Shared decision-making in advance care planning for persons with dementia in nursing homes: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Shared decision-making provides an approach to discuss advance care planning in a participative and informed manner, embodying the principles of person-centered care. A number of guided approaches to achieve shared decision-making already exist, such as the three-talk model. However, it is uncertain whether daily practice methods in nursing home wards for persons with dementia comply with the underpinnings of this model. It is also uncertain whether professionals consider shared decision-making to be important in this context, and whether they perceive themselves sufficiently competent to practice this approach frequently.

Methods

The study has a cross-sectional design, with 65 wards (46 Belgian nursing homes) participating in the study. We compared nursing home p

SUBMITTER: Goossens B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7532572 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature