Ascertaining Wishes: A Good Practice Guide

With ever increasing impetus on autonomy and choice in Government health and social care policy, Advance Care Planning (ACP) is promoted by the NHS End of Life Care Programme. ACP enables care staff to deliver a high standard of end of life care, yet with one in five deaths occurring in a care home, there is still very little known about the ACP process in this context.

A study, funded by The Nuffield Foundation and commissioned by Counsel and Care in partnership with Lancaster University and the University of the West of England examined the subject.  The research examined ACP in care homes in two regions in England.  A report of the research study is available from www.eolc-observatory.net

It resulted in the publication of this guide, supported and published by Counsel & Care, which is informed by the findings from the research and gives you an in depth understanding of all aspects of recognised good practice.

The views of care home managers interviewed during the research are included in the guide and it will enable the reader to:

• increase the understanding of ACP for staff who work in care homes for older people
• help them know what ACP entails
• help develop their service so that they can offer ACP to people who live in their care homes

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The guide is also available from Counsel & Care .