title: Advance care plans for CPR or mechanical ventilation in patients with dementia.
abstract: Early development of advance care plans is an ethical and supportive intervention providers can offer patients and families facing a dementia diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.
authors.forename: Teresa F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Westenhaver
authors.forename: Teresa J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Krassa
authors.forename: Gloria J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Bonner
authors.forename: Diana J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Wilkie
mesh_terms: D032722:Advance Care Planning; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; D003657:Decision Making; D003704:Dementia / Q000451:nursing*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D019727:Proxy; D012121:Respiration, Artificial