Exploring Community-Dwelling Older Adults' Considerations About Values and Preferences for Future End-of-Life Care: A Study from Sweden.
Advance care planning
DöBra
End-of-life care
Go Wish
Qualitative research methods
Journal
The Gerontologist
ISSN: 1758-5341
Titre abrégé: Gerontologist
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0375327
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
15 09 2020
15 09 2020
Historique:
received:
04
11
2019
pubmed:
24
3
2020
medline:
7
4
2021
entrez:
24
3
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
There is a substantial body of research on advance care planning (ACP), often originating from English-speaking countries and focused on health care settings. However, studies of content of ACP conversations in community settings remain scarce. We therefore explore community-dwelling, older adults' reasoning about end-of-life (EoL) values and preferences in ACP conversations. In this participatory action research project, planned and conducted in collaboration with national community-based organizations, we interviewed 65 older adults without known EoL care needs, about their values and preferences for future EoL care. Conversations were stimulated by sorting and ranking statements in a Swedish version of GoWish cards, called the DöBra cards, and verbatim transcripts were analyzed inductively. While participants shared some common preferences about EoL care, there was great variation among individuals in how they reasoned. Although EoL preferences and prioritizations could be identical, different individuals explained these choices very differently. We exemplify this variation using data from four participants who discussed their respective EoL preferences by focusing on either physical, social, existential, or practical implications. A previously undocumented benefit of the GoWish/DöBra cards is how the flexibility of the card statements support substantial discussion of an individual's EoL preferences and underlying values. Such in-depth descriptions of participants' reasoning and considerations are important for understanding the very individual nature of prioritizing EoL preferences. We suggest future users of the DöBra/GoWish cards consider the underlying reasoning of individuals' prioritizations to strengthen person-centeredness in EoL conversations and care provision.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
There is a substantial body of research on advance care planning (ACP), often originating from English-speaking countries and focused on health care settings. However, studies of content of ACP conversations in community settings remain scarce. We therefore explore community-dwelling, older adults' reasoning about end-of-life (EoL) values and preferences in ACP conversations.
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS
In this participatory action research project, planned and conducted in collaboration with national community-based organizations, we interviewed 65 older adults without known EoL care needs, about their values and preferences for future EoL care. Conversations were stimulated by sorting and ranking statements in a Swedish version of GoWish cards, called the DöBra cards, and verbatim transcripts were analyzed inductively.
RESULTS
While participants shared some common preferences about EoL care, there was great variation among individuals in how they reasoned. Although EoL preferences and prioritizations could be identical, different individuals explained these choices very differently. We exemplify this variation using data from four participants who discussed their respective EoL preferences by focusing on either physical, social, existential, or practical implications.
DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS
A previously undocumented benefit of the GoWish/DöBra cards is how the flexibility of the card statements support substantial discussion of an individual's EoL preferences and underlying values. Such in-depth descriptions of participants' reasoning and considerations are important for understanding the very individual nature of prioritizing EoL preferences. We suggest future users of the DöBra/GoWish cards consider the underlying reasoning of individuals' prioritizations to strengthen person-centeredness in EoL conversations and care provision.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32201894
pii: 5810969
doi: 10.1093/geront/gnaa012
pmc: PMC7491437
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1332-1342Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America.
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