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Advance care planning in dementia: recommendations for healthcare professionals

Harrison Dening, K; Sampson, EL; De Vries, K; (2019) Advance care planning in dementia: recommendations for healthcare professionals. Palliative Care: Research and Treatment , 12 10.1177/1178224219826579. Green open access

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Abstract

The process of advance care planning in dementia is far from straightforward; as dementia progresses, the ability to consider future thoughts and actions becomes compromised, thus affecting decision-making abilities. Family carers find themselves increasingly in a position where they need to inform, or directly make, decisions on behalf of the person with dementia. This article discusses the context and importance of a palliative care approach and recommends rationales and strategies for healthcare professionals to support families affected by dementia to better plan for their future care.

Type: Article
Title: Advance care planning in dementia: recommendations for healthcare professionals
Location: United States
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1177/1178224219826579
Publisher version: http://doi.org/10.1177/1178224219826579
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © The Author(s), 2019. Creative Commons Non Commercial CC BY-NC: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
Keywords: advance care planning, decision-making, dementia, healthcare practice
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Division of Psychiatry
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10069981
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