Association between Goals of Care Designation orders and health care resource use among seriously ill older adults in acute care: a multicentre prospective cohort study.

Background: The Goals of Care Designation (GCD) is a medical order used to communicate the focus of a patient's care in Alberta, Canada. In this study, we aimed to determine the association between GCD type (resuscitative, medical or comfort) and resource use during hospitalization.

Methods: This was a prospective cohort study of newly hospitalized inpatients in Alberta conducted from January to September 2017.

Content of Serious Illness Care conversation documentation is associated with goals of care orders-a quantitative evaluation in hospital.

Background: The Serious Illness Care Program (SICP) increases quality of documentation about patients' values and priorities, but it is not known whether patient characteristics and goals of care are associated with the elements documented. The purpose of this study was to explore for associations between the quantity and type of elements documented after SICP conversations with patient characteristics and goals of care order.

Methods: Documentation of SICP conversations by internal medicine physicians with hospitalized patients was evaluated in a retrospective chart review between March 2018 to December 2019.

Efficacy of Advance Care Planning Videos for Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Cancer, Heart, and Kidney Failure Outpatient Settings.

Background: Patient videos about advance care planning (ACP; hereafter "Videos"), were developed to support uptake of provincial policy and address the complexity of patients' decision-making process. We evaluate self-administered ACP Videos, compare the studies' choice of outcomes, show correlations between the patients' ACP actions, and discuss implications for health care policy.

Objective: To test the efficacy of the Videos on patients' ACP/goals of care designation conversations with a health care provider.

Behaviors in Advance Care Planning and ACtions Survey (BACPACS): development and validation part 1.

Background: Although advance care planning (ACP) is fairly well understood, significant barriers to patient participation remain. As a result, tools to assess patient behaviour are required. The objective of this study was to improve the measurement of patient engagement in ACP by detecting existing survey design issues and establishing content and response process validity for a new survey entitled Behaviours in Advance Care Planning and ACtions Survey (BACPACS).

Doctors, Lawyers and Advance Care Planning: Time for Innovation to Work Together to Meet Client Needs.

Health organizations in canada have invested considerable resources in strategies to improve knowledge and uptake of advance care planning (acp). Yet barriers persist and many canadians do not engage in the full range of acp behaviours, including writing an advance directive and appointing a legally authorized decision-maker. not engaging effectively in acp disadvantages patients, their loved ones and their healthcare providers.

Asthma education program for First Nations children: an exemplar of the knowledge-to-action framework.

Background: The prevalence of asthma in Aboriginal children is 6% to 14%. Gaps in knowledge regarding asthma and its management exist in First Nations (FN) communities, and culturally relevant education and resources are required. Studies have recommended that the children's asthma education program, the 'Roaring Adventures of Puff', be modified through partnership with FN communities to be culturally appropriate.