Dementia prevention, intervention, and care

G Livingston, A Sommerlad, V Orgeta, SG Costafreda… - The lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Acting now on dementia prevention, intervention, and care will vastly
improve living and dying for individuals with dementia and their families, and in doing so …

Definition and recommendations for advance care planning: an international consensus supported by the European Association for Palliative Care

JAC Rietjens, RL Sudore, M Connolly… - The Lancet …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Advance care planning (ACP) is increasingly implemented in oncology and beyond, but a
definition of ACP and recommendations concerning its use are lacking. We used a formal …

[HTML][HTML] The effectiveness of advance care planning in improving end-of-life outcomes for people with dementia and their carers: a systematic review and critical …

J Dixon, M Karagiannidou, M Knapp - Journal of pain and symptom …, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

An introduction to advance care planning in practice

A Mullick, J Martin, L Sallnow - Bmj, 2013 - bmj.com
Advance care planning has been defined as a process of formal decision making that aims
to help patients establish decisions about future care that take effect when they lose …

Advance care planning in palliative care: a systematic literature review of the contextual factors influencing its uptake 2008–2012

A Lovell, P Yates - Palliative medicine, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Advance Care Planning is an iterative process of discussion, decision-making
and documentation about end-of-life care. Advance Care Planning is highly relevant in …

They know!—Do they? A qualitative study of residents and relatives views on advance care planning, end-of-life care, and decision-making in nursing homes

G Bollig, E Gjengedal, JH Rosland - Palliative medicine, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Residents living in long-term care facilities are a vulnerable population. For
many residents, a nursing home is their place of death. Palliative care and end-of-life …

[HTML][HTML] Barriers to advance care planning in cancer, heart failure and dementia patients: a focus group study on general practitioners' views and experiences

A De Vleminck, K Pardon, K Beernaert, R Deschepper… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background The long-term and often lifelong relationship of general practitioners (GPs) with
their patients is considered to make them the ideal initiators of advance care planning …

Risk of suicide attempt in patients with recent diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment or dementia

MM Günak, DE Barnes, K Yaffe, Y Li, AL Byers - JAMA psychiatry, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Little is known about the association between mild cognitive impairment (MCI)
and suicide. Most studies have focused on dementia and suicidal behavior, with inconsistent …

Nurses' views regarding implementing advance care planning for older people: a systematic review and synthesis of qualitative studies

LS Ke, X Huang, M O'Connor… - Journal of clinical nursing, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aims and objectives To explore nurses' views regarding implementing advance care
planning for older people. Background Advance care planning is recommended as a way for …

[HTML][HTML] Barriers and facilitators for GPs in dementia advance care planning: a systematic integrative review

B Tilburgs, M Vernooij-Dassen, R Koopmans… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Due to the disease's progressive nature, advance care planning (ACP) is
recommended for people with early stage dementia. General practitioners (GPs) should …