Effects of facilitated family case conferencing for advanced dementia: A cluster randomised clinical trial

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 12; no. 8; p. e0181020
• Main Authors: Agar, Meera, Luckett, Tim, Luscombe, Georgina, Phillips, Jane, Beattie, Elizabeth, Pond, Dimity, Mitchell, Geoffrey, Davidson, Patricia M, Cook, Janet, Brooks, Deborah, Houltram, Jennifer, Goodall, Stephen, Chenoweth, Lynnette
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 07.08.2017; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Analysis; Australia; Care and treatment; Caregivers; Clinical decision making; Clinical trials; Comfort; Decision making; Dementia; Dementia - therapy; Dementia disorders; Family; Female; Health Personnel; Humans; Intervention; Linear Models; Male; Management; Medical research; Medicine and Health Sciences; Middle Aged; Nurses; Nursing; Nursing Homes; Nursing schools; Palliative care; Palliative Care - methods; People and Places; Pharmacology; Physicians; Quality of Health Care; Quality of Life; Research and Analysis Methods; Single-Blind Method; Terminal Care - methods; Treatment Outcome; Australia

Palliative care planning for nursing home residents with advanced dementia is often suboptimal. This study compared effects of facilitated case conferencing (FCC) with usual care (UC) on end-of-life care. A two arm parallel cluster randomised controlled trial was conducted. The sample included peopl...