Van den Block L, Smets T, van Dop N, Adang E, Andreasen P, Collingridge-Moore D, Engels Y, Finne-Soveri H, Froggatt K, Gambassi G, Kijowska V, Onwuteaka-Philipsen B, Pasman R, Payne S, Piers R, Szczerbińska K, ten Koppel M, Van Den Noortgate N, van der Steen J, Vernooij-Dassen M, Deliens L on behalf of PACE. Comparing palliative care in care homes across Europe (PACE): protocol of a cross-sectional study of deceased residents in 6 EU countries. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2016;17(6):566.e1-7.

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Froggatt K, Arrue B, Edwards M, Finne-Soveri H, Morbey H, Payne S, Szczerbińska K, Nele Van Den Noortgate, Lieve Van den Block. Palliative care systems and current practices in long term care facilities in Europe. Report of the European Association of Palliative Care Taskforce on Mapping Palliative Care Systems in Long Term Care Facilities in Europe. European Association of Palliative Care, Milan (2017) (www.eupace.eu/)

Froggatt K, Payne S, Morbey H, Edwards M, Finne Soveri H, Gambassi G, Pasman R, Szczerbińska K, Van den Block L. on behalf of PACE. Palliative Care Development in European Care Homes and Nursing Homes: Application of a Typology of Implementation. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2017;(18):550.e7-550.e14.

Pivodic L, Smets T, Van Den Noortgate N, Onwuteaka-Philipsen B, Engels Y, Szczerbińska K, Finne-Soveri H, Froggatt K, Gambassi G, Deliens L, Van den Block L on behalf of PACE: Quality of dying and quality of end-of-life care of nursing home residents in six countries: An epidemiological study. Palliat Med 2018;32(10):1584-1595. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216318800610

Smets T, Onwuteaka-Philipsen B, Miranda R, Pivodic L, Tanghe M, van Hout H, Pasman R, Oosterveld-Vlug M, Piers R, Van Den Noortgate N, Wichmann A, Engels Y, Vernooij-Dassen M, Hockley J, Froggatt K, Payne S, Szczerbińska K, Kylänen M, Leppäaho S, Barańska I, Gambassi G, Pautex S, Bassal C, Deliens L, Van den Block L. Integrating palliative care in long-term care facilities across Europe (PACE): Protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial of the 'PACE Steps to Success’ intervention in seven countries. BMC Palliative Care. 2018 Mar 12;17(1):47.

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Smets T, Pivodic L, Piers R, Pasman HRW, Engels Y, Szczerbińska K, Kylänen M, Gambassi G, Payne S, Deliens L, van den Block L on behalf PACE: The palliative care knowledge of nursing home staff. The EU FP7 PACE cross-sectional survey in 322 nursing homes in six European countries. Palliat Med 2018;32(9):1487-1497. DOI: 10.1177/0269216318785295

Wichmann AB, Adang EMM, Vissers KCP, Szczerbinska K, Kylänen M, Payne S, Gambassi G, Onwuteaka-Philipsen B, Smets T, Van den Block L, Deliens L, Vernooij-Dassen MJFJ, Engels Y on behalf of PACE. Technical-efficiency analysis of end-of-life care in long-term care facilities within Europe: a cross-sectional study of deceased residents in 6 EU countries (PACE). PLoS ONE 13(9): 2018: e0204120, s. 1-12. Correction: PLoS One. 2018;13(11):e0208199. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208199. eCollection 2018 Adres url: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0204120

Andreasen P, Harriet Finne-Soveri, Luc Deliens, Lieve Van den Block, Sheila Payne, Giovanni Gambassi, Bregje Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Tinne Smets, Kijowska V, Szczerbińska K. Prevalence of written advance directives in European long-term care facilities: A Cross-Sectional Survey. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care  2019;0:1–10. doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2018-001743

Barańska I, Kijowska V, Szczerbińska K. Komunikacja między lekarzem a rodziną osób u schyłku życia przebywających w placówkach opiekuńczych. Zeszyty Naukowe Ochrony Zdrowia, Zdrowie Publiczne i Zarządzanie 2019; 17(3): 159-171.

Brzyska M, Kijowska V, Barańska I, Szczerbińska K. W trosce o dobrą opiekę u kresu życia w placówkach opiekuńczych. Alma Mater – miesięcznik UJ 2019; Nr 206-207:94-97.

Collingridge Moore D, Payne S, Van den Block L, ten Koppel M, Szczerbińska K, Froggatt K; PACE (Palliative Care for Older People in nursing homes in Europe) consortium. Research, recruitment and observational data collection in care homes: lessons from the PACE study. BMC Res Notes. 2019;12(1):508. doi: 10.1186/s13104-019-4543-2.

