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2014

Nursing

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Advance Care Planning

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Perceptions Of Residential Elders Following Facilitated Advance Care Planning, Teresa M. Boersma Dec 2014

Perceptions Of Residential Elders Following Facilitated Advance Care Planning, Teresa M. Boersma

Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this project was to explore the perceptions of residential elders following a facilitated advance care planning (ACP) conversation. While literature is available regarding ACP and advance directives (ADs), there is minimal knowledge of first hand experiences from those who complete ACP and live in a residential or retirement community. Five residents of a retirement community who participated in facilitated ACP conversations also participated in a focus group interview to explore their perceptions of facilitators of and barriers to ACP and completing an AD. The interview was audio recorded and transcribed verbatim. Then the transcript was reviewed for …