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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.
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Changes in advance care planning for nursing home residents during the COVID-19 pandemic
Describe the care preference changes among nursing home residents receiving proactive Advance Care Planning (ACP) conversations from healthcare practitioners during the COVID-19 pandemic.Perceptions on good-life, good-death, and advance care planning in Koreans with non-cancerous chronic diseases
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 […]Long-term care nurses and their experiences with patients and families’ end-of-life preferences – a focus group study
Long-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 […]Cognitively Impaired Older Persons’ and Caregivers’ Perspectives on Dementia‐Specific Advance Care Planning
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 […]
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.