Who and when should we discuss advance care planning?

Hong Kong is proud to be the champion in life expectancy, but this is at the expense of increasing disability.1 There is wide variation in personal willingness for a trade-off between quality of life, disability, and prolongation of life.2 Patient autonomy should be respected in this regard. Advance...

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Published inAsian journal of gerontology and geriatrics Vol. 13; no. 1; p. 4
Main Author Lum, Christopher C M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hong Kong Hong Kong Academy of Medicine 01.06.2018
Subjects
Advance directives
Chronic illnesses
Decision making
Geriatrics
Health care
Life expectancy
Nursing homes
Older people
Palliative care
Preferences
Hong Kong
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Summary:Hong Kong is proud to be the champion in life expectancy, but this is at the expense of increasing disability.1 There is wide variation in personal willingness for a trade-off between quality of life, disability, and prolongation of life.2 Patient autonomy should be respected in this regard. Advance care planning (ACP) is a process to facilitate in-depth understanding between healthcare professionals and patient / close family members on the patient's values and beliefs about life as well as personal preferences for medical care. Clinicians should explain about medical conditions and treatment processes/options and act as facilitators to express treatment preferences of the elder to their family members.
ISSN:1819-1576
1819-1576
DOI:10.12809/ajgg-v13n1-ed