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Perception of palliative care in South Asian populations
Work needed to make palliative care more accessible.Inadequate completion of advance care directives by individuals with dementia: national audit of health and aged care facilities
While 60% of people with dementia had some form of ACP documentation, only half of the cases in which ACP was documented included an ACD completed […]Enabling better aging: The 4 things seniors need, and the 4 things that need to change
Canada’s population is rapidly aging, but is it aging well? In the November 2020 report “Ageing Well,” by Queen’s University, they found both good and bad […]Exploration of the acceptability and usability of advance care planning tools in long term care homes
This study explored if available ACP tools are acceptable for use in LTC by (a) eliciting staff views on the content and format that would support […]
Research has shown most frail elderly patients want to maintain quality of life rather than prolong it, however the use of invasive life-sustaining technologies in this population has been increasing. iCAN-ACP is a new $2.7 million national study that aims to narrow the gap between the care that frail elderly Canadians want and the care that they receive by testing ways to improve advance care planning conversations between patients, families and health professionals.
iCAN ACP
$2.7 million national study
iCAN-ACP is a new $2.7 million national study that aims to narrow the gap between the care that frail elderly Canadians want and the care that they receive by testing ways to improve advance care planning conversations between patients, families and health professionals. Project team members will engage elderly Canadians and their family members along with clinicians, and health care organizations to implement and evaluate a suite of tools to support advance care planning, a process for reflecting on and communicating wishes for future health care.