Background Dementia can have a profound impact on decision making. People living with
dementia (PLwD) often need to make decisions about health care, and, as dementia …

Evidence supports that older adults with cognitive impairment can reliably communicate
their values and choices, even as cognition may decline. Shared decision-making, including …

Health care proxies make important end-of-life decisions for individuals with dementia. A
cross-sectional survey was conducted to examine the role of advance care planning in proxy …

Objectives To test whether a decision aid improves quality of decision‐making about feeding
options in advanced dementia. Design Cluster randomized controlled trial. Setting Twenty …

Background: Advance care planning in dementia does not always happen. As dementia
progresses, decisions are often left for family carers to make with professionals. Aim: To test …

BackgroundAdvance care planning (ACP) is identified as being an important process for
people with dementia. However, its efficacy for improving outcomes relevant for the …

Background Many countries have passed laws giving patients the right to participate in
decisions about health care. People with dementia cannot be assumed to be incapable of …

The uptake of advance care planning (ACP) is particularly low among people with dementia.
This may reflect barriers to communication between professionals, patients and families in …

Background Shared decision-making is recognised as an important element of person-
centred dementia care. Objectives The aim of this review was to explore how people living …

Background The increasing prevalence of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia
raises new challenges to ensure that healthcare decisions are informed by research …