Background Advance care planning (ACP) involves important decision making about future
medical needs. The high-volume and disparate nature of ACP research makes it difficult to …

Background End of life care is often inadequate for people with dementia. Advanced care
planning (ACP) has the potential to improve outcomes for people with dementia. The aim of …

Background: Dementia is a life-limiting disease without curative treatments. Patients and
families may need palliative care specific to dementia. Aim: To define optimal palliative care …

Context End-of-life care for people with dementia can be poor, involving emergency hospital
admissions, burdensome treatments of uncertain value, and undertreatment of pain and …

Background Advance care planning (ACP) is a continuous, dynamic process of reflection
and dialogue between an individual, those close to them and their healthcare professionals …

Can Trust, there has been an increasing focus on using clearly defined, transparent
processes for rating the quality of evidence and the strength of the overall body of evidence …

Background: The wishes and preferences of people with dementia should inform decisions
on future care. However, such decisions are often left to family carers and may not reflect …

Objectives There is growing evidence of the potential effectiveness of advance care
planning. Yet important knowledge gaps remain regarding the preconditions for successful …

Background: Planning ahead may be particularly relevant in dementia considering patients'
cognitive decline and difficulty to predict the course of the dementia. Objective: To identify …

Background Dementia has become a major public health issue worldwide due to its rapidly
increasing prevalence and an increasing number of dementia-related deaths in long-term …