Cristina García-Vivar and Mª Victoria Navarta, professors at the School of Nursing of the University of Navarra and researchers of the group "Chronic processes, end-of-life care and family", have participated in the workshop of research of the Puerta del Hierro Hospital in Madrid.

García-Vivar, vice-dean of research, gave the inaugural discussion paper under the title degree scroll "research for a care centered on the person and family living with a chronic process". In her discussion paper she wanted to reflect on the sociocultural context in which Nursing currently finds itself and affirmed that "a Philosophy of 'care without borders' is required to promote the much desired person and family centered care".

Dr. García-Vivar concludes by stating that "we must promote a translational research in care and family nursing". To this end, she adds that "it is necessary to establish units of research in care in all hospitals and healthcare centers, as is the case of the Puerta de Hierro Hospital, which provide the best and most current scientific evidence and promote best practice protocols for care centered on the person and family, and where nurses play a central role".

On the other hand, Mª Victoria Navarta states that in her discussion paper she wanted to present a study carried out with the goal to "evaluate the effects of a psychoeducational intervention focused on strengthening coping skills, psychosocial adaptation and quality of life in Parkinson's patients and their relatives or caregivers".

Dr. Navarta pointed out that more than 120 patients with Parkinson's disease and 120 family caregivers from different primary care centers of the Navarra Health Service-Osasunbidea participated in this study. Mª Victoria Navarta concludes that "it is significant to have identified that the intervention has promoted acceptance of the disease, given that this is one of the most difficult steps to achieve for people with Parkinson's disease".