ArticlePatient education and counseling2018
Treatment decision making involving patients with dementia in acute care: A scoping review.
Article in Patient education and counseling, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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12 citing papers in PubMed.
- Clinician Considerations Regarding Surgical Decision-Making in the Context of Dementia.JAMA surgery · 2026Article
- What Matters Most to People Living With Dementia and Their Care Partners During Emergency Department Visits.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2026Article
- Methods of Engaging Interest-Holders in Healthcare Evidence Syntheses: A Scoping Review.Cochrane evidence synthesis and methods · 2026Review
- Care Decisions in the Hospital: Challenges for Family Members of Hospitalized Persons With Dementia.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2025Article
- Emergency Care for Persons Living with Dementia.Emergency medicine clinics of North America · 2025Review
- Involvement, topics, and roles of nurses in shared decision-making with patients with dementia in acute hospitals: An integrative review.Nursing open · 2023Review
- Emergency Department Communication in Persons Living With Dementia and Care Partners: A Scoping Review.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2022Article
- Knowledge Exchanges and Decision-Making Within Hospital Dementia Care Triads: An Ethnographic Study.The Gerontologist · 2021Article
- COVID-19: The Time for Collaboration Between Long-Term Services and Supports, Health Care Systems, and Public Health Is Now.The Milbank quarterly · 2021Article
- Diverse perspectives on hospitalisation events among people with dementia: protocol for a multisite qualitative study.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Social networks, social capital and end-of-life care for people with dementia: a realist review.BMJ open · 2019Review
- Perspectives of Veterans Affairs mental health providers on working with older adults with dementia and their caregivers.Gerontology & geriatrics educationArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo summarize the evidence regarding the factors and processes of treatment decision making involving a person with dementia (PWD) in the acute care setting.
methodsWe conducted a scoping review, searching 4 databases (PubMed, CINAHL, Web of Science, & PsychINfo) for articles that contained primary data from a quantitative or qualitative study involving treatment decision making in the acute care setting for PWD and were published in English. We categorized the factors and processes of decision making identified in each article using inductive content analysis. We also consulted with healthcare practitioners to receive stakeholder input on our findings.
resultsOur search initially revealed 12,478 articles, of which 28 were included in the review. We identified 5 categories of factors that influence the decision-making process: knowing the patient, culture and systems, role clarity, appropriateness of palliative care in dementia, and caregiver need for support.
conclusionOur findings highlight the complexities of the decision-making process and the importance of attending to the needs of the caregiver, healthcare practitioners, and the patient. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: It is important to address beliefs of involving palliative care for a PWD and the role of each healthcare discipline.
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