Prevalence and correlates of advance care directives among older Australians accessing health and residential aged care services: multicentre audit study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

It is important that the outcomes of advance care planning (ACP) conversations are documented and available at the point of care. Advance care directives (ACDs) are a subset of ACP documentation and refer to structured documents that are completed and signed by competent adults. Other ACP documentation includes informal documentation by the person or on behalf of the person by someone else (eg, clinician, family). The primary objectives were to describe the prevalence and correlates of ACDs among Australians aged 65 and over accessing health and residential aged care services. The secondary aim was to describe the prevalence of other ACP documentation.

Design and setting

A prospective multicentre health record audit in general practices (n=13), hospitals (n=12) an

SUBMITTER: Detering KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6340468 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature