Views of advance care planning in caregivers of older hospitalised patients following an emergency admission

A qualitative study

Bibliographic Data

ID4226801
AuthorsAnna-Maria Bielinska (0000-0001-8668-771X, Imperial College London, corresponding author), Sean Archer (0000-0003-1349-7178, Imperial College London), Gehan Soosaipillai (0000-0002-5104-7920, Imperial College London), Julia Riley (0000-0001-7691-6910, Imperial College London), Lord Ara Darzi (Imperial College London), Catherine Urch (0000-0002-4251-9113, Imperial College London)
Year2022
Volume27
Issue2
Pages432-444
Publication date2022-02-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1359105320926547
PMID32515241
OpenAlexW3033343894
LanguageEN
References cited40

This study explores the views of advance care planning in caregivers of older hospitalised patients following an emergency admission. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight carers, mostly with a personal relationship to the older patient. Thematic analysis generated three themes: (1) working with uncertainty - it all sounds very fine. . . what is the reality?, (2) supporting the older person - you have to look at it on an individual basis and (3) enabling the process - when you do it properly. The belief that advance care planning can support older individuals and scepticism whether advance care planning can be enabled among social and healthcare challenges are discussed

Advance care planning · Health care · Older people · Palliative care · Qualitative research · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Nursing · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Psychology · Gerontology

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