Publications by authors named "Jenny Theodora van der Steen"

Objectives: To explore the common ground of what family caregivers need in their various roles (caregiver, care recipient and patient's partner, child or friend) from healthcare professionals across healthcare settings and disease trajectories.

Design: Interviews were conducted with family caregivers of patients with life-threatening diseases who were treated at home, in hospitals, nursing homes or hospices between 2017 and 2022. Reflexive thematic analysis was performed.

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Background: Whenever possible, a person should die where they feel it is the right place to be. There is substantial global variation in home death percentages but it is unclear whether these differences reflect preferences, and there are major limitations in how the place of death is classified and compared across countries.

Objectives: EOLinPLACE is an international interdisciplinary research project funded by the European Research Council aiming to create a solid base for a ground-breaking international classification tool that will enable the mapping of preferred and actual places towards death.

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Background: Persons with dementia are at risk of developing nutritional problems. Theoretical models on nutritional problems have been developed, but have not been evaluated with healthcare professionals.

Objective: This study aimed to explore the comprehensiveness and applicability of a theoretical model of nutritional problems in persons with dementia for daily nursing home practice.

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