Study on advance care planning in care dependent community-dwelling older persons in Germany (STADPLAN): protocol of a cluster-randomised controlled trial

Study on advance care planning in care dependent community-dwelling older persons in Germany (STADPLAN): protocol of a cluster-randomised controlled trial

Abstract Background In Germany, advance care planning (ACP) was first introduced by law in 2015. However, ACP is still uncommon in Germany and only few people have advance directive forms. This study aims to evaluate an ACP program in care dependent community-dwelling persons, compared to optimised...

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Main Authors: Rieke Schnakenberg, Katharina Silies, Almuth Berg, Änne Kirchner, Henriette Langner, Yuliya Chuvayaran, Juliane Köberlein-Neu, Burkhard Haastert, Birgitt Wiese, Gabriele Meyer, Sascha Köpke, Falk Hoffmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-04-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
Subjects:
Advance care planning
Study protocol
Home care setting
Cluster-RCT
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12877-020-01537-4

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