Views of advance care planning in older hospitalized patients following an emergency admission: A qualitative study.
Anna-Maria BielinskaGehan SoosaipillaiJulia RileyAra DarziCatherine UrchStephanie ArcherPublished in: PloS one (2022)
These findings indicate that maintaining a sense of personal identity and protecting individuals' wishes and rights during ACP is important to older adults who have been acutely unwell. Following emergency hospitalization, older persons believe that ACP must be supported by a network of relationships and resources, improving the likelihood of adequate preparation to navigate the uncertainties of future care in later life. Therefore, emergency hospitalization in later life, and the uncertainty that may follow, may provide a catalyst for patients, carers and healthcare professionals to leverage existing or create new relationships and target resources to enable ACP, in order to uphold older persons' identity, rights and wishes following acute illness.
Keyphrases
- emergency department
- physical activity
- healthcare
- public health
- community dwelling
- middle aged
- end stage renal disease
- advance care planning
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- liver failure
- palliative care
- prognostic factors
- room temperature
- intensive care unit
- patient reported outcomes
- highly efficient
- pain management
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- liquid chromatography