A narrative review of facilitating and inhibiting factors in advance care planning initiation in people with dementia.
Tharin PhenwanJudith SixsmithLinda C McSwigganDeans BuchananPublished in: European geriatric medicine (2020)
This review highlighted the main challenges associated with optimal ACP initiation with PwD. To encourage effective ACP initiation with PwD, succinct policies and guidelines for clinical commissioners are needed. ACP also needs to be discussed with family members in an informal, iterative manner. More research is required on initiation timing given the disease trajectory and changing family dynamics.