Advance care planning in Norwegian nursing homes - limited awareness of the residents' preferences and values? A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

52% of all deaths in Norway occur in nursing homes. Still advance care planning (ACP) is scarce and heterogeneous. To improve the implementation and practice of ACP in nursing homes, knowledge about health care professionals' views on ACP is vital. The objective of this study is to explore nurses and physicians' aims and experiences with carrying out ACP in nursing homes.

Methods

Semi-structured group interviews were conducted with 20 health care professionals, recruited from nursing homes where ACP was performed regularly. Qualitative content analysis was used to analyse the data.

Results

The primary aim of the nursing home professionals when doing ACP in nursing homes were to build alliances with next of kin to avoid misunderstandings and future conflicts

SUBMITTER: Thoresen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6929496 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature