The End-of-Life Care Research Group at the 19th EAPC world congress in Helsinki, 29-31 May 2025

The 19th EAPC world congress takes place from 29-31 May 2025 in Helsinki, Finland. Please find below the activities of the End-of-Life Care Research Group at the conference. 
Joachim Cohen is member of the scientific committee.

External venue - VALO Hotel & Work. 13.00 – 17.00
End of Life in Place, Pre-Congress event in Helsinki 
Joachim Cohen
 

Room 208 11.15 – 12.45 
THEMED SESSION: Future palliative care provision for older people living in
the community
Translating community-based interventions for older people to new
regions and countries: the case of EU NAVIGATE.
Chelsea Vinckier

Hall 3F. 11.15 – 12.45
Poster discussion session 1
How feasible is to integrate dyadic psycho-educational interventions in
cancer care pathways? Findings from the process evaluation of the “DIAdIC
project” in Italy
Presenter: Irene Barbieri (Italy), co-authors: Joachim Cohen, Aline De Vleminck

Hall 3G. 16.30 – 18.00
Research Methods and Design
Oral abstract session
- Predictors of dropout from the digital dyadic iFOCUS intervention: findings
from the DIAdIC trial
Ulrik Sørensen Schmidt (Denmark), co-author: Aline De Vleminck
- Experience Sampling Methods to Uncover Symptom and Wellbeing
Fluctuations of People With Advanced Cancer in Daily Life
Joran Geeraerts 

203A. 16.30 – 18.00
Communication in Palliative Care
Oral abstract session
Impact of nurse-led and web-based psychoeducation for advanced cancer
patients and their caregivers on emotional function and self-efficacy: the
DIAdIC randomized controlled trial
Aline De Vleminck 

203B. 16.30 – 18.00
Digitally Enabled Care
Oral abstract session
Stakeholders’ Perspectives on Digital Patient-Centred Care Pathways:
Insights from MyPath
Presenter: Nicoleta Mitrea (Romania), co-authors: Anne-Lore Scherrens, Kim
Beernaert 

Hall 1. 08.00 – 08.45
Open meeting EAPC Reference Group on Palliative Care for Children &
Young People
Laure Dombrecht

Hall 3F. 08.00 – 08.45
Open meeting: EAPC Reference Group on Public Health & Palliative Care
Joachim Cohen & Libby Sallnow & Steven Vanderstichelen

201. 08.00 – 08.45
Open meeting: EAPC Task Force on Palliative Care for People in Prison
Kenneth Chambaere

Hall 1. 09.00 – 10.30
Plenary 3
High scoring abstract:
Does socioeconomic position influence the effect of a psychoeducational
dyadic intervention? Findings from the international DIAdIC RCT.
Presenter: Evi Bakker (Netherlands), co-authors: Aline De Vleminck, Joachim Cohen 

Hall 3G. 11.15 – 12.45
Palliative Care Treatment and Decision Making
Oral abstract session
International Deprescribing Guidelines Did Not Impact Actual Practice in
Deprescribing of Potentially Inappropriate Medications for Nursing Home
Residents
Degefaye Zelalem Anlay 

203B. 11.15 – 12.45
Family Carer Experiences
Oral abstract session
- ‘We just carry on’: a discourse analysis of a nurse-led dyadic
psychoeducational intervention for people with advanced cancer and their
family caregivers
Presenter: Katherine Bristowe (United Kingdom) co-authors: Aline De Vleminck, Joachim Cohen 
- Integrating quantitative and qualitative findings from a trial of a dyadbased
intervention for people with advanced cancer and their family
caregiver
Presenter: Ulrik Sørensen Schmidt (Denmark), co-authors: Aline De Vleminck, Joachim Cohen 

Hall 3C. 12.45 – 13.45
EAPC Junior Forum meeting
Meet the experts: Interactive discussion with five senior experts
Kenneth Chambaere

Hall 1. 16.30 – 18.00
THEMED SESSION: Transition of care from paediatric to adult services,
when child reaches adulthood
Insights, Challenges, and Collaborative Solutions in Young Adult Healthcare
Transitions
Kim Beernaert 

Hall 3AB. 16.30 – 18.00
THEMED SESSION: How do we improve end of life literacy? Diverse
approaches from four countries
Opening up End-of-Life literacy: what do we know about its drivers and
outcomes?
Steven Vanderstichelen 

203A. 16.30 – 18.00
Public Health and Community Approaches to Care
Oral abstract session
- A multi-method process evaluation of two civic engagement initiatives
concerning serious illness, caregiving, dying
Louise D'Eer 
- The Role of a Death and Grief Festival in Cultivating Awareness of Serious
Illness, Death, and Bereavement: A Qualitative Study
Joachim Cohen 

Hall 3AB. 08.00 – 08.45
Open meeting: EAPC Reference Group on Aging & Palliative Care
Lieve Van den Block 

Hall 3DE. 08.00 – 08.45
Open meeting: EAPC Reference Group on Spiritual Care
Marie-José Gijsberts

Hall 3AB. 09.00 – 10.30
THEMED SESSION: Closing the evidence-policy gap in palliative and end of
life care
Bridging science and policy in palliative and end-of-life care: the
importance of relationships
Lieve Van den Block 

Hall 3C. 09.00 – 10.30
THEMED SESSION: Co-production in action: Increasing equity in clinical
practice and research
Co-developing an Advance Care Planning Website for People with Dementia
and their families
Charlèss Dupont

Hall 3F. 09.00 – 10.30
EU Funded Research Projects
- EU Navigate, Chelsea Vinckier 
- EU Pal-COPD, Koen Pardon

203A. 09.00 – 10.30
Psychological and Social Care
Oral abstract session
Gender-related effects of a psychoeducational dyadic support programme:
the international DIAdIC randomized controlled trial
Presenter: Evi Bakker (Netherlands), co-authors: Aline De Vleminck, Joachim Cohen

External Venue - Helsinki University Hospital (HUS). 14.00 – 17.00
EAPC Spiritual Care SIG symposium, Post-Congress event
Marie-José Gijsberts