Implementing advance care planning in routine nursing home care: The development of the theory-based ACP+ program.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While various initiatives have been taken to improve advance care planning in nursing homes, it is difficult to find enough details about interventions to allow comparison, replication and translation into practice.

Objectives

We report on the development and description of the ACP+ program, a multi-component theory-based program that aims to implement advance care planning into routine nursing home care. We aimed to 1) specify how intervention components can be delivered; 2) evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the program; 3) describe the final program in a standardized manner.

Design

To develop and model the intervention, we applied multiple study methods including a literature review, expert discussions and individual and group interviews with

SUBMITTER: Gilissen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6797173 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature