EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT FROM SWEDEN
Dr. Eva Benzein, professor, Linnaeus University in Kalmar, Sweden received a multi-million dollar award from the Kamprad Family Foundation to establish a palliative care center with an emphasis on family-focused care. The Kamprad Family Foundation was established by the owners of Ikea.
In her role as project leader, Dr. Benzein has been awarded $796,000 US funds for 2012 and funding will continue until 2017. The “Palliative Care Center for Co-created Care” will be located in the region of Småland where Linnaeus University is situated. The main goal of the Center will be to establish a program of research that practically implements research results so that many people can benefit from these findings quickly and cost-efficiently. The underpinning philosophy for the Center is a systemic approach with a focus on the family. All staff in the region of Småland working in palliative care will be educated in this philosophy. A Board of patients and their family members will be established in order to ensure that a family perspective will be the driving force in all activities within the Center.
Dr. Benzein is a member of the International Family Nursing Association and has co-lead the development of family-focused care in Sweden. She and her colleagues, Dr. Margaretha Hagberg and Dr. Britt-Inger Saveman, have just published a co-edited a book in the Swedish language about advanced family nursing practice using “health promoting conversations” with families. English translation of the book title: Meeting with families in health and community care: https://www.studentlitteratur.se/product_images/imagecache/pcatimg/_pm_w-800_h-800/9789144072661.jpg
For more information, please contact Dr. Benzein: [email protected]
[posted 12/12/12]
