Advance care planning for the severely ill in the hospital: a randomized trial.

Objectives: To investigate the impact of advance care planning (ACP) including decision aids for severely ill medical inpatients.

Methods: Single-centre randomised controlled trial at a Swiss university hospital. Patients were randomly assigned (1:1) to receive an extra consultation with the hospital social service or a consultation with in-house facilitators trained according to an internationally established ACP programme.

[Advance Care Planning in Swiss Nursing Homes: Results of a Focus Group Study].

Advance Care Planning in Swiss Nursing Homes: Results of a Focus Group Study Abstract. Advance Care Planning (ACP) is a standardized consultation process in which patients define their therapy goals for future medical treatments with the help of a qualified health care facilitator. This way, ACP increases the probability that patients' wishes are fulfilled in case of decisional incapacity.