title: Advance care planning in a community setting.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effects of implementing an advance care planning process within pilot sites in North Ayrshire in 2010, focusing on people with palliative care needs.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected from participants in advance care planning training using a questionnaire. Semi-structured interviews were conducted and an audit of documentation was undertaken.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirty nine questionnaires were returned, a response rate of 16%. Twenty four out of 25 (96%) participants rated the training as having improved their understanding of the advance care planning process. The general consensus in interviews was that advance care planning is a worthwhile process. Participants reported patients achieving their preferred place of end of life care and greater consultation regarding hospitalisation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Within the pilot sites, advance care planning training enhanced the ability of professionals to implement the advance care planning process and record the wishes of patients and residents.
authors: Clinical Improvement Unit, NHS Ayrshire and Arran.
authors: Josaleen
authors: J
authors: Connolly
authors: Stuart
authors: S
authors: Milligan
authors: Elaine
authors: E
authors: Stevens
authors: Susan
authors: S
authors: Jackson
authors: Kevin
authors: K
authors: Rooney
mesh_terms: D032722:Advance Care Planning; D004282:Documentation; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: Advance care planning; documentation; palliative care; training