Municipal care managers commonly lack palliative care education and report inadequate education resources for staff¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · review r3 · q2
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q2 i? In the Eriksson et al. (2015) Swedish study, half of managers had attended intermediate palliative care workshops and a third lacked palliative care education. → Xu Hongxuan 2026 q2 i? In the De Bellis and Parker (1998) Australian study, 69% of Directors of Nursing had attended palliative care training but only 16% held formal qualifications, and most felt education resources were inadequate. → Xu Hongxuan 2026 (2)

Evidence¶

Xu Hongxuan 2026¶

Xu Hongxuan, Möllerberg Marie-Louise, Dalhammar Karin, Bengtsson Mariette, Sjögren Forss Katarina. (2026). Nurse Managers' Awareness of and Competence in Palliative Care in Municipal Care Settings: A Systematic Mixed Studies Review. Nursing & Health Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1111/nhs.70352

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Quantitative questionnaire study (Eriksson et al. 2015, Sweden) of staff in nursing homes, home care and group residential settings, including 43 managers; appraised as high quality by the review. Managers "lacked palliative care education", making it challenging to guide and support their teams.

"Half (50%) of managers had attended intermediate palliative care workshops, and a third (33%) lacked education in palliative care."

Xu Hongxuan 2026 (2)¶

q2 · i? · review · r3

Quantitative questionnaire study (De Bellis and Parker 1998, Australia) of 147 Directors of Nursing in nursing homes; appraised as low quality by the review. Barriers reported included lack of resources (71%), inadequate education (47%), and professional conflicts (18%).

"While 69% of DONs had attended palliative care training, only 16% held formal qualifications, and most felt that the current education resources for staff were inadequate."

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