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Cognitively Impaired Older Persons’ and Caregivers’ Perspectives on Dementia‐Specific Advance Care Planning

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.16953

Because dementia leads to prolonged incapacity, with many decisions arising before a terminal event, it has been suggested that dementia‐specific ACP is necessary. We sought to elicit the perspectives of older adults with early cognitive impairment and their caregivers on traditional and dementia‐specific ACP.

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For more information about the iCAN-ACP project, please contact:

Project Leader: Dr. Sharon Kaasalainen kaasal@mcmaster.ca

Study Coordinator: Marilyn Swinton swinton@mcmaster.ca

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This research is funded by Canadian Frailty Network (known previously as Technology Evaluation in the Elderly Network, TVN), supported by Government of Canada through Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) Program.

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