Community workshops increase advance care planning knowledge, appointment of legal proxies and completion of end-of life written plans

Authors/Creators

Darren Haywood
Josephine Shaw, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Tracey Williams
Kaaren Watts
Robert Kane
Moira O’Connor

Abstract

Advance Care Planning involves having conversations, completing documents detailing individuals’ end-of life treatment and care preferences, and appointing legal proxies who make health, lifestyle, or financial decisions. Although beneficial outcomes have been demonstrated, community rates of Advance Care Planning remain low. We developed a theoretically based workshop to increase knowledge and change behaviors in relation to Advance Care Planning; 347 participants completed the workshop. Advance Care Planning knowledge and action significantly improved three months post workshop. The intervention increased Advance Care Planning knowledge and changed behaviors.

RAS ID

54108

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of Publication

1-1-2023

Funding Information

Palliative Care Western Australia / Cancer and Palliative Care Network / Western Australian Department of Health / Lotterywest

School

School of Medical and Health Sciences

Copyright

subscription content

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Comments

Haywood, D., Shaw, J., Williams, T., Watts, K., Kane, R., & O’Connor, M. (2023). Community workshops increase advance care planning knowledge, appointment of legal proxies and completion of end-of life written plans. Death Studies, 47(9), 1053-1060. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2022.2160520

Recommended Citation

Haywood, D., Shaw, J., Williams, T., Watts, K., Kane, R., & O’Connor, M. (2023). Community workshops increase advance care planning knowledge, appointment of legal proxies and completion of end-of life written plans. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2022.2160520