Implementing Advance Care Planning Tools in Practice: A Modified World Café to Elicit Barriers and Recommendations from Potential Adopters

Palliative Approach to Care Education for Multidisciplinary Staff of Long-Term Care Homes: A Pretest Post-Test Study

“…Facilitating earlier ACP can benefit LTC staff, residents, and family care partners in integrating a person-centered palliative approach to care ( Zhou et al, 2022 ). Timely ACP discussions can also promote the seamless transition to EOL ensuring goals of care are achieved as desired by the residents ( Aasmul et al, 2018 ; Howard et al, 2021 ; Pritchett et al, 2021 ).…”

“…Facilitating earlier ACP can benefit LTC staff, residents, and family care partners in integrating a person-centered palliative approach to care (Zhou et al, 2022). Timely ACP discussions can also promote the seamless transition to EOL ensuring goals of care are achieved as desired by the residents (Aasmul et al, 2018;Howard et al, 2021;Pritchett et al, 2021). This educational workshop provided an opportunity in valuing each multidisciplinary LTC staff's role by combining their expertise and acknowledging their inclusivity when participating in future ACP and EOL communication (Vellani, Green et al, 2022).…”

From the Editors

“…Zywiel et al (2021) describe how an intriguing model -Good Life with osteoArthritis in Denmark (GLA:D) -that is aligned with those aims has been adopted and adapted in Canada to support the prevention, early diagnosis and effective management of hip and knee osteoarthritis. Howard et al (2021) describe the challenging process of engaging groups for assessing, refining and adopting tools to help providers, patients and families have good, ongoing conversations about advance care planning (ACP) and difficult end-of-life issues. This work matters: Canada has a serious shortage of health providers who possess the aptitude, knowledge and tools to reach the millions of patients and family members who would benefit from ACP and its earlier introduction to their lives.…”

ACP Conversations with Chinese and South Asian Patients: Physicians’ Perspectives of Barriers and Facilitating Factors

“…This study is part of a larger national project entitled “Improving Advance Care Planning for Frail Elderly Canadians” (iCAN-ACP), funded by the Canadian Frailty Network. ( 22 ) Its objective is to increase uptake, impact, and access to ACP among older Canadians living with frailty across primary care, long-term care, and hospital sectors. A subset of the project is being conducted by The Diversity Access Team, headquartered at the Simon Fraser University Gerontology Research Centre.…”