November 29, 2020
Changes in advance care planning for nursing home residents during the COVID-19 pandemic
https://www.jamda.com/article/S1525-8610(20)30975-0/fulltextDescribe the care preference changes among nursing home residents receiving proactive Advance Care Planning (ACP) conversations from healthcare practitioners during the COVID-19 pandemic.
November 29, 2020
Perceptions on good-life, good-death, and advance care planning in Koreans with non-cancerous chronic diseases
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33222194/This study explored perceptions on a good-life, good-death, and advance care planning in Koreans with non-cancerous chronic diseases with the goal to develop a culture-specific advance […]
November 29, 2020
Long-term care nurses and their experiences with patients and families’ end-of-life preferences – a focus group study
https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/2020-12-46-12/%7B431bdc26-4bfd-428f-a76e-1e63d7138d5c%7D/long-term-care-nurses-and-their-experiences-with-patients-and-families-end-of-life-preferences-a-focus-group-studyLong-term care (LTC) nurses are a critical nexus for patient communication and vital to advance care planning due to their professional role and breadth of patient […]
November 22, 2020
Cognitively Impaired Older Persons’ and Caregivers’ Perspectives on Dementia‐Specific Advance Care Planning
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.16953Because 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 […]