How to achieve the desired outcomes of advance care planning in nursing homes: a theory of change.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Advance care planning (ACP) has been identified as particularly relevant for nursing home residents, but it remains unclear how or under what circumstances ACP works and can best be implemented in such settings. We aimed to develop a theory that outlines the hypothetical causal pathway of ACP in nursing homes, i.e. what changes are expected, by means of which processes and under what circumstances.

Methods

The Theory of Change approach is a participatory method of programme design and evaluation whose underlying intention is to improve understanding of how and why a programme works. It results in a Theory of Change map that visually represents how, why and under what circumstances ACP is expected to work in nursing home settings in Belgium. Using this approach, we

SUBMITTER: Gilissen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5813418 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature