A redesign and implementation plan of the Oog voor Naasten en Nabestaanden toolkit for the LUMC

Research shows family caregivers involved in palliative care are not yet supported to the desired extent. Therefore, the Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) started the Oog voor Naasten en Nabestaanden (ON2) project, a Palliantieproject financed by ZonMw. The ON2 project helps healthcare organizations with improving the care for family...

Leveraging Data Strategies for Shared Wellbeing: Family centered care for MI patients: Strategy for enhancing adherence to lifestyle modifications through remote patient management services

The main goal of this thesis is to create remote patient management (RPM) strategy to effectively involve patients’ families into e-health services, and promote the adoption and long-term adherence to lifestyle <br/>modifications of entire families. By exploring the potential of family-centered care ideology for healthcare delivery, this thesis...

Harmful communication behaviors in cancer care: A systematic review of patients and family caregivers perspectives

Objective: Issues regarding clinician communication remain an important source of complaints within healthcare. This systematic review aims to determine cancer patients' and their family caregivers' views on which clinicians' communication behaviors can harm (i.e. eliciting negative feelings/consequences for patients/family caregivers)....

Focus on family caregivers: Inspiring healthcare professionals to create and reflect on the journey of the family caregiver

Palliative care focuses on improving the patient’s quality of life and the quality of life of the family caregiver. However, in reality, the focus is often on the patient’s needs and not on the family caregiver’s needs. Therefore, the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) has developed the Oog voor Naasten en Nabestaanden (ON2) method,...