Adapting the Serious Illness Conversation Guide for dementia care
06/22/24 at 03:35 AM
Adapting the Serious Illness Conversation Guide for dementia care
American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care; by Charlotte E Berry, Sophie H Montgomery, Robert Santulli, Amelia Cullinan; 8/24
Advance care planning (ACP), a critical component of quality dementia care, is underutilized due to lack of clinician comfort and the challenging nature of ACP in this context. The Serious Illness Conversation Guide (SICG) is a well-validated clinician-facing tool, developed with patient and clinician input, to facilitate ACP. The aim of this project was to adapt the SICG for dementia for the first time to promote high-quality ACP.