Table 3.

Characteristics of the 15 initiatives (17 interviews)

Characteristic	Number of initiatives
Country
Netherlands	6
UK	3
US	3
Flanders	2
Israel	1
Target population of the initiative/enrollment criteria
dying or life expectancy of at most 6 months	8
advanced dementia (and continued until death)	3
both	2
earlier possible (and continued until death)	2
Context/form
consultancy, outreach, community	5
special nursing home department	4
hospice (institutional, inpatient)	2
combined hospice, and consultancy, outreach, community	2
nursing home center of excellence	1
special nursing home program	1
Phase of the initiative
implemented	7
pilot phase	3
failure/changed/no longer exists	3
under development	2
Any formal description (such as a family brochure, scientific article)
available	10
not (yet) available	5
Origin of the initiative/lead
hospice/palliative care for other diseases	8
dementia/institutional long-term care	7