of end-of-life care and death are considered in health #policy documents. Read and share 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.heal… @ERC_Research

🔥Great consultation on our #International Classification of Dying Places at @APCAssociation 🙏Thanks to all contributors. Their feedback helps us improve the #classification. Better classifying dying places globally helps ensure #EOLcare is in place where people prefer to be.💜

A great meeting in Gaborone (Botswana) between our colleagues at the 8th International African Palliative Care Conference. @ERC_Research @APCAssociation #PalliativeCare #EOLcare #GlobalHealth #International #Research

📣 Out now “Dying at the emergency department cannot be ignored” in @AnnalsofEM Only 🇵🇹(13.2%), 🇺🇸(6.4%) & 🇿🇦(1.9%) record ED as place of death out of 35 countries (2015-21) Evidence highlights the need to recognise #EOLcare at the ED 🔗annemergmed.com/article/S0196-… @ERC_Research

It’s been a year of strong momentum and exciting progress - with more to come after the summer! Thanks for following along as we continue working to better understand the dynamics and diversity of #preferences and #places where people are cared for at the #EOL. 🌍 @ERC_Research

🔥 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝟯 We succesfully conducted two #international focus groups to assess the content validity of the International Classification of dying Places (#ICP). @ERC_Research

♨️ Just out in @JECH_BMJ "Lack of knowledge on where people die and potential to do better" jech.bmj.com/content/early/… @SilviaLopes30 @LizNamukwaya @EOLinPLACE @ERC_Research

🔥 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝟮 Our work on the International Classification of Dying Places (ICP) advanced significantly this year, as we organized the 1st international consultation, a pre-@EAPCvzw event, where up to 4 outputs of the project were presented. @ERC_Research #EOL #PC

📣 Out now Our team’s correspondence letter "Lack of knowledge on where people die and potential to do better" about missing data on place of death has just been published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health! 🔗 jech.bmj.com/content/early/… @BMJ_Open @ERC_Research

🔥 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝟭 In 2025, we launched a Mortality Follow-Back Survey, collecting key data on where people receive care and die, focusing on children and adults with: • Cancer • Cardiac & cerebro-vascular diseases • Neuro-muscular conditions • Dementia @ERC_Research

🌞 As our team takes a summer break, we're reflecting on the progress made in 2025 so far. Over the next few days, we’ll be sharing some highlights from a busy and rewarding year in end-of-life care research. Stay tuned! #PalliativeCare #EOLresearch #PublicHealth @ERC_Research