Second General Assembly 2013
of the
European Association for Palliative Care
Second call: Thursday 31 May 2013, from 18.15 to 19.15
Welcome from the President
European Association for Palliative Care
Second General Assembly 2013
of the
European Association for Palliative Care
President’s Report
31st May 2013
European Association for Palliative Care
The European Association for Palliative Care
Prof Sheila Payne
EAPC President 2011 - 2015,
Director of the International
Observatory on End of Life Care
European Association for Palliative Care
Associations Collective Members of the EAPC as at February 2013
Iceland:
IAPC Ice
Netherlands:
Palliactief
Norway:
NFPM
NPA
Denmark:
DSPaM
UK:
APMGB&I
APCSW
PCRS
IOELC
IANPC
Finland:
SPLY
SPHY
Sweden:
SFPM
NRPV
Ireland:
IAPC Ire
AIIHPC
Latvia:
PALL
Lithuania:
LPMA
Belgium:
FPCF
FWSP
FBSP
Poland:
PAPC
PTMP
Luxemburg
ALMP
Ukraine:
LHPCDU
France:
SFAP
Czech Rep.
AHPCP
CSPM
Portugal:
PAPC
Armenia
PC&PCA
Spain:
SECPAL
SCBCP
Romania:
ANIP
SRPT
Switzerland:
Palliative Ch Germany:
DGP
BK
Italy:
SICP
FCP
Austria:
OGP
DVHÖ
Croatia:
CrSPM
CAHF
Slovakia: Hungary:
HHPA
AHAPS
Albania: Greece:
Israel:
HSPSC
FHC
Cyprus: IAPC Isr
HSPSCCNCPPACYCAF IPMS
European Association for Palliative Care
Associations: 54
Countries: 32
EAPC Board of Directors
2011 - 2015
European Association for Palliative Care
EAPC Head office staff and collaborators
Silvana Gori
Assistant Officer
Avril Jackson
Information Officer
Heidi Blumhuber
CEO
Amelia Giordano
Executive Officer
Farina Hodiamont
Congress coordinator
European Association for Palliative Care
The European Association for Palliative Care
Mission Statement
The EAPC brings together many voices to forge a vision of
excellence in palliative care that meets the needs of patients and
their families.
It strives to develop and promote palliative care in Europe through
information, education and research using multi-professional
collaboration, while engaging with stakeholders at all levels.
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EAPC Communication
• Web site – www.eapcnet.eu
• Palliative Medicine
• European Journal of Palliative Care
• EAPC Blog www.eapcnet.wordpress.com
• Facebook http://www.facebook.com/EAPC.Onlus
• Twitter
European Association for Palliative Care
EAPC Social Media Team
Bringing you current news, opinion and debate on palliative care in Europe and beyond…
To contribute, please contact: avriljacksoneapc@gmail.com
European Association for Palliative Care
EAPC Task Forces
6 streams of work:
Highlights:
• Revised EAPC Atlas on Palliative Care Development
in Europe
• Survey on Spiritual Care
• Survey on Occupational therapy roles
European Association for Palliative Care
EAPC highlights – clinical guidelines
and white papers
1. Clinical guidelines on pain management for cancer patients
Caraceni A, Hanks G, Kaasa, S, Bennett M.I et al Use of opioid analgesics in the treatment of cancer
pain: evidence-based recommendations from the EAPC The Lancet Oncology 2012; 13(2)e58-e68
White papers
1. Dementia and Palliative care
2. Outcome measures in Palliative Care
3. Palliative care for older people living in Long term care settings
4. Core competences in education for general palliative care
practitioners
European Association for Palliative Care
Policy – Eu funded projects platform
Offer a
platform for
EU funded
projects
On the
EAPC web,
and the
congresses
European Association for Palliative Care
New EAPC task forces on palliative care
for specific patient groups
• Bereavement
• Volunteers
European Association for Palliative Care
EAPC Projects on older people
Quality of Life in Old Age until the End
Dialogue between Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
There is urgency to develop palliative care services for elderly patients,
experts say. For this reason, the Vice-President of the European
Parliament Gianni Pittella, in collaboration with the Maruzza Lefebvre
Foundation, promoted a first ever dialogue between palliative medicine
and geriatrics at an EU level. The event took place at the European
Parliament in Brussels on September 25th 2012.
