'Traversing difficult terrain'. Advance care planning in residential aged care through multidisciplinary case conferences: A qualitative interview study exploring the experiences of families, staff and health professionals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Advance care planning improves the quality of end-of-life care for older persons in residential aged care; however, its uptake is low. Case conferencing facilitates advance care planning.

Aim

To explore the experience of participating in advance care planning discussions facilitated through multidisciplinary case conferences from the perspectives of families, staff and health professionals.

Design

A qualitative study (February-July 2019) using semi-structured interviews.

Setting

Two residential aged care facilities in one Australian rural town.

Participants

Fifteen informants [family (n = 4), staff (n = 5), health professionals (n = 6)] who had participated in advance care planning discussions facilitated through multidisc

SUBMITTER: Rainsford S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8189000 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature