We know most people prefer #dying at #home but not everyone does. Our team works to better understand the dynamics and diversity of #preferences and #places where people are cared for at the #EOL. Find out more! Website: eolinplace.com Protocol: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…

💥Where do people die around the world? Our review across 72 countries found persistent differences beyond individual & healthcare factors, suggesting broader health systems & policy contexts may also influence where people die doi.org/10.1186/s12889-026-2… @ERC_Research #EOLinPLACE

📢 Our new publication in @PalliativeMedJ explores the strengths & limitations of national #POD classifications. It highlights inconsistencies in recording place of death & the need for greater international standardisation Read in full👇 🔗journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.… @ERC_Research

📄Publication-alert! 💥Our longitudinal qualitative study on how preferences & realities on where we die unfold in different regions in the world (🇳🇱🇵🇹🇺🇬🇺🇲) is out now! 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/hex.70732 🌐Follow for more (eolinplace.com) @ERC_Research #HealthExpectations

🎓 Great news from the team! We’re proud to share that Krista Eckels has successfully defended her thesis and officially obtained her doctorate. Her work makes an important contribution to understanding #EOLpreferences and improving care in place. Congrats, Dr. @kristaeckels 👏

📢 Our correspondence is published in @LancetChildAdol In response to recent work, we highlight it is key to understand the need for pediatric palliative care and ensuring services are designed around the lives of children and families 🔗thelancet.com/journals/lanch… @ERC_Research

At this event we shared the recent endorsement of the International Classification of Dying Places (ICP) as international classification, by the @UN Statistical Commission 🎯An important project-milestone. But it's not the end. Let's continue the work together🤝 @ERC_Research

The International Symposium on Dying Places was a succes! 🙏Thank you to all speakers, participants & partners who made this event meaningful & impactful Discussions on #dyingplaces highlighted the importance of collaboration accross fields & countries Funded by @ERC_Research

🚨 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 This week we host the International Symposium on Dying Places (11-12 March) in Brussels. In light of recent developments affecting travel, we decided to stream. Online attendance is open & free 🔗To attend: streamcage.cagency.io/tiny/i… 🗓Program: uc.pt/en/eolinplace/eventos/…

🌍 UN Online Event | Classifying Our World 29 Jan. @B_Gomes_ presents key developments on the International Classification of Dying Places (ICP) to be submitted for endorsement by the UN Statistical Commission. Info:unstats.un.org/unsd/classifi… Register now:events.teams.microsoft.com/e…

#EOLinPLACE thanks all organisations that collaborated with us. Your contribution, commitment & partnership is essential to our journey. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year full of opportunity, achievements, and continued collaboration💫 Thank you 💜

We’re excited to see @hospicebusiness cover our #EOLinPLACE research! Emphasizing gaps and needs, and why an international classification system for #dyingplaces is essential for advancing global #EOL care delivery. 🌍 🔗 hospicenews.com/2025/12/16/i… Written by Holly Vossel

🔥Read the #OECD Health at a Glance 2025 report, referencing our project's scoping review on home preferences & quantitative data on hospital deaths as most common place, across 30 countries. 🔗oecd.org/en/publications/hea… @ERC_Research @SilviaLopes30 @B_Gomes_ @sara_o_pinto

📢 The revised #Hospice & #PalliativeCare chapter in Elsevier’s Int. Encycl. of Public Health, highlights the need to integrate #EOLcare into health systems at the place where people want to be 🖊 @B_Gomes_ @SilviaLopes30 @EDavies72 @IreneHigginson 🔗sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

Today we celebrate #WorldHospiceAndPalliativeCareDay 💜 A moment to reflect on the global need for equitable, person-centred #EOLcare. We are working together to better understand the dynamics & diversity of #preferences & #places where people are cared for at the #EOL. #WHPCD

🎉 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Just out in 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡𝘩 & 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒! Our qualitative, four-country comparative study examined how places of end-of-life care and death are considered in health #policy documents. Read and share 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplac… @ERC_Research

🔥Great consultation on our #International Classification of Dying Places at @APCAssociation 🙏Thanks to all contributors. Their feedback helps us improve the #classification. Better classifying dying places globally helps ensure #EOLcare is in place where people prefer to be.💜

A great meeting in Gaborone (Botswana) between our colleagues at the 8th International African Palliative Care Conference. @ERC_Research @APCAssociation #PalliativeCare #EOLcare #GlobalHealth #International #Research

📣 Out now “Dying at the emergency department cannot be ignored” in @AnnalsofEM Only 🇵🇹(13.2%), 🇺🇸(6.4%) & 🇿🇦(1.9%) record ED as place of death out of 35 countries (2015-21) Evidence highlights the need to recognise #EOLcare at the ED 🔗annemergmed.com/article/S019… @ERC_Research

It’s been a year of strong momentum and exciting progress - with more to come after the summer! Thanks for following along as we continue working to better understand the dynamics and diversity of #preferences and #places where people are cared for at the #EOL. 🌍 @ERC_Research

🔥 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝟯 We succesfully conducted two #international focus groups to assess the content validity of the International Classification of dying Places (#ICP). @ERC_Research