Implementation of an Advance Care Planning Inventory and Its Possible Effect on Quality of Dying: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study in Group Homes for Persons with Dementia in Japan.

This study aimed to develop an inventory for advance care planning implementation for persons with dementia in group homes and to examine the association between inventory implementation and residents' quality of dying. A nationwide cross-sectional study was conducted via questionnaires mailed from 2000 group homes in Japan, selected through stratified random sampling. Participants were managers and care planners who had provided end-of-life care for recently deceased residents.