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planningdecisionmakingdementiaendoflifecareAdvance care planning is the basis for delivering person-centred end of life care that accords with the wishes of the individual. It is important to support people with dementia in developing an advance care plan, since they may lose the capacity to make...
Pashby, P., Hann, J. and Sunico, M. E. (2009). Dementia care planning: Shared experience and collaboration. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 52, 837-848. doi:Pashby P, Hann J, Sunico ME: Dementia care planning: shared experience and collaboration. J Gerontol Soc Work 2009; 52:...
The results from this study identified that families and healthcare providers can be partners in planning dementia care provided that they communicate effectively about their experiences and approaches to care in a climate that encourages participation and cooperation. Implications for practice and a ...
Advance care planning (ACP) is a process being championed within health and social care, particularly since the publication of the UK Department of Health's 2008 End of Life Care Strategy. However, its implementation in dementia care is yet to be fully realised and can pose significant ethical...
Patient preferences for future care - how can Advance Care Planning become embedded into dementia care: a study protocol groups will be employed to seek the perspectives of the professionals; individual interviews will be carried out with people with dementia and their carers... E Catherine,E Char...
Mariani, E., Vernooij-Dassen, M., Koopmans, R., Engels, Y., & Chattat, R. (2016). Shared decision-making in dementia care planning: barriers and facilitators in two European countries. Aging & Mental Health, 1-9. doi:10.1080/13607863.2016.1255715...
Care-giving in dementia is a new speciality with its own rapidly growing body of knowledge. This second volume of contributions from leading practitioners and researchers around the world is a handbook for all those involved in 'hands on' caring, or in planning care, for persons with dementia....
Advance Care Planning (ACP) is a process that supports decision-making about end-of-life goals. Dementia ACP is recommended during the early stages of the disease to empower the individual living with dementia to express wishes for quality of life before experiencing significant cognitive decline. ...
Hospice isnot the same as palliative care, which is a multidisciplinary team that sees seriously ill patients in a clinic or hospital to help them and their families with symptoms, distress and advance care planning. Strikingly, only 12% of Americans with dementiaever enroll in hospice. Among ...