Hockley J, Froggatt K, van den Block L, Onwuteaka-Philipsen B, Kylänen M, Szczerbińska K, Gambassi G, Pautex S, Payne S on behalf of PACE. A framework for cross-cultural development and implementation of complex interventions to improve palliative care in nursing homes: the PACE Steps to Success programme. BMC Health Services Research 2019;19:745. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4587-y

Honinx E, Smets T, Piers R, Deliens L, Payne S, Kylänen M, Barańska I, Gambassi G, Van den Block L on behalf of PACE. Agreement of nursing home staff with palliative care principles: a PACE cross-sectional study among nurses and care assistants in five European countries. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2019 Jul 31. pii: S0885-3924(19)30348-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.06.015. [Epub ahead of print]]

Honinx E, van Dop N, Smets T, Deliens L, Van den Block L, Van Den Noortgate N, Onwuteaka-Philipsen B, Szczerbińska K, Kylänen M, Froggatt K, Gambassi G on behalf of PACE. Dying in long-term care facilities in Europe: the PACE epidemiological study of deceased residents in six countries. BMC Public Health 2019;19:1199. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7532-4

Oosterveld-Vlug M, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD, ten Koppel M, van Hout H, Smets T, Pivodic L, Tanghe M, Van Den Noortgate N, Hockley J, Payne S, Collingridge Moore D, Kijowska V, Szczerbińska K, Kylänen M, Leppäaho S, Mercuri C, Rossi P, Mercuri M, Gambassi G, Bassal C, Morgan de Paula E, Engels Y, Deliens L, Van den Block L, Pasman HR on behalf of the PACE trial group. Evaluating the implementation of the PACE Steps to Success Programme in long-term care facilities in seven countries according to the REAIM framework, Implementation Science 2019;14(1):107.

Oosterveld-Vlug MG, Pasman HRW, ten Koppel M, van Hout HPJ, van der Steen JT, Collingridge Moore D , Deliens L, Gambassi G, Kylänen M, Smets T, Szczerbińska K, Van den Block L, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD on behalf of PACE. Physician visits and recognition of residents’ terminal phase in long-term care facilities: findings from the PACE cross-sectional study in 6 EU countries J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2019;20:696-702. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2018.08.015.

Payne S, Froggatt K, Sowerby E, Collingridge Moore D, Hockley J, Kylänen M, Oosterveld-Vlug M, Pautex S, Szczerbińska K, Van Den Noortgate N, Van den Block L. (ed.) Program PACE: „Kroki do sukcesu” Sześć kroków wdrażania wysokiego standardu opieki paliatywnej w placówkach opiekuńczych. Podręcznik. Wyd. Katedra Epidemiologii i Medycyny Zapobiegawczej, Uniwersytet Jagielloński Collegium Medicum, Kraków 2019. ISBN: 978-83-904896-6-7

Wersja online Podręcznika Program PACE: „Kroki do sukcesu” (ISBN: 978-83-904896-7-4) dostępna na stronie http://www.epi.cm-uj.krakow.pl/eupace_pl/?page_id=305

Tanghe M, Van Den Noortgate N, Pivodic L, Deliens L, Onwuteaka-Philipsen B, Szczerbińska K, Finne-Soveri H, Collingridge-Moore D, Van den Block L, Piers R on behalf of PACE. Opioid, antipsychotic and hypnotic use in end of life in long-term care facilities in six European countries. Results of PACE. Eur J Public Health. 2019; 29(1):74-79. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/cky196.

ten Koppel M, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD, Kylänen M, Van den Block L, Smets T, Deliens L, Gambassi G, Payne S, Szczerbińska K, Pasman HRW on behalf of PACE. Care staff’s self-efficacy regarding end-of-life communication in the long-term care setting: Results of the PACE cross-sectional study in six European countries. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 2019; 92:  135–143.

ten Koppel M, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD, Van den Block L, Deliens L, Gambassi G, Heymans MW, Kylänen M, Oosterveld-Vlug MG, Pasman HRW, Payne S, Smets T, Szczerbińska K, Twisk JWR, van der Steen JT on behalf of PACE. Palliative care provision in long-term care facilities differs across Europe: results of a cross-sectional study in six European countries (PACE).  Palliative Medicine 2019; 33(9):1176-1188. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216319861229

ten Koppel M, Pasman HRW, van der Steen JT, van Hout HPJ, Kylänen M, Van den Block L, Smets T, Deliens L, Gambassi G, Froggatt K, Szczerbińska K, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD on behalf of PACE. Consensus on treatment for residents in long-term care facilities: perspectives from relatives and care staff in the PACE cross-sectional study in 6 European countries. BMC Palliat Care. 2019 Aug 29;18(1):73. doi: 10.1186/s12904-019-0459-9.

