Table 3 Content of the first intervention consultation

• Gaps between wishes for ADL and the patient’s current situation

• Prognostic awareness

• Problems with the ”patient/caregiver-role”

• Sleeping disorders

• Tiredness and fatigue

• Problems with memory or concentration

• Lack of appetite, weight loss

• Pain, respiratory problems, constipation, and other frequent symptoms

• Anxiety, worry, sadness

• Feeling of meaninglessness in the current situation

• Coping mechanisms of patients and caregivers and potential differences

• Problems of a socio-economic character or family issues

• Problems concerning work life