Advance Care Planning Engagement

Advance care planning in primary care.

Measuring engagement in advance care planning: a cross-sectional multicentre feasibility study

OBJECTIVES To assess the feasibility, acceptability and clinical sensibility of a novel survey, the advance care planning (ACP) Engagement Survey, in various healthcare settings. SETTING A target sample of 50 patients from each of primary care, hospital, cancer care and dialysis care settings. PARTICIPANTS A convenience sample of patients without cognitive impairment who could speak and rea...

Peer education for advance care planning: volunteers’ perspectives on training and community engagement activities

BACKGROUND Peer education by volunteers may aid attitudinal change, but there is little understanding of factors assisting the preparation of peer educators. This study contributes to conceptual understandings of how volunteers may be prepared to work as peer educators by drawing on an evaluation of a training programme for peer education for advance care planning (ACP). OBJECTIVES To report ...

Advance care planning in stroke: influence of time on engagement in the process

PURPOSE Individuals who experience stroke have a higher likelihood of subsequent stroke events, making it imperative to plan for future medical care. In the event of a further serious health event, engaging in the process of advanced care planning (ACP) can help family members and health care professionals (HCPs) make medical decisions for individuals who have lost the capacity to do so. Few st...

Advance care planning and the older patient.

Making treatment decisions for older people is difficult, because of the complex interplay of their multiple co-morbidities, but also because of the fine balance of risks vs. benefit in any chosen management plan. This becomes even more difficult when they lose the capacity to tell us what they want, and often in such situations we have to rely on information from others in order to make decisi...