Preparing Older Patients With Serious Illness for Advance Care Planning Discussions in Primary Care.

Context: Little is known about how to prepare older patients for advance care planning (ACP) discussions in primary care.

Objectives: The objective of the study was to explore older patients' perspectives and experiences on ACP discussions with family members and/or primary care clinicians.

Methods: We conducted a qualitative interview study with 20 older patients who were involved in the clinic's ACP quality improvement initiative.

Older Patients' Perspectives on Quality of Serious Illness Care in Primary Care.

Background: Despite increased focus on measuring and improving quality of serious illness care, there has been little emphasis on the primary care context or incorporation of the patient perspective.

Objective: To explore older patients' perspectives on the quality of serious illness care in primary care.

Design: Qualitative interview study.

Patient- and Caregiver-Reported Assessment Tools for Palliative Care: Summary of the 2017 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Technical Brief.

Context: Assessment tools are data collection instruments that are completed by or with patients or caregivers and which collect data at the individual patient or caregiver level.

Objectives: The objectives of this study are to 1) summarize palliative care assessment tools completed by or with patients or caregivers and 2) identify needs for future tool development and evaluation.

Methods: We completed 1) a systematic review of systematic reviews; 2) a supplemental search of previous reviews and Web sites, and/or 3) a targeted search for primary articles when no tools existed in a domain.