Advance Care Planning in Nursing Homes – Improving the Communication Among Patient, Family, and Staff: Results From a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial (COSMOS)

Advance Care Planning in Nursing Homes – Improving the Communication Among Patient, Family, and Staff: Results From a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial (COSMOS)

Introduction: The majority of nursing home (NH) patients suffer from complex diseases, including dementia. This makes advance care planning (ACP) particularly important.Objectives: The aim was to investigate the effect of an ACP intervention on communication among NH staff, patient, and family. We f...

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Main Authors: Irene Aasmul, Bettina S. Husebo, Elizabeth L. Sampson, Elisabeth Flo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
advance care planning
dementia
nursing home
train-the-trainer
staff distress
COSMOS
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02284/full

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