The impact of the mySupport advance care planning intervention on family caregivers' perceptions of decision-making and care for nursing home residents with dementia: pretest-posttest study in six countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

the mySupport advance care planning intervention was originally developed and evaluated in Northern Ireland (UK). Family caregivers of nursing home residents with dementia received an educational booklet and a family care conference with a trained facilitator to discuss their relative's future care.

Objectives

to investigate whether upscaling the intervention adapted to local context and complemented by a question prompt list impacts family caregivers' uncertainty in decision-making and their satisfaction with care across six countries. Second, to investigate whether mySupport affects residents' hospitalisations and documented advance decisions.

Design

a pretest-posttest design.

Setting

in Canada, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands a

SUBMITTER: Bavelaar L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9978311 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature