Advance Care Planning in Nursing Homes: Comparing Characteristics and Outcomes of Participants and Non-Participants.

Background: There is an increasing need to integrate Advance Care Planning (ACP) in nursing homes (NH) due to rapid aging and burden of multimorbidity. This study examines differences in the characteristics and outcomes of NH residents enrolled in a palliative care programme who have completed ACP and those who did not.

Method: We conducted a retrospective cohort analysis of 294 deceased residents enrolled into a palliative programme from 8 nursing homes in Singapore.