The event is embedded into the framework of the European Year for Active Ageing and Intergenerational
Solidarity.
At this occasion, the EAPC and the European Union Geriatric Medicine Society
(EUGMS) launched a joint manifesto promoting a European action plan on palliative
care and geriatrics.
The objective is to improve the quality of life of elderly patients with chronic diseases
and cut back on health care costs by up to 60 per cent. Its ultimate scope is to insert
geriatric palliative care in the EU agenda,
hoping it becomes a human right one day.
The manifesto can be downloaded from the EAPC website
European Association for Palliative Care
EAPC Projects Palliative care for infants,
children, and young people
Mapping of paediatric palliative care services in
Europe.
The aim of this project is to build a map of services of PPC present
in Europe by collecting data relative to the organization of each
service and its role in training and research (if any).
The objectives are:
• To gather information on paediatric palliative care (PPC)
provision in Europe.
• To identify possible critical aspects in the number and
organisation of PPC services in relation to the estimated
needs.
• To propose the data obtained as a guide to optimise the
use of available resources.
• To diffuse the information at all levels (administrators,
health providers, professionals, and the general public).
European Association for Palliative Care
The EAPC Research Network
In 2007 Stein Kaasa, of the University of Trondheim,
took over the chair and coordination of the Research
Network and created the European Palliative Care
Research Centre based in Trondheim.
He invites all healthcare professionals who see the potential in
conducting European multicentre research, to take part in developing a
platform for this type of research within the EAPC Res Net .
The EAPC Research Network can offer:
1. An established structure for collaborative research
2. A potential for further development of this collaboration
3. A research centre as an external infrastructure for taking care of data
handling, organization of studies
4. A meeting point for discussions and exchange of knowledge
5. The biannual EAPC Research Congress
6. A Junior Forum for PhD students and other less experienced researchers
European Association for Palliative Care
EAPC Research Network
European Palliative Research
Centre Trondheim
EAPC
143 Research centres
21 Countries
European Association for Palliative Care
European Association for Palliative Care
EAPC Congresses
European Association for Palliative Care
Advocacy Work:
Palliative Care as a human right
European Association for Palliative Care
EAPC Early Researcher Award
• The EAPC would like to honor outstanding young (novice) scientists and
clinicians for their contributions to palliative care. The award aims to highlight
their personal career development and their potential for the future. Three award
winners will be selected – The winner of the first place be asked to give a
plenary lecture at the EAPC World Research Congress 2014.
• Online nomination link and application information
can be found at the congress website at :
www.eapcnet/research 2014
• Application deadline is November 30, 2013.
• You can read more about the Award and the winners of the
previous years at: www.eapcnet.eu/Corporate/Events
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Treasurer’s Report
European Association for Palliative Care
General Assembly 2013 - Treasuer’s Report
The Financial Report
2012 was approved
on 21 April 2013 at
the Ga, in Munich,
Germany
It presented a positive
result of
4.791 Euro
that were added to
the reserves
documents avaible at:
http://www.eapcnet.eu/Corporate/AbouttheEAPC/EAPCofficaldocuments/EAPCGeneralAssemblies.aspx
European Association for Palliative Care
General Assembly 2013 - Treasuer’s Report
Budget 2013
The Budget 2013
was approved
on 21 April
2013
at the EAPC
G.A. Munich,
Germany
It reports a
negative
balance of
24409 Euro
documents avaible at:
http://www.eapcnet.eu/Corporate/AbouttheEAPC/EAPCofficaldocuments/EAPCGeneralAssemblies.aspx
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Second General Assembly 2013
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Any other matters
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Thank you for your attention
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