The WeCare Chair at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya is part of the European project RAPHAEL – Integrating a palliative care approach for patients with heart failure, an initiative funded by the Horizon Europe program. This project aims to integrate a palliative care approach for patients with heart failure across Europe. The WeCare Chair’s participation in the RAPHAEL…
On April 3rd and 4th, the annual face-to-face meeting of the RAPHAEL Horizon Europe project was held in Barcelona, with the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC Barcelona) as the hosting institution. The meeting provided an excellent opportunity to foster collaboration among consortium members, share expertise, and move forward with the different work packages of the project. Representatives from several partner…
We are pleased to share that 10 scientific communications from members of the WeCare Chair team have been accepted for presentation at the 19th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC), which will take place in Helsinki, Finland, from May 29 to 31, 2025. The EAPC World Congress is a leading international…
I Conference of the Cuidativos Foundation Cristina Monforte participated in the I Conference of the Cuidativos Foundation, delivering the closing lecture titled “Alleviating Suffering in Patients with Advanced Illness.” The event took place in the auditorium of the Moneo Building in Murcia on October 10. Jacinto Bátiz opened the conference with a talk titled “Towards…
Raphael Project: Developing the integration of heart failure and palliative care services INTRODUCTIONThe RAPHAEL project aims to integrate a palliative care approach for heart failure patients across Europe. Through remote monitoring of symptoms at home, it seeks to improve patients’ quality of life (QoL) and quality of death (QoD) by offering a multidimensional and personalized…
SGR Coordinator: Albert Balaguer; Members: Cristina Monforte, Iris Crespo, Andrea Rodríguez, Denise Pergolizzi, Blanca Goni-Fuste, Christian Villavicencio, Déborah Moreno, Mariona Guerrero, Joaquim Julià, Carlos García Forero, Pere Castellví, Andrea Miranda, Esperanza Gómez, María Fernández, María Gámiz, Silvia Recoder, Isabella Meneghel, Claudia Rossi, Samantha Alvarez, Xavier Corbella, Néstor Sánchez.
Funding Entity: Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria; Instituto de Salud Carlos IIIExpedient Number: PI22/01536Researchers: IP: Iris Crespo & Albert Balaguer; Members: Cristina Monforte, Andrea Rodríguez, Dulce Rodriguez, Quim Julià, Deborah Moreno, Mariona Guerrero, Pere Castellví, Denise Pergolizzi, María Nabal, Natalia de Iriarte.
On 3 May 2022, WeCare Chair: End-of-Life Care held an online workshop as part of a funded project by the FIS PI19/1901 ‘Implementation of a systematic assessment of multidimensional needs in Palliative Care: Multicentred Feasibility Study’. The main purpose of the workshop was to present the results of the first phase of the project,…
2022-2024 Project: Definition and validation of the diagnostic label Desire to hasten death Funding Entity: Nursing and Society Foundation. Official Professional Association for Nurses of Barcelona Record number: PR-484/2021 Researchers: PI: Cristina Monforte; Members: Iris Crespo, Blanca Goñi, Andrea Rodríguez, Denise Pergolizzi, Joaquín Tomás-Sábado, Merche Bellido, Mariona Guerrero, Carmen Quiñoa, Pilar Fuster, Leandra…
The Víctor Grífols i Lucas Foundation has focused on promoting bioethics since 1998, fostering dialogue between leaders from different areas of knowledge. They offer a wide platform for debate that constitutes a meeting place for the approach of different perspectives in discussions related to the ethics of life. Among the various means they offer to carry out their…