Background Patient-centred care is widely recognised as a core aspect of quality health
care and has been integrated into policy internationally. There remains a disconnect …

Unpredictable disease trajectories make early clarification of end-of-life (EoL) care
preferences in older patients with multimorbidity advisable. This mixed methods systematic …

Background Older people in long-term care facilities face clinical uncertainty and
unpredictable decline. Advance care planning enables older people to identify preferences …

Background Active patients lie at the heart of integrated care. Although interventions to
increase the participation of older patients in care planning are being implemented in …

Background: Family caregivers make end-of-life (EOL) decisions for persons with severe
dementia (PWSDs). It is not known whether the family caregivers' goals change over time …

Background: The number and proportion of home deaths in the UK increased during the
Covid-19 pandemic. It is not known whether these changes were experienced …

Comment on: "Advance" care planning reenvisioned Comment on: "Advance" care planning
reenvisioned J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 May;69(5):1177-1179. doi: 10.1111/jgs.17058. Epub …

Background Literature relating older people's goals of care to their varying frailty status is
scarce. Objective To investigate goals of care in case of acute and/or severe disease in …

Background: The final year of life is often associated with increasing health complexities and
use of health services. This frequently includes admission to an acute hospital which may or …

Background There is a need for a mortality score that can be used to trigger advanced care
planning among older patients discharged from acute geriatric units (AGUs). Objective We …