An advance care plan is important as it allows all professionals who are caring for the dying to be able to ensure all wishes are followed and if any important religious or personal view or beliefs they wish to have with regards to their end of life.
The gold standard framework for advance care planning states that it should be a structured discussion with patients and their families or carers about their wishes and thoughts for the future. Although such discussions may have occurred informally before, it was not occurring with all relevant people or being communicated to others. So the offer of an advance care plan for every appropriate person is now recognised as a key part of good care.
Advance Care planning is key means of improving care for people nearing the end of life and of enabling better planning and provision of care, to help them live and die in the place and the manner of their choosing. The main goal in delivering good end of life care is to be able to clarify peoples’ wishes, needs and preferences and deliver care to meet these needs. It is in essence an important yet simple conversation that can change practice and empower patients. It can be a process of discussions over time, a ‘relationship’ discussion with regular reviews and can helps catalyse deeper communication between patients and their families and loved ones. It need not be ‘over medicalised’ or too formalised, and could be undertaken by any involved in end of …show more content…
It should be included consistently and systematically so that every appropriate person is offered the chance to have an advance care planning discussion with the most suitable person caring for them e.g., one of the recommendations in GSF training in care homes, primary care and hospitals.
The process of Advance care planning in the UK includes many elements – essentially helping people approaching the end of their life to describe and
The gold standard framework for advance care planning states that it should be a structured discussion with patients and their families or carers about their wishes and thoughts for the future. Although such discussions may have occurred informally before, it was not occurring with all relevant people or being communicated to others. So the offer of an advance care plan for every appropriate person is now recognised as a key part of good care.
Advance Care planning is key means of improving care for people nearing the end of life and of enabling better planning and provision of care, to help them live and die in the place and the manner of their choosing. The main goal in delivering good end of life care is to be able to clarify peoples’ wishes, needs and preferences and deliver care to meet these needs. It is in essence an important yet simple conversation that can change practice and empower patients. It can be a process of discussions over time, a ‘relationship’ discussion with regular reviews and can helps catalyse deeper communication between patients and their families and loved ones. It need not be ‘over medicalised’ or too formalised, and could be undertaken by any involved in end of …show more content…
It should be included consistently and systematically so that every appropriate person is offered the chance to have an advance care planning discussion with the most suitable person caring for them e.g., one of the recommendations in GSF training in care homes, primary care and hospitals.
The process of Advance care planning in the UK includes many elements – essentially helping people approaching the end of their life to describe and