DementiaInformationPurposeAdvanced care planning (ACP) involves the discussion of preferences relevant to a possible future time when one's ability to make decisions may be compromised. ACP is considered as having potential to enhance choice and control and thereby to improve the experience of care ...
White paper defining optimal palliative care in older people with dementia: a Delphi study and recommendations from the European Association for Palliative Care. Palliat Med. 2014;28:197–209. Article PubMed Google Scholar Howie L, Peppercorn J. Early palliative care in cancer treatment: rationale...
Elder care planning is very complicated. “Information” does NOT equal “knowledge.” Information is extensive and available at your fingertips – in libraries and on the Internet. But competent working knowledge takes years of hands-on experience, and this is exactly what we provide for each of...
The second argument resembles the argument of marginal cases used in philosophy to defend the moral status of animals by comparing their mental capacities to those of “marginal cases” of humanity (e.g. infants, persons in a coma, people suffering from dementia) (Regan1979; Singer1995). This...
Advanced Care Planning: Promoting Autonomy in Caring for People with DementiaAdvance directives emerged in the 1960s with the goal of empowering people to exert control over their future medical decisions. However, it has become apparent, over recent years, that advance dir......
Key Points Question Can an advance care planning (ACP) video have an effect on advance directives, preferences, and burdensome treatments among nursing home residents with advanced dementia? Findings In this cluster randomized clinical trial of 402 patients with advanced dementia, do-not-hospitalize ...
The research was conducted within the project's interprofessional experiential learning (IPE) solutions: equipping the qualified dementia workforce to champion evidence on informed improvement to advanced dementia care and family caring (Palliare) (2014-1-UK01-KA203-001819).Manuel...
MedWire News: End-of-life care for dementia patients in the UK lacks advanced planning and is characterized by many unnecessary acute hospitalizations prior to death, an audit shows. Using the rapid participatory appraisal method, the reviewers identified barriers in care pathways, which were ...
End of life care:The experiences of advance care planning amongst family caregivers of people with advanced dementia-A qualitative study. ASHTON S E,ROE B,JACK B,et al. Dementia (London,England) . 2016Ashton S, Roe B, Jack B, McClelland B (2014) End of life care: The experiences of ...
The intervention comprises structured care plan meetings between the NH team and proxies of residents with dementia (e.g., family members). Using the ADVANCED-Comfort workbook, proxies create individualized care plans addressing six domains adapted from the Age-Friendly Health System Framework. The ...