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Guidance for family about comfort care in dementia: a comparison of an educational booklet adopted in six jurisdictions over a 15 year timespan

Abstract

BackgroundTo support family caregivers of people with dementia in end-of-life decision making, a family booklet on comfort care has been adapted and adopted by several European jurisdictions since the original publication in Canada in 2005.MethodsWe analyzed and compared the adaptations to the family booklets used in Canada, the Czech Republic, Italy, the Netherlands, the UK and Ireland that were made up to 2021. Qualitative content analysis …

Authors

Bavelaar L; McCann A; Cornally N; Hartigan I; Kaasalainen S; Vankova H; Di Giulio P; Volicer L; Arcand M; van der Steen JT

Journal

BMC Palliative Care, Vol. 21, No. 1,

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

December 2022

DOI

10.1186/s12904-022-00962-z

ISSN

1472-684X