Barańska I, Kijowska V, Engels Y, Finne-Soveri H, Froggatt K, Gambassi G, Hammar T, Oosterveld-Vlug M, Payne S, Van Den Noortgate N, Smets T, Deliens L, Van den Block L, Szczerbińska K on behalf of the PACE group. Factors Associated with Perception of the Quality of Physicians’ End-of-life Communication in Long-Term Care Facilities: PACE Cross-Sectional study. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2020;21(3):439.e1-439.e8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2019.07.018

Barańska I, Kijowska V, Engels Y, Finne-Soveri H, Froggatt K, Gambassi G, Hammar T, Oosterveld-Vlug M, Payne S, Van Den Noortgate N, Smets T, Deliens L, Van den Block L, Szczerbińska K on behalf of the PACE group. Perception of the quality of communication with the physicians among relatives of dying residents of long-term care facilities in 6 European countries: PACE cross-sectional study. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2020;21(3):331-337. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2019.05.003.

Collingridge Moore, Danni, Payne, Sheila, Keegan, Thomas, Deliens, Smets Tinne, Gambassi, Giovanni, Kylänen, Marika, KIJOWSKA, VIOLETTA, Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Bregje, Van den Block, Lieve. Associations between length of stay in long term care facilities and palliative care. Analysis of the PACE cross-sectional study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17

Froggat K, Collingridge More D, Van den Block L, Ling J, Payne S. Palliative Care Implementation in Long-Term Care Facilities:European Association for Palliative Care White Paper. JAMDA 2020;21(8):1051-1057.

Honinx E, Smets T, Piers R, Pasman HR, Payne S, Szczerbińska K, Gambassi, G, Kylänen M, Pautex S, Deliens L, Van den Block L. Lack of effect of a multicomponent palliative care program for nursing home residents on hospital use in the last month of life and on place of death: a secondary analysis of a multicountry cluster randomised control trial. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2020 21(12):1973-1978.e2. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2020.05.003.

Miranda R, van der Steen JT, Smets T, Van den Noortgate N, Deliens L, Payne S, Kylänen M, Szczerbińska K, Gambassi G, Van den Block L, on behalf of PACE. Comfort and clinical events at the end of life of nursing home residents with and without dementia: The six-country epidemiological PACE study”  Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2020;35:719–727. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.5290

Pivodic L, Smets T, Gambassi G, Kylanen M, Pasman R, Payne S, Szczerbińska K, Deliens L, Van den Block L. Physical restraining of nursing home residents in the last week of life: an epidemiological study in six European countries. International Journal of Nursing Studies 2020;104:103511.

Tanghe M, Van Den Noortgate N, Pivodic L, Deliens L, Onwuteaka-Philipsen B, Szczerbińska K, Finne-Soveri H, Collingridge-Moore D, Van den Block L, Piers R on behalf of PACE. Opioid underuse in terminal care of long-term care facility residents with pain and/or dyspnoea: A cross-sectional PACE-survey in six European countries. Palliat Med. 2020 Jun;34(6):784-794. doi: 10.1177/0269216320910332

Van den Block L, Honinx E, Pivodic L, Miranda R,, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD, van Hout H, Pasman HRW, Oosterveld-Vlug M, Ten Koppel M, Piers R, Van Den Noortgate N, Engels E, Vernooij-Dassen M, Hockley J, Froggatt K, Payne S, Szczerbińska K, Kylänen M, Gambassi G, Pautex S, Bassal C, Deliens L, Smets T on behalf of the PACE trial group. Evaluation of palliative care program for nursing homes in 7 countries: the PACE cluster-randomized clinical trial. JAMA Internal Medicine 2020; 180(2):233-242. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.5349.

Wichmann AB, Adang EMM, Vissers KCP, Szczerbińska K, Kylänen M, Payne S, Gambassi G, Onwuteaka-Philipsen B, Smets T, Van den Block L, Deliens L, Vernooij-Dassen MJFJ, Engels Y on behalf of PACE. Decreased costs and retained QoL due to the ‘PACE Steps to Success’ intervention in LTCFs. Cost-effectiveness analysis of a randomized controlled trial (PACE). BMC Medicine 2020:18:258. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-020-01720-9

Honinx E, Piers RD, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD, Payne S, Szczerbińska K, Gambassi G, Kylänen M, Deliens L, Van den Block L, Smets T. PACE collaborators. Hospitalization in the last month of life and in-hospital death of nursing home residents: a cross-sectional analysis of six European countries. BMJ Open. 2021 Aug 12;11(8):e047086. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047086.

Honinx E, Van den Block L, Piers R, Van Kuijk S, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD, Payne S, Szczerbińska K, Gambassi G, Finne-Soveri H., Deliens L and Smets T. Potentially inappropriate treatments at the end of life in nursing home residents: Findings from the PACE cross-sectional study in 6 European countries. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2021 Apr;61(4):732-742.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.09.001. Epub 2020 Sep 8.

Miranda R, Smets T, Van Den Noortgate N, van der Steen JT, Deliens L, Payne S, Szczerbińska K, Pautex S, Van Humbeeck L, Gambassi G, Kylänen M, Van den Block L; PACE. No difference in effects of ‘PACE Steps to Success’ palliative care program for nursing home residents with and without dementia: a pre-planned subgroup analysis of the seven-country PACE trial. BMC Palliat Care 2021;20(1):39. doi: 10.1186/s12904-021-00734-1.