Abstract
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021.
Highlights
Despite growing attention to dignified death and end-of-life care decision making in Korea, little effort has been made to help persons with dementia (PwD) and their family caregivers engage in advance care planning(ACP) or discussions on end-of-life care
This study examined the felt needs for ACP among social workers working with PwDs and their families and the factors that need to be considered in introducing and utilizing ACP in dementia care
Results: articipants viewed ACP as a useful tool to engage individuals with dementia in decision making before they lose cognitive abilities. They pointed out many obstacles in implementing ACP, such as ‘gap between cognitive and physical death,’ ‘difficulty in assessing decision making capacity among inidividuals with dementia,’ ‘death-avoiding culture,’ and ‘people’ s reluctance to discuss end-of-life care issues when individuals with dementia have decisionmaking capacity.’. They suggested that, in order for ACP to be helpful for persons with dementia, various individual, family, cultural, and societal-level factors should be taken into account in its implementation
Summary
The Need for Advance Care Planning for Individuals with Dementia in South Korea Introduction: Despite growing attention to dignified death and end-of-life care decision making in Korea, little effort has been made to help persons with dementia (PwD) and their family caregivers engage in advance care planning(ACP) or discussions on end-of-life care.
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