December 2019 – iCANACP

December 30, 2019

Advance care planning in Norwegian nursing homes – limited awareness of the residents’ preferences and values? A qualitative study

https://bmcgeriatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12877-019-1378-6

52% of all deaths in Norway occur in nursing homes. Still advance care planning (ACP) is scarce and heterogeneous. To improve the implementation and practice of […]

December 30, 2019

Dying Well-Informed: The Need for Better Clinical Education Surrounding Facilitating End-of-Life Conversations

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6913833/

The need for improved medical education concerning the way difficult news is delivered and how to initiate end-of-life (EOL) discussions with seriously ill patients and their […]

December 30, 2019

Ten top tips on frailty in general practice

http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/clinical/clinical-specialties/elderly-care/ten-top-tips-on-frailty-in-general-practice/20039845.article

Dr Qian Tan and colleagues present their top tips on managing frailty in primary care.

December 27, 2019

How are older people’s care preferences documented towards the end of life?

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S132276961930232X

Meeting individuals’ preferences is essential to achieve quality care at the end of life. Documenting these preferences in the healthcare system is an essential step to […]